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z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs

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IMPORTWhen importing into a nonexistent or an existing nonempty data set orcatalog, the names specified <strong>for</strong> management class and storage class in theIMPORT command override the management class and storage class namesfrom the portable data set. The class specifications and other attributes of theexported object are used to determine the SMS class specifications.INFILE(ddname)specifies the name of a DD statement that identifies the portable copy ofthe cluster, alternate index, or user catalog to be imported.If a nonlabeled tape or a direct access data set created by D<strong>OS</strong>/VS accessmethod services contains the copy, the following DCB parameters must bespecified on the referenced DD statement:vvvBLKSIZE. If you specified BLKSIZE when the cluster or alternate indexwas exported, you must specify the same block size value <strong>for</strong> IMPORT.If you did not specify a block size <strong>for</strong> EXPORT, a default value of 2048was used. Consequently, if you do not specify BLKSIZE <strong>for</strong> IMPORT,IMPORT sets the block size to 2048.LRECL. LRECL is based on the maximum record size of the exportedVSAM data set. Maximum record size is determined by the value givenby the maximum subparameter of the RECORDSIZE parameter of theDEFINE CLUSTER or DEFINE ALTERNATEINDEX command when thedata set was defined.RECFM. Must be VBS.Abbreviation: IFILEINDATASET(entryname)specifies the name of the portable data set that contains a copy of thecluster, alternate index, or user catalog to be imported.If INDATASET is specified, the portable data set is dynamically allocated.The entryname must be cataloged in a catalog that is accessible by thesystem into which the entry is to be imported.Abbreviation: IDSOUTFILE(ddname)|OUTDATASET(entryname)specifies the name of a DD statement or the name of a cluster, alternate index,or user catalog to be imported.When you use OUTFILE or OUTDATASET to describe the data set, one of thefollowing conditions must be true:vvvThe data set’s entry is in the master catalog.The qualifiers in the data set’s qualified name are the catalog’s name oralias.You are importing a non-SMS-managed catalog:– When importing a cluster that was permanently exported, the OUTFILEparameter should be used.– If a concatenated JOBCAT or STEPCAT DD statement is used, the catalogto be imported must be identified in the first DD statement unless thecatalog is specified with the CATALOG parameter.– If you are importing to a volume other than the original volume, theOBJECTS(VOLUMES) parameter must also be specified.260 z/<strong>OS</strong> <strong>V1R6.0</strong> <strong>DFSMS</strong> <strong>Access</strong> <strong>Method</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Catalogs</strong>

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