When you restore a data set, you might need to catalog it in the standard order of search or recatalog it in its original catalog. The CATALOG keyword catalogs the data set in the standard order of search. The RECATALOG(*) keyword catalogs it in the same catalog that points to the source data set.

When a data set is restored as an SMS-managed data set, it is cataloged using the standard order of search. The RECATALOG keyword is ignored.

Examples of the CATALOG and RECATALOG keywords in a logical data set RESTORE command follow:

RESTORE  -
        INDDNAME(TAPE)  -
        DATASET(INCLUDE(USER1.**))  -
        CATALOG

RESTORE  -
        INDDNAME(TAPE)  -
        DATASET(INCLUDE(USER1.**))  -
        RECATALOG(*)

When a VSAM KSDS or key range data set is being restored to an unlike device, the data set must be cataloged in the standard order of search.