Syntax for ICF catalogs

This is the syntax for the MERGECAT command when operating on Integrated Catalog Facility (ICF) catalogs.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram MeRGeCat INBCS( bcs)1OUTBCS( bcs)1JouRNaL( dsn)BaCKoutReSTaRTEXECuteSIMulateNOMOVE-IN-USEEXCLUDE-LEVELS-IN-USEMOVE-IN-USECopy-ONLYWhile-Open(OPTIMIZEOPTIMIZE-ONLYNO-OPTIMIZERETRY-INTerval(10)RETRY-INTerval(n)RETRY-LIMit(300)RETRY-LIMit(n)EXClude-SYStems(,sysname)EXCLUDE-XCF-DOWNSINGLE)LIST-OPENLeVeL(,lvllvlmask)2eXclude-LeVeL(,lvllvlmask)2ENTries(,dsndsnmask)2MoVe-AliasMoVe-Alias(,mcatmcatmask)DEFine-AliasNoMoVeAliasEXAmine(IndexTEST)EXAmine(IndexTESTDataTESTDataTEST IndexTEST)NOEXAmineAccept-Examine(W)Accept-Examine(WDEI)FATal-CATalog-ERRor(W)FATal-CATalog-ERRor(WE)FROM-Master-CATalog3TO-Master-CATalogLoCKNOLoCKLeaVe-LOCKedMaxDUPS(0)MaxDUPS(09999n)Master-CATalog( mcat)NODiagnose-BCSDiagnose-BCSAccept-Diagnose(W)Accept-Diagnose(WEI)ABEND-SVCDUMPABEND-NOSVCDUMPLong-ENQ(INBCSOUTBCS)INT-ENQINT-ENQ(INBCSOUTBCS)Long-ENQ(INBCS)INT-ENQ(OUTBCS)Long-ENQ(OUTBCS)INT-ENQ(INBCS)VVDS-UPDateVVDS-TASKS( nnn)4NOVVDS-UPDateTERSE
Notes:
  • 1 If the BCS you specify is the master catalog, you must specify the NOLOCK keyword.
  • 2 When an all-inclusive mask, for example, **,*.** or **.**, is specified for keywords such as LEVEL, EXCLUDE-LEVEL, or ENTRIES it must be the only operand in that keyword.
  • 3 The FROM-Master-CATalog keyword is not needed and cannot be specified when COPY-ONLY is specified.
  • 4 VVDS-TASKS(nnn) is mutually exclusive with COPYONLY and NOVVDSUPDATE.

MERGECAT Command Syntax