HSMS generally saves and archives both the data and the catalog entry of a file (if the data is available). When exporting files, however, it is possible to write to the export volume only the catalog entries of files located on magnetic tape cartridges or on private disk (save type CATL).
For files located on private disk, this is done by specifying
SUPPORT=*PRIVATE-DISK(...,CATALOG-ENTRIES-ONLY=*YES)
For files on tape, you must specify
SUPPORT=*TAPE
When files are exported, subsequent importation into a different system environment can be facilitated by carrying out the following:
Specifying whether certain file attributes should be adopted from the file’s catalog entry or set to defaults.
(FILE-ATTRIBUTES=*KEEP/*RESET-TO-STD operand).Specifying whether the file’s catalog ID and user ID should be included in the save file (using the operand CAT-AND-USER-ID=*KEEP/*IGNORE).
If the catalog ID and user ID are not included in the save file, the files can be imported without needing to know the exporting catalog ID and user ID.