When you issue the AUDIT command, you must specify one of the required parameters, to indicate a primary category of control information, which will "drive" that invocation of AUDIT. The optional parameters qualify what to audit, the output destination, and other qualifying information.
>>-AUDIT--------------------------------------------------------> >--+-+-ABARSCONTROLS-+--+----------+--+----------------+---------------+->< | '-ABRCTL--------' '-(agname)-' '-| Fragment B |-' | | .-NOFIX-. | +-+-COMMONQUEUE-+--+----------------+--+-------+--------------------+ | '-CQUEUE------' '-(---RECALL---)-' '-FIX---' | +-+-COPYPOOLCONTROLS-+--+----------+--+----------------+------------+ | '-CPCTL------------' '-(cpname)-' '-| Fragment B |-' | +-+-DATASETCONTROLS-+--(-+-MIGRATION-+-)--+----------------+--------+ | '-DSCTL-----------' '-BACKUP----' '-| Fragment A |-' | | .--------. | | V | | +-+-DIRECTORYCONTROLS VOLUMES-+--(---volser-+-)--+----------------+-+ | '-DIRCTL VOLUMES------------' '-| Fragment B |-' | +-+-MEDIACONTROLS-+--| Fragment C |---------------------------------+ | '-MEDCTL--------' | +-+-VOLUMECONTROLS-+--(BACKUP)--+----------------+------------------+ | '-VOLCTL---------' '-| Fragment D |-' | '-+-VOLUMECONTROLS-+--(-+-MIGRATION---+-)--+----------------+-------' '-VOLCTL---------' '-RECOVERABLE-' '-| Fragment E |-' A: DATASETCONTROLS optional parameters |--+---------------------------------+--+----------------+------| | .--------. | '-| Fragment B |-' | V | | +-+-DATASETNAMES-+-(---dsname-+-)-+ | '-DSNAME-------' | +-LEVELS-+-------------------+----+ | | .-----------. | | | | V | | | | '-(---qualifier-+-)-' | '-RESUME--------------------------' B: Additional optional parameters .-NOFIX-. .-SYSOUT------------------. .-REPORT(ERRORS)-. |--+-------+--+-------------------------+--+----------------+---> '-FIX---' +-+-OUTDATASET-+-(dsname)-+ | '-ODS--------' | '-SYSOUT-+---------+------' '-(class)-' >--+---------------------------------+--------------------------| | .-DYNAMIC----. | '-SERIALIZATION(-+-CONTINUOUS-+-)-' C: MEDIACONTROLS parameters |--+----------------------------------+--+----------------+-----| +-(-+-SMALLDATASETPACKING-+-)------+ '-| Fragment B |-' | '-SDSP----------------' | | .--------. | | V | | '-VOLUMES(---volser-+-)-+--------+-' '-RESUME-' D: VOLUMECONTROLS (BACKUP) optional parameters |--+-----------------------------------------+------------------> | .--------. | | V | | +-VOLUMES(---volser-+-)-------------------+ '-+-BACKUPTYPE-+--(-+-DAILY-+-------+-+-)-' '-BTYPE------' | '-(day)-' | +-SPILL-----------+ '-ALL-------------' >--+----------------+-------------------------------------------| '-| Fragment B |-' E: VOLUMECONTROLS (MIGRATION and RECOVERABLE) optional parameters |--+------------------------+--+----------------+---------------| | .--------. | '-| Fragment B |-' | V | | '-VOLUMES-(---volser-+-)-'