Backup and Restore 2 Manual

BRCOM BACKUP Command
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OPEN Job Option
The syntax for the NEEDBOTH job option is:
ON
indicates that the occurrence of the first error in either tape is considered a parallel
backup error, and the operation performs the same steps as the backup operation
for this error. A warning message is displayed in the LIST output.
OFF
indicates that the first tape error encountered will cause parallel backup to perform
the same steps as a backup operation from that point forward using the error free
tape. On being set to OFF, the earliest point at which both tape devices have
encountered an error will be considered a parallel backup error, and the operation
will perform the same steps as a backup operation would for this error.
Guidelines

If NEEDBOTH is ON, the backup and restore operation will treat both tapes as a
single "meta" tape entity, if either has an error the "meta" tape is in error.

If NEEDBOTH is OFF, the first tape with an error is ignored from that point forward,
and the backup and restore operation will proceed as with a single tape backup
operation. Failure of the verify tape operation is considered a tape error.

If the NEEDBOTH job option is specified as part of a backup job with a single tape,
the backup and restore operation returns a syntax error.
OPEN Job Option
Use this job option to specify whether to include or skip files that are open. OFF is the
default.
ON
backs up files even if they are currently open with write or read/write access unless
the files are also open with exclusive access.
OFF
skips the files that are currently open with write or read/write access.
NEEDBOTH { ON | OFF }
OPEN { ON | OFF }