Automatic Activation of CATALOG
Teradata ARC automatically checks for the following macro before starting an archive operations if CATALOG is specified as a runtime parameter:
$ARC.ACTIVATE_CATALOG
If CATALOG is desired for all archive operations, create the following macro:
CREATE MACRO $ARC.ACTIVATE_CATALOG as (;);
Automatic activation of CATALOG only works for archive operations. Explicitly specify CATALOG for restore/copy operations.