Option 3, Submit system backups, on the Operator Main Menu lets you submit backup jobs to CA VM:Backup. (You can also use the CA VM:Backup SUBMIT command from CMS to submit backup jobs. For information, see SUBMIT Command.
Backup jobs are normally run on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. All backup jobs are controlled by job template files created by the CA VM:Backup system administrator. The CA VM:Backup system administrator can define job template files broadly, to back up entire DASD volumes and file pools, or narrowly, to process a specific group of minidisks, file spaces, directories, account numbers, or access control interface (ACI) security groups.
For instructions on monitoring the status of your jobs, canceling a job you submitted accidentally, or releasing a held job, see Managing System Activity.
Enter 3 on the command line of the Operator Main Menu to select the Submit system backups option. CA VM:Backup displays the Submit System Backups screen. This screen lists the names of the backup job template files defined by the CA VM:Backup system administrator, along with any descriptive comments specified when the job template file was created.
To compile and queue a job for execution, type submit in the Command column next to the appropriate job template file name, then press ENTER. You can type submit next to more than one job template file name at a time; however, CA VM:Backup processes each backup as a separate job.
You can enter the following options when you submit the job. Each of these options overrides a corresponding parameter value specified in the job template file. For more information about the options, see SUBMIT Command.
To specify the number of output streams to use for the job, enter submit / (streams number, where number is an integer from 1 through 15, in the Command column.
If you want CA VM:Backup to remount tapes it has already written to, minimizing the number of tapes needed for the job, enter submit / (reduce tapeuse in the Command column. If you want to prevent CA VM:Backup from remounting tapes, potentially making the job run more quickly, enter submit / (reduce remounts.
If your data center uses automatic cartridge loaders (ACLs), you might want to specify REMOUNTS. Depending on the control setting for your ACL, it might not be able to remount a tape that has already been mounted in the currently running job. This is true if the control setting on the ACL is set to AUTOMATIC. This might also be true if the control setting is set to SYSTEM and the software you use to mount tapes cannot handle this situation.
To prevent other jobs from running while this job runs, enter submit / (exclusive in the Command column. CA VM:Backup will not start an exclusive job until all running jobs have completed and will not allow other jobs to start until the exclusive job has completed. If you want CA VM:Backup to allow other jobs to run, enter submit / (exclusive no. Jobs that back up CA VM:Backup are always exclusive and ignore this option.
If you want to make the job a priority job, enter submit / (priority in the Command column. CA VM:Backup will submit the job at the top of the job queue, after any existing priority jobs. The only way another job can run ahead of a priority job is if the jobs are reordered using the ORDER command. If you want to submit the job at the bottom of the queue, enter submit / (priority no.
If you want to submit the job in held status, enter submit / (hold in the Command column. You can release a held job from the Manage System Activity screen or from CMS using the CA VM:Backup RELEASE command. If you want the job to run as soon as possible after submission, enter submit / (hold no.
If you want CA VM:Backup to notify the user ID that submitted the job when the job completes or is canceled, enter submit / (jobend notify in the Command column. If you do not want CA VM:Backup to notify the user ID, enter submit / (jobend quiet.
If you want CA VM:Backup to erase the job template file and any associated exception and exclusion files from the CA VM:Backup 191 minidisk when the job either runs successfully or is canceled, enter submit / (onetime in the Command column. If you want to keep the files, enter submit / (onetime no.
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