David I never thought I'd say this, but I don't entirely agree with Andy.
>From my observations, during a reclamation, COPY STGPOOL or MOVE DATA process, the source volume may be mounted R/O if its status is FULL regardless of it's access. Regards Neil Schofield Yorkshire Water Services Ltd. tsm: TSM1>q vol G01081 f=d Volume Name: G01081 Storage Pool Name: LOC_TAPEPOOL_GENERAL_ARCHIVE Device Class Name: LOC_STKL5500 Estimated Capacity (MB): 79,379.7 Scaled Capacity Applied: Pct Util: 71.8 Volume Status: Full Access: Read/Write Pct. Reclaimable Space: 28.2 Scratch Volume?: Yes In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 8 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 05-01-2005 11:28:21 Approx. Date Last Read: 09-11-2004 11:43:48 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No Last Update by (administrator): more... (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel) Last Update Date/Time: 09-11-2004 11:43:16 tsm: TSM1>move data G01081 ANR2232W This command will move all of the data stored on volume G01081 to other volumes within the same storage pool; the data will be inaccessible to users until the operation completes. Do you wish to proceed? (Yes (Y)/No (N)) y ANS8003I Process number 3887 started. tsm: TSM1>q pro Process Process Description Status Number -------- -------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 3,887 Move Data Volume G01081 (storage pool LOC_TAPEPOOL_GENERAL_ARCHIVE), Target Pool LOC_TAPEPOOL_GENERAL_ARCHIVE, Moved Files: 2447, Moved Bytes: 168,867,360, Unreadable Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current Physical File (bytes): None Current input volume: G01081. Current output volume: G00676. tsm: TSM1>q mount ... ANR8330I ECARTRIDGE volume G01081 is mounted R/O in drive TSM1_GS02STKL5500 (\\.\mt13.0.1.9), status: IN USE. ANR8330I ECARTRIDGE volume G00676 is mounted R/W in drive TSM1_GS02STKL5500 (\\.\mt1.0.1.6), status: IN USE. ... tsm: TSM1> Visit cool-fuel.com to see our fun, interactive website for children YORKSHIRE WATER - WINNER OF THE UTILITY OF THE YEAR AWARD The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm Yorkshire Water Services Limited Registered Office Western House Halifax Road Bradford BD6 2SZ Registered in England and Wales No 2366682