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VMBU--Prepare to Copy the DUMPJOB File

Before you invoke the VMBMCOPY DUMPJOB command, ensure the following points:

• Enough tape drives are available for VMBMCOPY. The utility cannot reserve drives like CA VM:Backup does.
• Verify the syntax and settings of the VMBMCOPY CONFIG file.

Follow these steps:

1. Calculate the number of required tape drives. To mount the old media that VMBMCOPY reads, you need one tape drive. To calculate the number of required output drives, take the number of copies you plan to create. Then add one drive for each output media type. You need the extra drive to chain tapes of the same media type together properly.
2. To verify the syntax and settings of the VMBMCOPY CONFIG file, run the TEST command. You see messages similar to the following one:

   vmbmcopy test
   
   CA VM:Backup Media Copy Utility, Function Level 1
   VM:Backup server: VMBACKUP 
     Catalog minidisk: 1B0
      VM:Tape server: VMTAPE
        Output copies: COPIES 1 
           Dsnames...
              Copy 1: VMBACKUP.PRIMARY.COPY.TO.NEW.MEDIA 
         Resources...
              Copy 1: HPT DEN EHPTB 
      Retain until...
              Copy 1: 2041/297 
   Ready;