Scheduling Optical Migration

You have many options for scheduling optical migration. This table lists the possible scheduling requirements and how to implement them.

Optical migration occurs	When you specify these parameters
Each night by the CA View standard backup cycle	DSK2MIGD=BBBBBBB DAYS=YYYYYYY The DAYS initialization parameter determines what days of the week the CA View backup cycle is run.
Automatically, by the optical migration subtask, Monday through Friday only Every 45 minutes from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., and every 45 minutes from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.	DSK2MIGD=AAAAANN DSK2INTV=0045 DSK2TIME=2100-2300,0100-0500
When the system administrator manually invokes the optical migration subtask (no automatic migration)	DSK2MIGD=MMMMMMM

Optical migration occurs

When you specify these parameters

Each night by the CA View standard backup cycle

DSK2MIGD=BBBBBBB

DAYS=YYYYYYY

The DAYS initialization parameter determines what days of the week the CA View backup cycle is run.

Automatically, by the optical migration subtask, Monday
through Friday only

Every 45 minutes from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., and every 45 minutes from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

DSK2MIGD=AAAAANN

DSK2INTV=0045

DSK2TIME=2100-2300,0100-0500

When the system administrator manually invokes the optical migration subtask (no automatic migration)

DSK2MIGD=MMMMMMM