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Plan the Cataloged Tape Backup

Before you begin copying backup tapes, determine which DUMPJOBs to copy. To determine the DUMPJOBs to copy, use one of the following approaches:

• Examine the Backup Date/Time displayed on the product Manage Existing Catalogs screen.
• Examine the volsers of the individual DUMPJOBs. Make a list of the full backup DUMPJOBs that you want to copy.

Note: VMBMCOPY cannot copy DUMPJOBs that are based on another DUMPJOB ("incremental" DUMPJOBs). Neither can VMBMCOPY copy a base DUMPJOB that has dependent incremental dumps.