Dumping control data sets

If you dump the volumes that contain the control data sets, you will destroy your control data sets if you do a restore of the volume. If you restore the control data sets, you must immediately recover the control data sets. If you dump the volume containing the BCDS, no concurrent dump activity should be processing on another host. A lockout can occur.

Related reading

For more information about how to recover control data sets, see Reasons for recovering the control data sets.