This section provides a summary of changes made to existing features of the product in this release.
This section contains the following topics:
UPDATE command to change auto-discard date
NOEDRSUP (Generic Device Recognition)
Backup Job Status Information Screen
Restore File Selection Screen: Select Files Backed Up For/Since
VMBSCAN VM:Archiver User Record
HiDRO Disaster Recovery Documentation
When a system administrator changes the expiration date of a catalog in CA VM:Backup, this enhancement reminds them to change the expiration date of the associated tapes (in CA VM:Tape, for example) to ensure the tapes are not prematurely scratched and data is lost.
When the UPDATE command is used to modify the scheduled date for an automatic discard of a catalog, the following two messages appear:
The VMBMCOPY Function Level is now 1. Previously it was Version 01.0.
Important! Use Function Level 1 or higher when you copy backups made with this release of CA VM:Backup. The previous version of VMBMCOPY will not update the block IDs in DIRH records.
CA VM:Backup is now distributed with a default virtual storage size of 128M. The new default storage size is an increase from 64M.
CA VM:Backup Release 3.6 is the final version to support Generic Device Recognition (NOEDRSUP) as a startup option for recognizing tape devices. We recommend that you migrate to an Enhanced Device Recognition (EDRSUP) environment. For more information about converting from NOEDRSUP to EDRSUP, contact Technical Support.
The Backup Job Status Information screen has been redesigned to display more information about the job and about each stream in the job.
This enhancement provides operators with a full-screen display showing the status of each running backup job stream’s progress. The new screen offers operators more complete monitoring information and frees them from the need to additionally execute a line-mode command to access that information.
PF8 (Forward) and PF7 (Backward) can now be used to scroll through the list of streams.
This enhancement provides CA VM:Backup users with a means of selecting all files listed on the Restore Selected Files screen, freeing them from the time-consuming task of manually selecting each listed file that they want to restore.
PF10 (Select All) can now be used to add r in the Req column next to all selected files. PF10 (Deselect All) can now be used to clear all selections added through PF10 (Select All).
Each TAPEDISK record must be followed by only one corresponding TAPEPOOL record in the VMBACKUP CONFIG file. Previously, each TAPEDISK record could be followed by more than one corresponding TAPEPOOL record.
CA VM:Backup is now distributed with a default trace table size of 256K. The new default storage size is an increase from 64K.
The amount of information reported for the User: DBRECORD record is extended from 295 to 721 characters.
Due to unresolved TOD clock rollover problems, a potential for data loss exists if tape or catalog expiration dates exceed the clock rollover date (approximately September 17, 2042). To avoid these problems, the maximum number of days that can be specified for tape retention, for catalog discard, and for catalog condensing has been reduced to 5000. This change does not affect permanent retention which can be specified for CA VM:Archiver tapes.
If a backup job that was defined and compiled using r3.5 or earlier contains a retention period set to a value greater than 5000 days, the value is overridden to 5000 when the job is submitted under r3.6. The erroneous value in the job template or definition does not automatically change. If you make changes to the job template or definition in r3.6, reset the retention value to a whole number in the range 1 through 5000.
The guide HiDRO Disaster Recovery Using CA VM:Backup has been removed from the documentation set, due to obsolescence.
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