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Specifying Input Guidelines

In the Input Guidelines fields, specify the data CA VM:Backup is to process during the backup. You can define the backup broadly (for example, if you want to back up all of the DASD volumes in your data center). Alternatively, you can restrict the backup to specific minidisks, file spaces, user IDs, account numbers, or ACI security groups.

You can further limit the backup job by defining an exclusion file. For more information about excluding data from a backup, see Creating or Updating an Exclusion File.

Including Data

You cannot leave both the Include DASD and the Include File Pools fields blank. Specify at least one DASD volser or file pool name.

Backing Up DASD Volumes

By default, CA VM:Backup backs up all the minidisks on every DASD volume that the CP directory references. (The asterisk in the Include DASD field indicates this default.) To back up minidisks from certain DASD volumes, type the DASD volsers in the fields that are provided. You can enter up to 12 individual volsers. You can also use pattern matching to back up several volumes with similar volsers.

Note: To specify more than 12 DASD volumes, use the job template file INCLUDE record through TPI instead of the system administrator screens. For information about this record and about TPI, see the Template Programming Interface Guide.

Backing Up File Pools

By default, CA VM:Backup backs up all of the file spaces, both SFS and BFS, in every local file pool that you have identified to CA VM:Backup. (The asterisk in the Include File Pools field indicates this default.) CA VM:Backup cannot back up data in remote file pools. (Remote file pools are file pools located on a different system from the CA VM:Backup service virtual machine.) For more information, see Identifying SFS File Pools.

To back up file spaces from specified file pools, type the file pool names in the fields that are provided. You can enter up to 12 individual file pool names. Use pattern matching to back up several file pools with similar names.

Note: To specify, view, or manage a job template file with more than 12 file pools, use the job template file INCLUDE record through TPI instead of the system administrator screens. For information about this record and about TPI, see the Template Programming Interface Guide.

Restricting the Backup

You can limit the backup by specifying that CA VM:Backup back up only the following:

• Certain user IDs, minidisks, account numbers, or ACI groups from the specified DASD volumes
• Certain file spaces from the specified file pools

By default, CA VM:Backup backs up all minidisks and file spaces on the specified DASD volumes and in the specified file pools. USERID * * and FSPACE *:* in the Restricted to records field indicate the default. If you change these values, specify at least one of the following record types and values. This field cannot be left blank.

Use pattern matching to back up file spaces with similar names or groups of minidisks with similar user IDs, account numbers, or ACI security group names. If the same user is included in more than one record type, that user's data is backed up only once.

FSPACE records identify both BFS and SFS file spaces. For example, if you accept the default, *:*, CA VM:Backup backs up all file spaces (both BFS and SFS) in all file pools identified to CA VM:Backup.

Example

Based on the Input Guidelines shown in the Work with Backup Template Screen, the product backs up data that belongs to the following users:

• The minidisk 191 belonging to user ID JOHN
• All minidisks belonging to account number AB123
• All minidisks belonging to user IDs whose ACI group name has six characters starting with PROG
• All minidisks belonging to user ID MARY
• All SFS and BFS file spaces in file pools whose file pool names start with SF and whose user IDs start with J

The following graphic shows a sample screen with the example information entered:

WBTMABC4 (4 of 7)    Work with Backup Template BIGDUMP                VM:Backup 
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Input Guidelines:                                                              
                                                                                
 Include DASD:  *        ______   ______   ______   ______   ______             
                ______   ______   ______   ______   ______   ______             
                                                                                
 Include File   SFSPRD     ________   ________   ________   ________   ________ 
        Pools:  ________   ________   ________   ________   ________   ________ 
                                                                                
 Restricted to                                                                  
      records:    Type         Value           Type         Value               
                userid__ john 191_________   ________ _________________         
                account_ ab123____________   ________ _________________         
                acigroup prog%%___________   ________ _________________         
                userid__ mary *___________   ________ _________________         
                fspace__ sf*:j*___________   ________ _________________         
                ________ _________________   ________ _________________         
                                                                                
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