In this example a storage a group name is specified which causes data to be collected from all on line volumes belonging to that storage group.

//COLLECT2 JOB    ...
//STEP1    EXEC   PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD     SYSOUT=A
//OUTDS    DD     DSN=USER.DCOLLECT.OUTPUT,
//       STORCLAS=LARGE,
//       DSORG=PS,
//       DCB=(RECFM=VB,LRECL=644,BLKSIZE=0),
//       SPACE=(1,(100,100)),AVGREC=K,
//       DISP=(NEW,CATLG,KEEP)
//SYSIN    DD     *
     DCOLLECT -
           OFILE(OUTDS) -
           STORAGEGROUP(STGGP001) -
           NODATAINFO
/*

Job control language statements:

• OUTDS describes the sequential output data set where records from data collection is written.

Parameters are:

• OFILE identifies the output data set (USER.DCOLLECT.OUTPUT) by ddname.
• STORAGEGROUP names the storage group from which data is to be collected. Data is collected from all on line volumes that reside in storage group STGGP001.
• NODATAINFO says that only volume information records are created and written to the output data set. No data set information is collected and written to the output data set.