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Tape Mount (VMBEXIT1)

Use the tape mount user exit, VMBEXIT1, to send customized CA VM:Backup tape mount requests to a tape operator or tape management system.

CA VM:Backup automatically checks whether a VMBEXIT1 EXEC exists. If it does, CA VM:Backup directs all tape mount requests, including those from jobs submitted by authorized clients, to the user exit. Even if CA VM:Backup is interfaced with CA VM:Tape, CA VM:Backup directs all tape mount requests to VMBEXIT1.

Only one tape mount exit can exist. Because all jobs specifying tape mounting will call this user exit, make sure VMBEXIT1 is coded to include cases for all tape mounts.