Format of image copies

Select the format of image copies that you want to create.

The Image Copy function creates image copies in one of the following formats. Image copies in any of these formats can be used for database recovery with the Recovery function of IMS HP Image Copy and IMS Database Recovery Facility.

Format	Output device	Description
IMS image copy	DASD or tape	This format is the same as the format of image copies that are created by the Database Image Copy utility (DFSUDMP0). Image copies in this format can be used for database recovery with the Database Recovery utility (DFSURDB0). Image copies in this format can be created with the standard image copy process or the Advanced Image Copy Services process with the DUMP or FDUMP option.
Compressed image copy	DASD or tape	Image copies in this format can be created only by IMS HP Image Copy. Image copies in this format are compressed with one of the compression routines of IMS HP Image Copy. The advantage of this format is that you can reduce allocation space for output image copies. To create image copies in this format, specify the COMP keyword. Image copies in this format can be created with the standard image copy process or the Advanced Image Copy Services process with the DUMP or FDUMP option.
Fast Recovery image copy	DASD	Image copies in this format are the clones of the input database data sets. If the input database data set is a VSAM data set, the image copy data sets that are created are also VSAM data sets. Image copies in this format can be created with the Advanced Image Copy Services process with the COPY option.

Format

Output device

Description

IMS image copy

DASD or tape

This format is the same as the format of image copies that are created by the Database Image Copy utility (DFSUDMP0).

Image copies in this format can be used for database recovery with the Database Recovery utility (DFSURDB0).

Image copies in this format can be created with the standard image copy process or the Advanced Image Copy Services process with the DUMP or FDUMP option.

Compressed image copy

DASD or tape

Image copies in this format can be created only by IMS HP Image Copy. Image copies in this format are compressed with one of the compression routines of IMS HP Image Copy. The advantage of this format is that you can reduce allocation space for output image copies.

To create image copies in this format, specify the COMP keyword. Image copies in this format can be created with the standard image copy process or the Advanced Image Copy Services process with the DUMP or FDUMP option.

Fast Recovery image copy

DASD

Image copies in this format are the clones of the input database data sets. If the input database data set is a VSAM data set, the image copy data sets that are created are also VSAM data sets.

Image copies in this format can be created with the Advanced Image Copy Services process with the COPY option.