Specifying target pool

For backup profiles that are created when Target Mapping is set to A, you must define a pool of target volumes.

Procedure

  1. On the Update Backup Profile panel, specify U in the Target Pool field.
    Figure 1. Target Pool Selection panel (BSY$POOL)
    BSY$POOL  V2R2 --- Target Pool Selection --- 2021/05/26  16:56:05
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Line Commands: I - Enter  D - Delete                                             
                                                                                 
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 Creator: PDBISC     Name: IAA FLASH                        SSID: IAA            
 Share Option: U  (Upd,View,No)    Description: IAA FLASHCOPY                    
------------------------------ Target Range Options -----------------------------
                                                                                 
Enter by Unit or Stogroup   ==> U  (Unit/Stogroup)                               
                                                                                 
----------------  Enter Target Ranges ----------------          Row 1 of 3       
     Start  End                                                                  
Cmd  Unit   Unit                                                                 
                                                                                 
     ABE0   ABE7                                                                 
     ABE8   ABEF

  2. On the Target Pool Selection panel, specify a range of units or a list of SMS storage groups to use as targets for each source volume. The specified units or storage groups are used at backup time to map each source volume to a target unit.
  3. In the Cmd column, specify the I line command to specify a Target Range or Stogroup, or specify D to delete a Target Range or Stogroup.
  4. Specify one or more of the following fields
    Creator
    The profile creator.
    Name
    The profile name.
    SSID
    The subsystem for this profile.
    Share Option
    How users other than the profile creator can use the profile. This field is read only.
    Description
    The description as defined when the profile was created. This field is read only.
    Enter by
    The targets can be specified as either Unit or SMS stogroups. Specify U to specify targets by units, or S to specify targets by SMS stogroups.
  5. Specify the target range using one or more of the Enter Target Ranges fields:
    Start Unit
    If specifying by units, this is the starting UCB address to use as a target. This field can only contain valid hexadecimal characters.
    End Unit
    If specifying by units, this is the ending UCB address to use as a target. The End Unit number must be greater than the Start Unit number. Ranges are not allowed to overlap. This field can only contain valid hexadecimal characters.
    Note: IMS Recovery Expert attempts to use all devices in the specified range. If you do not want specific devices included in the target pool, you must specify multiple ranges that omit the volumes to exclude.
    Stogroup
    If specifying by stogroup, you can specify SMS stogroups in this field. Each SMS stogroup is checked to ensure that it exists; a message is displayed if it does not exist. If you press Enter after the message is displayed, the SMS stogroup is accepted, but you must ensure that the SMS stogroup is created before the backup runs.