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

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aggregate versions to retain, and how long to retain versions. Aggregate groups simplify the<br />

control <strong>of</strong> backup and recovery <strong>of</strong> critical data sets and applications.<br />

Although SMS must be used on the system where the backups are performed, you can<br />

recover aggregate groups to systems that are not using SMS, provided that the groups do not<br />

contain data that requires that SMS be active, such as PDSEs. You can use aggregate groups<br />

to transfer applications to other data processing installations, or to migrate applications to<br />

newly-installed DASD volumes. You can transfer the application's migrated data, along with its<br />

active data, without recalling the migrated data.<br />

Chapter 5. <strong>System</strong>-managed storage 261

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