If you plan to use the DFSMSdss stand-alone restore program to restore a volume without the use of a host system environment, you must dump the volume physically. In addition, when doing a full physical volume dump to back up a system residence volume, you must use JCL to invoke DFSMSdss.

You cannot use the DFSMSdss stand-alone restore program with an encrypted tape. DFSMSdss does not interface with the Encryption Key Manager or the Tape Controller and therefore the correct keys cannot be provided to the controller to decrypt data. If you attempt to use a stand-alone restore with an encrypted tape, DFSMSdss issues message ADRY0513I to indicate that the dump data set resides on an encrypted tape and thus, cannot be read with the stand-alone restore program. DFSMSdss also issues message ADRY509D to prompt the operator to continue or end the function.