Perform a Backup
Once the OpenVMS client is created and the storage policy is configured for the default subclient, you are ready to perform your first backup.
The following section provides step-by-step instructions for performing your first backup:
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From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client> | Proxy Client File System | defaultBackupSet.
Right-click the default subclient and click Backup.
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Click Full as backup type and then click Immediate.
Click OK.
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You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller window of the CommCell console.
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Once the job is complete, view the job details from the Backup History. Right-click the Subclient and select Backup History.
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Click OK.
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You can right-click the job and view the following details:
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Items that failed during the job
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Details of the job
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Events of the job
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Log files of the job
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Media associated with the job
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What Gets Backed Up |
What Does Not Get Backed Up |
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File Systems On-Disk Structure 2 File System (ODS-2) On-Disk Structure 5 File System (ODS-5) |
By default, the following file systems are automatically skipped during backups:
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File System Elements Files with names that contain non-ASCII characters as long as the appropriate locales are set |
Locked files Note: You can suspend or stop an application that has a lock on a file that you want to back up. |