File Management Overview

The first step of this phase is to describe which components are involved in the file management of Control-D. If you understand the structure and purpose of the Control-D files, you will be better able to control the files.

There are three files that constitute the Control-D User Report List files. We will give recommendations and options on the control and usage of the files, examine what information they hold, and how the information is used by Control-D.

We will also examine the links between the User Report List files and the compressed datasets (CDAMs) that Control-D creates. The four topics in this section are:

• CDAM files
• Active User Report List file
• History User Report List file
• Permanent User Report List file

  Figure 28 Control-D User Report List Files