Referencing Catalogs

An EXPORT group can reference more than one catalog. In the following instances, a catalog DD is required for an z/OS cluster export:

The export is restricted to a specific catalog.
Less than a full high-level qualifier is supplied. If no delimiter (.) is in the name, EXPORT cannot determine the high-level qualifier, and a catalog DD is required. However, when a full high-level qualifier is present, generic names can be used.

EXPORT Group Example

The following is an example of an EXPORT group:

EXPORT       <-----   Export statement
CATALOG      <-----   Export method
 CL=         <-----   Optional statement