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Specifying Message Routing Controls

CA VM:Backup generates the following three types of messages:

System

Error and informational messages about CA VM:Backup processing

Tape

Tape-related requests

Disk

Disk mount requests

You can control which user IDs are allowed to receive and respond to each of these types of messages. CA VM:Backup issues messages of a particular type to all user IDs authorized to receive that type of message. If a reply is required, any authorized user ID can enter a response. If no user IDs are authorized to receive a certain type of message, those messages are routed to the VM operator console.

To authorize a user ID to receive and respond to messages, follow these steps on the Manage Authorizations screen:

  1. Type the user ID in the Userid field. You cannot use pattern matching.
  2. Type x in the System, Tape, or Disk fields, as appropriate, to authorize the user ID to receive and respond to the relevant messages. You can select any or all types of messages.

If you do not want to grant the user ID the authority to perform other functions, leave the SysAdmin, Operator, and User fields blank.

Note: For more information about updating the VMBACKUP CONFIG file to specify user IDs to receive messages, see the following sections in the System Programmer Reference Guide: