The files listed as not being backed up due to being "open for writing" are, generally speaking, files that are created by the OS at boot up - and are nothing to be concerned about. 

One can consider them as "temporary permanent files" - sort of.

For transparency purposes, it may suit you to itemize these files in your procedural documentation - apart from the output spool files whose names will vary from backup to backup. 

Gilles Schipper 
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> On Oct 24, 2016, at 9:26 AM, James B. Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Following our successful recovery from a lost disc drive last October
> 11 I am reviewing our backup and recovery procedures.  As with
> anything that is seldom used when we exercised our recovery procedures
> we discovered that things could be made a little clearer to those
> unfamiliar with the process. Which was me mainly. And I wrote it all.
> 
> We cleared up many of the mysteries and misconceptions respecting our
> daily database backup.  Now I am down to accounting for the files
> listed below which are excluded from our weekend @[log in to unmask]@ STORE by virtue
> of being open.  I am well aware that this is due to the fact that they
> are in use by a running HP3000 system that is otherwise idle. Any of
> these that absolutely must be backed up are no doubt captured when we
> create a CSLT, which we try to do monthly.  However, I would like to
> know which are backed up on a CSLT or simply discarded.
> 
> The HPSPOOL files are obviously connected to running jobs, including
> the backup job itself.  Likewise the NMLGxxxx log files are in use by
> a running system. The system library SL file I can identify. But the
> rest I could find no reference for when searching. I would like to
> have these annotated with their purpose and whether or not they are
> backed up on a CSLT; or discarded and recreated as needed; or that I
> have a problem.
> 
> /HPSPOOL/OUT/O1191 NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /HPSPOOL/OUT/O1721 NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /HPSPOOL/OUT/O2 NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/MPEXL/WGCONFIG NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/DSTLGTAB NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/DSTLID NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/DSTRINS NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/DSTWELC1 NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/DSTWELC2 NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/FPROTECT NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/HPGID NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/HPGIDNX NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/HPUID NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/HPUIDNX NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/JMATFILE NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/JOBQFILE NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/LOADLIST NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/NMLG0113 NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> /SYS/PUB/SL NOT STORED: FILE IS OPEN FOR WRITING
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
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