z/OS DFSMShsm Managing Your Own Data
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Where does DFSMShsm store my data?

z/OS DFSMShsm Managing Your Own Data
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DFSMShsm stores data in a device-independent format so it can move data to any of the following devices:
  • Tape for the 3480, 3480X, 3490, and 3590-1 Magnetic Tape Subsystems.
  • DASD for Models 3380, 3390, and 9345.
DFSMShsm supports the following volume types:
  • Level 0 volumes are volumes containing data sets that are directly accessible to you and the jobs you run. DFSMShsm-managed volumes are those level 0 volumes that are managed by the DFSMShsm automatic functions.

    Level 0 volumes, and DFSMShsm-managed volumes, can be any DFSMShsm-supported DASD. These volumes must be mounted and online when you refer to them with DFSMShsm commands.

  • Migration level 1 volumes contain data sets that DFSMShsm moved from level 0 volumes and contain the backup versions that were created from a DFSMShsm BACKDS or HBACKDS command.

    Migration level 1 volumes are DFSMShsm-supported DASD on which DFSMShsm maintains your data in DFSMShsm format. Normally, these volumes are permanently mounted and online.

  • Migration level 2 volumes are volumes containing data sets moved from migration level 1 volumes or level 0 volumes.

    Migration level 2 volumes are DFSMShsm-supported tape, or DASD, on which DFSMShsm maintains your data in DFSMShsm format. Normally, these volumes are not mounted or online.

  • Daily backup volumes are volumes containing the most current backup versions of data sets copied from level 0 volumes. These volumes may also contain earlier backup versions of these data sets.

    Daily backup volumes are DFSMShsm-supported tape, or DASD, on which DFSMShsm maintains your data in DFSMShsm format. Normally, these volumes are not mounted or online.

  • Spill backup volumes are volumes containing earlier backup versions of data sets, which were moved from DASD backup volumes.

    Spill backup volumes are DFSMShsm-supported tape, or DASD, on which DFSMShsm maintains your data sets in DFSMShsm format. Normally, these volumes are not mounted or online.

  • Dump volumes are DFSMShsm-owned magnetic tape volumes. When a volume is dumped, DFSMShsm invokes DFSMSdss to write a copy of the entire allocated space of that volume on a dump volume.

    Dump volumes are DFSMShsm-supported tape. Image copies of volumes are produced by the full volume dump function of DFSMSdss, which is invoked by DFSMShsm.

  • Aggregate backup volumes contain copies of the data sets of a user-defined group of data sets, along with control information for those data sets. These data sets and their control information are stored as a group so that they can be recovered (if necessary) as an entity by an aggregate recovery process.

    Aggregate backup volumes are DFSMShsm-supported tape and are normally not mounted or online.

  • Fast replication target volumes contain the fast replication backup copies of DFSMShsm-managed volumes. Fast replication target volumes are contained within SMS copy pool backup storage groups.

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