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Exclude DASD

Type the volsers of the DASD volumes that CA VM:Backup is to exclude from processing. You can specify up to 12 individual volumes. You can also use pattern matching to exclude multiple volumes with similar volsers. CA VM:Backup does not back up or restore any of the minidisks on the specified volumes.

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

Important! On a restore job, CA VM:Backup cannot determine whether a particular minidisk is part of the Shared File System. If the job is performing a full volume restore and the specified DASD volume contains minidisks from a file pool, unexpected results can occur to the file pool. To prevent such mishaps, create an exclusion file to exclude these minidisks from the restore job.