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Parameters for VSAM Without DEFER

Specify one or more of the following parameters only if you want to change a particular value for the cluster from that which is found on the archive medium. If a value is given at both the cluster and component level (for example, ALLOC= and DALLOC=), the value specified at the data or index level will take precedence over the cluster value, just as IDCAMS does when you issue a DEFINE. See the IBM publication Access Method Services Reference for a more complete description of the following parameters.

CATALOG=

This optional parameter applies only to the restore of a VSAM cluster. It specifies the name of a VSAM catalog in which the restored cluster is to be defined (overriding the catalog selected by normal catalog management functions). If this parameter is used, you should also specify the same catalog in a STEPCAT DD statement. If you don't, VSAM OPEN errors are likely to occur. This is caused by VSAM OPEN routines always following the standard catalog management rules to locate the proper catalog, regardless of the catalog specified for the define processing.

Note: For non-ICF catalogs, a named catalog must own the volume to which the cluster is being restored. Use caution when adding a STEPCAT, since all new catalog entries (non‑VSAM as well as VSAM) will be placed in the STEPCAT catalog.

RELATE=

This parameter must be specified when you are restoring an alternate index (either a physical AIX or one from the catalog information archived with the base cluster) to a base cluster that was restored with a new name. Give the new name that the base cluster was restored with in this parameter.

RELPSWD=

This parameter must be specified when an alternate index is being restored and its base cluster was defined with passwords different from those on the archive tape. Specify the update or higher password for the base cluster that the alternate index is being related to. If a physical alternate index is being restored, this parameter must always be specified if the base cluster is password-protected.