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Initiate the Backup Cycle

Backup to tape and the creation of a new disk generation are normally performed automatically at a site-defined time and at site-defined intervals thereafter; however, tape backups can be initiated at any time with one of the following operator commands:

F SARSTC,DUMP
F SARSTC,NEW
F SARSTC,IDUMP
F SARSTC,INEW

Where

DUMP

Specifies that the new tape generation resides on the same tape as the previous generation, provided there is room on the tape and the maximum number of generations per tape (MAXGENT initialization parameter) is not exceeded

NEW

Specifies that the new tape generation resides on a new tape

IDUMP

Specifies that an interim backup cycle is initiated

This backup resides on the same tape as the previous backup, provided there is room on the tape, because the archival generation number is not incremented. (There is also an initialization parameter, MAXGENT, which specifies the maximum number of generations that are written to one tape.)

INEW

Specifies that an interim backup cycle is initiated

The archival generation number is not incremented; however, this backup resides on a new tape.

Important! The CA View database has a tape capacity of 65535 tapes. Once tape capacity reaches 90 percent, SARBKT98 informational messages are seen in the SARSTC task. If full tape capacity is reached, an SARTPO61 error message is issued, and the SARSTC task issues an U0061 abend. For more information, see the Message Guide.