HI Bob,

If you use a DEVCLASS of FILE, which means backing up to Disk instead of
Cartridges, this could improve your backup time.
Of course you need to transfer this files via BATCH-Job i.e. DFSMSdss
dump to Cartridge asyncronious.

------------------------------------------
Kind Regards
Kind Regards
Andreas Buser

Tel:  ++41 61 285 73 21    Fax: ++41 61 285 70 70

Email: Andreas.Buser AT Basler DOT ch

Address:
Basler Versicherungsgesellschaft
Andreas Buser
Abt. Informatik
Aeschengraben 21
4002 Basel
Switzerland