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Usage Notes

Consider the following points before using VMXBKP01:

• Execute this utility from a user ID with BACKUP and MAY authorization in the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file.
• CA VM:Director must be up and running to use this utility, but you cannot execute VMXBKP01 from the VMDIRECT user ID.
• If the CA VM:Director service virtual machine has a name other than VMDIRECT, you must modify the VMXBKP01 EXEC to use the new name.
• While the VMXBKP01 utility is executing, CA VM:Director has a lock on the directory. Updates to the directory cannot be done.

VMXBKP01 will process a DIRECT STATEMNT file if it exists. This file was originally created by the VMXGNR utility when the CA VM:Director database was created. If you change the location of your object directory, remember to update the DIRECT STATEMNT file.

In order to be processed by VMXBKP01, the DIRECT STATEMNT file must exist on the 'A' disk or 'A' disk extension of the user ID that runs VMXBKP01. We recommend that you follow these steps:

1. Link to the product server's 191 disk.
2. Access the link to the product server's 191 disk as an extension of the 'A' disk on the user ID that runs VMXBKP01.

If the DIRECT STATEMNT file is not available, CA VM:Director will dynamically determine the location of the object directory from the DIRECT record in the PRODUCT CONFIG file.

Use the VMXBKP01 utility at least once a week or whenever you change an important minidisk or user ID.

To protect against data loss in the event of hardware failures, save your backed up USER DIRECT file on a different real volume from the DRCT minidisk.