You can make up to 255 copies of DFSMSdss-produced backup data. This is helpful when you need extra backup tapes for disaster recovery or for the distribution of dumped data.

You can copy the DFSMSdss-produced backup data, a sequential data set, to a tape or a DASD volume. The sequential data set that you are copying can reside on one or more tape volumes or DASD volumes. You can selectively copy the data from one or more of the DASD volumes when the backup data is produced from multiple DASD volumes.