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Report Routing for Restore Jobs

CA VM:Backup routes reports generated for restores differently, depending on how the job is submitted. If the job was submitted through the Special SFS Restores screens or by an end user, CA VM:Backup routes the restore job reports to the submitting user ID. If the job was submitted through restore job template files, CA VM:Backup by default sends the reports to the virtual reader of the user ID that created the job template file in the local system (destination node). You can specify a different user ID and destination node through the Manage Restore Job Template screen by changing the defaults in the Route to option under Report Guidelines, or through TPI by specifying the REPDEST and REPNODE parameters on the REPORT record. If the user ID specified to receive reports is invalid, CA VM:Backup routes the report to the virtual reader of the CA VM:Backup service virtual machine.

CA VM:Backup can send these reports in a designated virtual printer spool class. The default printer spool class is the class of the first virtual printer indicated in the response CA VM:Backup receives from the CP QUERY VIRTUAL UR command at system initialization. If a printer class is not defined, CA VM:Backup uses the default class A. You can override the default report class through the Manage Restore Job Template screen by specifying the desired appropriate class in the class field under Report Guidelines, or through TPI by specifying the REPCLASS parameter on the REPORT record. Data restored to a virtual reader is always sent with spool class A, regardless of the class specified for the reports.

For end-user restores and special SFS restores, if a PULLUSER configuration record exists, CA VM:Backup generates the restore job tape pull list report and sends it to the virtual reader of the user ID specified on the configuration record.

For template restores, CA VM:Backup uses the information specified with the PULLUSER parameter of the TPI REPORT record to determine whether to generate the restore job tape pull list report and what user ID to send it to. If the PULLUSER NONE parameter is specified on the TPI REPORT record, CA VM:Backup does not generate the tape pull list report. If the PULLUSER userid parameter is specified, CA VM:Backup generates the report and sends it to the specified user ID. If the PULLUSER parameter is not specified or if the PULLUSER SYSTEM parameter is specified, CA VM:Backup generates a tape pull list report if the PULLUSER record is specified in the VMBACKUP CONFIG file; if there is not a PULLUSER configuration file record, CA VM:Backup does not generate a pull list.

For more information about the TPI REPORT record, see the Template Programming Interface Guide. For more information about this configuration record, see PULLUSER Record.