For those following this thread who have a DFSMShsm license, HSM does support this. It can backup all files, files based on wildcards and exclude specific files as directed by an EXCLUDE. A UNIX shell command is also available, to perform the HSM backups/recoveries directly from UNIX. Glenn
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