You may not want to include dump files in your normal system backup procedures. AutoRestart/iX dump files are normally hundreds of megabytes in size, the total size of dump files can exceed a gigabyte of disk space, when you have more than one dump file on a large system.
To ensure that dump files are not included in system backup, modify your system backup commands to exclude all dump files in DISKDUMP.TELESUP. The following example shows a STORE command that stores all system files except dump files.
:FILE T;DEV=TAPE
:STORE @.@.SYS,@.@.@-@.@.SYS-@.DISKDUMP.TELESUP;*T;SHOW=OFFLINE
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If a system abort occurs during a backup, AutoRestart/iX can write dump information to the write-enabled backup tape currently mounted on the tape drive. If this occurs, you will not have complete backup information. Be sure that you perform a second backup as soon as possible.
