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Contents of VMBSCAN Utility Reports

The output from VMBSCAN is written to a CMS file on the requesting user ID's A-disk. The filename is the volser of the tape that was scanned; the filetype is always REPORT. If a REPORT file for a given tape already exists, it is replaced by the results of the new scan.

The report heading is displayed at the console as well as in the report. It identifies the volser, data set name, volume sequence number, data set sequence number, tape creation date, tape expiration date, and the volsers of any copies of this tape. If the tape is part of a CA VM:Backup tape stream or CA VM:Archiver tape set, the report provides the volser of the previous tape in the series.

The report lists the following information for each type of domain:

• Minidisk

  User ID, virtual address and blocksize of the minidisk and the tag associated with the minidisk if there is one

• File space

  Name of the file space and the tag associated with the file space if there is one

• SFS Directory

  Fully-qualified directory name of the directory and the tag associated with the directory if there is one

• Abstract domain

  Name and owner of the abstract domain and the tag associated with the abstract domain if there is one

For all domains the report indicates whether the backup was full or incremental. If it was incremental, the report lists the volser of the base backup tape.

If you requested file-level detail in the report, it also lists the following:

• For CMS and SFS files

  Filename, filetype, logical record length, record count, and creation date and time of every file on the tape for each domain

• For BFS files

  File size, creation date and time, and file component name for every file on the tape for each domain. If the file is a regular BFS file, the Type/Size field shows the file size. If the file is another object type, the field shows a letter representing that object type. Possible object types are: E (external link), L ( symbolic link), P (named pipe), C (character special file). Character special files and external links can have a secondary code. See BFS Data for more information about these codes.

If the tape is part of a CA VM:Backup tape stream or a CA VM:Archiver tape set, the volser of the next tape in the series is provided at the end of the report.

If the A-disk becomes full while writing the report, VMBSCAN ends.