Drastically reduces DASD backup and recovery windows
Improves the integrity of creating and restoring DASD backups
Monitors the progress of backup and recovery tasks
Reduces media and vault storage costs
Eliminates the dependency of maintaining internally written code
Tracks multiple backup versions with capability to restore from any version
Structures restore jobs to minimize the number of tape mounts and file positioning to save recovery time

DASD Backup Supervisor (DBS)

Automated, Secure DASD Backup & Recovery

DASD Backup Supervisor automates the Full Volume backup and recovery process by continuously auditing for new, deleted, renamed, or off-line volumes and automatically generates JOBS to back up and recover these DASD volumes. DBS also automates data replication technologies such as Flashcopy, SnapShot and TimeFinder. DBS provides forecasting reports that allow the customer to adjust and fine-tune DBS JOBS for efficient backup and recoverability. The DASD volumes may be stacked on high density tape to maximize media utilization and/or written to multiple drives to reduce backup and recovery time. DBS will make automatic adjustments to the recovery JOBS to reflect changes at the recovery site saving recovery time and manpower.

ISPF Interface

Creating jobs through DBS' easy-to-use ISPF panels, reduces the errors caused by incorrect definition and administration of "raw" DFSMSdss and FDR backup JCL.

DASD Volume File Auditing

DBS creates a volume list and continuously audits DASD volumes to ensure that all volumes necessary to the recovery process are backed up.

Advanced Copy Features

DBS simplifies and automates the backup processes for DASD replicated using IBM’s FlashCopy and SnapShot Copy, and EMC’s TimeFinder/Snap.
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Reduce Backup and Recovery Windows

DBS has been shown to be effective in decreasing DASD backup window requirements by hours - in some cases cutting the backup window requirement in half. The restore jobs generated by DBS are optimized to minimize the number of required tape mounts and repositioning, which can dramatically reduce recovery times.

Data Encryption

DBS can secure tapes sent offsite to the vault, or to a trusted business partner, by selectively encrypting tape data during the backup process. DASD backups are protected from unauthorized access without adding additional steps or excessive overhead in the backup process.

Maximize Backup Tape Utilization

DBS is specifically designed to stack Full Volume, Incremental and Differential backups onto high-capacity media to achieve optimal media utilization, reduce media handling costs and vault storage costs.

Multiple Backup Versions for Flexibility

DBS can create and recover from single or duplex backup copies. DBS also maintains several cycles of backups, any of which can be used in the recovery process by specifying the backup creation date/time or using the relative backup number.

Validating D/R Site DASD Configuration

DBS validates the DASD configuration at the D/R site and automatically selects the DASD available for the restore process based upon volume size and other user-specified criteria.

Automate Recovery for Fast Return to Operations

DBS generates fully automated recovery jobs to be shipped offsite with the backup tapes, or jobs can be created automatically at the recovery site. The restore jobs generated by DBS do not require the use of the system catalog or an active tape management system, making DBS the ideal choice for initial DASD restores in a D/R scenario.

Linux under z/VM

DBS applies mainframe DR principles to Open Systems DR challenges by treating Linux and z/VM volumes as though they were native z/OS volumes thereby eliminating the need to use Open Systems backup and recovery tools. DBS creates a z/VM and/or Linux volume list and continuously audits DASD to ensure that all volumes necessary to the recovery process are backed up. At recovery time, DBS automatically restores the volumes so they are ready for mounting.