Special considerations for dump

The following special considerations apply when you are performing a dump operation:

A logical data set dump cannot be performed on the following data sets:
- VSAM data sets not cataloged in an integrated catalog facility catalog
- Page, swap, and SYS1.STGINDEX data sets
- VSAM Volume Data Sets (VVDS)
- Partitioned data sets containing location-dependent information that does not reside in note lists or in the directory
A physical data set dump cannot be performed on the following data sets:
- KSDSs with key ranges. Use logical processing for this type of data set.
- VSAM data sets not cataloged in an integrated catalog facility catalog.
- Page, swap, and SYS1.STGINDEX data sets.

Note: DFSMSdss cannot be used to dump data sets with a volume serial of MIGRAT. The recommended method of dumping migrated data sets is ABARS.

For more information about dumping data sets, see z/OS DFSMSdss Storage Administration.