Results of recovering GUARANTEED SPACE data sets

With DFSMShsm as the data mover, data sets recovered with the GUARANTEED SPACE attribute are normally placed on the volume from which they were backed up. Consider the effects on a backed up, multiple-volume VSAM data set. A subsequent recover preserves the volume-to-component relationship that originally existed as long as the data set remains SMS-managed. For a data set in a GUARANTEED SPACE storage class, the relationship includes returning the data set to the same volumes from which it was backed up. Thus, if a data set has been originally defined with the data component on one volume and the index component on another, a backup and recover sequence preserves the relationship between the components and the volumes. Similarly, if a key range data set has three key ranges on three separate volumes, the relationship is preserved.