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ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3 - IBM Redbooks

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4.58 DFSMSdss stand-alone services<br />

DFDSS Stand-Alone Tape<br />

Figure 4-69 DFSMSdss stand-alone services<br />

DFSMSdss stand-alone services<br />

The DFSMSdss stand-alone restore function is a single-purpose program. It is designed to<br />

allow the system programmer to restore vital system packs during disaster recovery without<br />

relying on an MVS environment.<br />

Stand-alone services can perform either a full-volume restore or a tracks restore from dump<br />

tapes produced by DFSMSdss or DFDSS and <strong>of</strong>fers the following benefits:<br />

► Provides user-friendly commands to replace the previous control statements<br />

► Supports <strong>IBM</strong> 3494 and 3495 Tape Libraries, and 3590 Tape Subsystems<br />

► Supports IPLing from a DASD volume, in addition to tape and card readers<br />

► Allows you to predefine the operator console to be used during stand-alone services<br />

processing<br />

For detailed information about the stand-alone service and other DFSMSdss information,<br />

refer to z/<strong>OS</strong> DFSMSdss Storage Administration Reference, SC35-0424, and z/<strong>OS</strong><br />

DFSMSdss Storage Administration Guide, SC35-0423, and visit:<br />

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/s<strong>of</strong>tware/sms/dss/<br />

Chapter 4. Storage management s<strong>of</strong>tware 203

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