Limit the number of concurrent volumes you move with TDMF (probably 5 volumes). It is a parameter in TDMF. This is very important for I/O intensive volumes
For JES2 checkpoint, you need to be careful. Read the book or work with z/OS support group on this. If you move one volume/one checkpoint at a time, you should be ok It is a pretty good product. One more thing to remember, if you have replication going on, please be considerate, move few at a time, otherwise, you might overwhelm the replication cycle or miss your RPO Regards, Sridher ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html