Target set and target volumes files

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Snapshot backups on DS8000®, SAN Volume Controller, and Storwize® family with static target allocation, require a target set for each set of source volumes to be backed up. The target set is a set of target volumes, and several target sets can be defined for use in different snapshot backups. The target volumes file, with extension .fct, identifies the target volumes to be used for an IBM® Storage Protect Snapshot backup.

The volumes in each target set that are used in a backup, must be specified in a separate target set. These target sets are specified in a target volumes file, the .fct file. The target set section name begins with the prefix TARGET_SET and is appended with a target set name. The target set name differentiates different target set sections. The target set name can be any alphanumeric value.

In the TARGET_SET, use the TARGET_VOLUME parameter for every target volume in the target set as shown in the following example:

>>> TARGET_SET 1
TARGET_VOLUME ...
    .
    .
    .
TARGET_VOLUME ...
<<<

To specify multiple target sets in the target volumes file, add the next target set section with a unique target set name as shown in this example:

>>> TARGET_SET 2
TARGET_VOLUME ...
    .
    .
    .
TARGET_VOLUME ...
<<<

Comments can be entered before the first target set section only, and are indicated by a # character in the first column of each line. Tab characters can be entered.

When VOLUMES_FILE is specified in the profile, the target volumes file can have any file name and does not conform to any naming convention.