How DFSMShsm supports linux

This topic provides a discussion of only the supported DFSMShsm functions for Linux volumes.

For Linux volumes, DFSMShsm supports only the dump and recover functions. DFSMShsm dump is a physical copy of DASD tracks to tape. An automatic dump process initiates dump processing on a repeating schedule. After reading this HOW TO, you will know what to do to have your Linux volumes dumped by DFSMShsm.

Note: Linux volumes should not be managed by SMS.