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Internal CA VM:Tape Files

The following internal CA VM:Tape files contain some non-displayable characters and should not be edited or modified in any way. Editing these files could cause unpredictable results, such as abends or lost information:

File

Description

CHECKPNT files

Created by the CA VM:Tape interface to CA VM:Backup

DEVINFO files

Contains device information files built by CA VM:Tape at initialization

Picklist files

An index to the TMC to identify scratch tapes

VMTAPE POINTER

Created by CA VM:Tape at initialization and is continuously updated

VMTAPE SKIPLIST files

Created by the Autopick process

VMBACKUP JOBIDS

Used by the CA VM:Tape interface to CA VM:Backup

VMBATCH ALTUSER

Used by the CA VM:Tape interface to CA VM:Batch

VMTAPE RECOVERY

Created by CA VM:Tape to save operational status when the product is recycled