A QUERY command has been issued with the ACTIVE parameter. This message gives the status of the EXPIREBV long-running command.

HELD and NOT HELD indicate whether the operator has issued a HOLD command to hold the function.

ACTIVE and INACTIVE indicate whether an EXPIREBV command is currently in progress.

The EXPIREBV command reads records from the BCDS in alphabetical order, looking for expired backup versions, or expired ABARS versions if ABARSVERSIONS is specified. The key of the record being read is periodically stored in the backup control record on this processing unit. The data set backup version key and the ABARS version key are each stored separately. The value of the stored key used when processing data set backup versions is indicated with bcdskey1. The value of the stored key used when processing ABARS versions is indicated with bcdskey2.

The planned ending key is saved when starting an EXPIREBV command. If the command processing ends prior to completion, a subsequent EXPIREBV command issued on this processing unit with the RESUME parameter, will, by default, start at the bcdskey1 if ABARSVERSIONS is omitted, or will start at the bcdskey2 if ABARSVERSIONS is specified.