Procedure for using the WAIT failure keyword

The format of the keyword string is:

 5695DF170 Rnnn WAIT module name resource name

Rnnn is the release keyword, and its optional use can reduce the number of matches in the search. The module name and resource name are optional keywords.

The wait state can have many causes; here are some of the most common causes:

The system resource manager has marked DFSMShsm nondispatchable because of excessive paging.
DFSMShsm has serialized on a resource and is locked out by another task in this system or by a task in another system.
A backup task is waiting for a backup volume to become available. These backup volumes have been made unavailable because another processing unit stopped before completing backup.
The WAIT may be a coded WAIT.