ADR722E
(ttt)-mmmmm(yy), DATA SET dsname IN CATALOG catalog_name ON VOLUME volume_serial_number IS UNAVAILABLE AND CANNOT BE PROCESSED - BACKUP-WHILE-OPEN STATUS IS nnn

Explanation

The Backup-While-Open status in the VVDS indicated that this data set is in an unavailable state and cannot be dumped or restored. See Appendix B, "Data Integrity—Serialization", in z/OS DFSMSdfp Storage Administration for more details about the BWO status indicators.

System action

The data set is not processed. The return code is 8.

Operator response

Rerun the function when the data set becomes available or the BWO status is changed.

Programmer response

Correct the condition that is causing the data set to be unavailable, or change the BWO status.