Hi Robert,

I don't really know the different between unload and dump...
But if you use either one of this two methods to bring back your
database...you need to use dsmserv loadformat
Dsmserv format is for "dsmserv restoredb" from "dsmserv backupdb" which
backup can do when tsm is running
Unloaddb/dumpdb have to halt db when you run it...but the file that you have
get will be smaller and also faster....

regards,

Thida Chintawongvanich

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