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Report Structure

The general structure of keyword data reports for backup jobs is outlined below. The report is organized by domain.

Structure of Backup Job Keyword Data Reports

Record

Function

JOB

Provides information about the job that created the report

DOMAIN

Indicates the start of information about a domain the job created on the backup tape

FROM

Identifies a domain from which the job backed up data

BACKUP

Indicates the backup format requested for a domain in the backup job template or exception file, the format the backup job actually used to write the data to tape, and the reason the job used that format

OUTPUT VOLSER

Indicates the volsers of tapes to which the job wrote data from the domain

OUTPUT TAPEPOOL

Indicates the resource pools from which the job selected the tapes specified on the OUTPUT VOLSER record

OUTPUT DSSN

Indicates the sequence number of a data set to which the job wrote data from the domain

DIRECTORY

Identifies the name of an SFS directory in a file space from which files were backed up; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

BFSDIRECTORY

Identifies the name of a BFS directory in a file space from which files were backed up; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

FILE

Provides information about a CMS or SFS file the job backed up; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

BFSFILE

Provides information about a BFS file the job backed up; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

ALIAS

Provides information about an SFS alias file the job backed up; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

SUCCESS

Indicates that the job successfully backed up the domain or file

ERRORS

Indicates an error that occurred during backup of the domain or file

ENDERRS

Indicates the end of ERRORS records for the domain or file

FAIL

Indicates a reason backup of the domain or file failed

ENDFAIL

Indicates the end of FAIL records for the domain or file

ENDDIRECTORY

Indicates the end of information for the SFS directory; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

ENDBFSDIRECTORY

Indicates the end of information for the BFS directory; appears only if the REPORT record in the job template or exception file specified file-level report detail

ENDBFSNAMES

Indicates the end of the names section of a BFS file space report

ENDDOMAIN

Indicates the end of information about the domain

INODE

Identifies the data portion of a BFS object that is being backed up; this record is followed by a SUCCESS, ERRORS, or FAIL record that indicates whether the data was successfully backed up

CANCEL

Indicates the reason the job was canceled; any records containing information about domains that were written before the job was canceled are erased

CHECKSUM

Contains a number that protects the report from manual modification

ENDREPORT

Indicates the end of the report