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IMPORTRM Utility—Import Definitions

The IMPORTRM utility imports definitions in a data set to the knowledge base. The data set contains definitions exported by the EXPORTRM utility.

This utility has the following format:

IMPORTRM DSNAME=data_set_name
         MODE={REPLACE|OVERLAY|MERGE}

DSNAME=data_set_name

Specifies the name of the export data set.

MODE={REPLACE|OVERLAY|MERGE}

Specifies how the imported definitions are applied in the RAMDB knowledge base.

• REPLACE deletes the relevant existing definitions in and copies the imported definitions to the knowledge base.

  For example, while importing Version 0001 of the SYS001 system image that exists in the knowledge base, the utility deletes the entire existing image and copies the imported image.

• OVERLAY adds definitions that do not exist and updates existing definitions. This mode does not delete existing definitions.
• MERGE adds definitions that do not exist. This mode does not affect existing definitions.