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Specifying Report Guidelines

In the Report Guidelines section of the Work with Backup Template template screen, specify the following information:

• The detail level of the reports that backup jobs produce (including keyword data reports)
• Where CA VM:Backup routes the reports
• Whether CA VM:Backup creates a keyword data report

Note: For a complete description of keyword data reports and other reports, output listings, and notes that CA VM:Backup generates during backup jobs, see the System Programmer Reference Guide.

Detail Level

In the Report Guidelines section, select either File or Domain in the Detail Level field. This option sets the level of detail that CA VM:Backup includes in the reports that the backup jobs produce.

File

CA VM:Backup produces a report that contains detailed information about the files that are backed up. For backups of minidisks and SFS file spaces, the report lists file attributes in a format that is similar to that provided by the CMS LISTFILE command with the DATE option. For backups of BFS file spaces, the report lists file attributes similar to the output of the CMS OPENVM LISTFILE command with the ATTRIBUTES option.

Domain

CA VM:Backup produces a report that contains general information about the minidisks or file spaces that are backed up. This option is the default.

Route to

To specify where CA VM:Backup is to route reports that the backup job produces, use the Route Control fields. The Detail fields identify where CA VM:Backup routes the job detail report. The Errors fields identify where CA VM:Backup routes the job error report. For each report, specify the following information:

Userid At (node)

These fields identify where CA VM:Backup sends the reports. By default, CA VM:Backup sends the reports to the virtual reader of the user ID that created the job template file in the local system (destination node).

To send the report to another user ID, type over the default user ID. To send the report to another destination node, specify the destination node. If the user ID you specify does not exist, or you specify SYSTEM for the user ID, CA VM:Backup sends all output to the virtual reader of the CA VM:Backup service virtual machine.

Class

CA VM:Backup can send this report 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 during system initialization. If a printer class is not defined, CA VM:Backup uses the default class A.

To override the default report class, specify another class.

Note: This routing specification does not include keyword data reports. Use the GETRPT command to obtain a keyword data report. For more information, see the "GETRPT Command" section in the System Programmer Reference Guide.

Keyword Data Reports

A keyword data report is a CMS file that is produced by a CA VM:Backup job and contains records describing the results of that job. These reports are designed for use by programs that process information about CA VM:Backup jobs. To indicate whether you want CA VM:Backup to create a keyword data report for the job, select either Yes or No in the Keyword Report field.

Yes

CA VM:Backup produces a keyword data report.

No

CA VM:Backup does not produce a keyword data report. This option is the default.

Specifying Select Guidelines

In the Select Guidelines section of the Work with Backup Template template screen, you can specify the following files:

• An exclusion file that specifies minidisks, account numbers, access control interface (ACI) security groups, or file spaces that are not to be backed up
• An exception file that specifies special processing for minidisks, account numbers, ACI security groups, or file spaces

You can use the same exception or exclusion file with any number of job template files. However, you can specify only one exception file and one exclusion file in a single job template file. If the same data is referenced in both types of files, the exclusion file takes precedence and CA VM:Backup excludes the data from the job.

Note: If the exception file for an incremental backup differs from the exception file for the previous full backup. CA VM:Backup performs a full backup in place of an incremental backup on the minidisks or file spaces that are affected by the exception file.

For information about exception and exclusion files, see Managing Exception and Exclusion Files.