During a backup, does VM:Backup place any locks on a disk?

Products

• VM:Backup for z/VM
• VM:Backup High-Speed Disaster Recovery Option (HiDRO)
• Mainframe VM Product Manager
• VM:Manager Suite for Linux on Mainframe
• VM:Manager Suite for z/VM
• VM SUITE

Issue/Introduction

During a backup of CMS data, non-CMS data and SFS data, does VM:Backup place any locks on a disk? 

 

Resolution

No, VM:Backup does not place any locks on a disk during a backup.  

Although, during an SFS file space restore, VM:Backup obtains a lock on the file space.