Assuming you are running ZOS in native mode (not as guest under ZVM) where your dump/restores are occurring, I would definitely look at RMF reports - my first place to look is RMF Monitor III online - if not active, turn on with the recording VSAM files - typically "F RMF, S III" - this should show what is delaying / impeding the restore job. One other question - are you restoring from tape or disk - what is the source device type you are recovering from. We recently activated ZEDC on our LPAR's and found out dumping / restoring in DFDSS compressed mode speeds up our backups substantially (like by factor 3:1) if you have that option? You have to specify the proper "ZCOMPRESS" option on the ADRDSSU dump statement to take advantage if you have that feature / option active for your system / processor - we are running on Z15 hardware.
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