Q VOL is for listing the volumes in a storage pool(s).
Q LIBVOL is for listing the contents of a library.

"QUERY VOL" lists any storage pool volumes, which is usually any volumes
that have data on them or any volumes that have been defined to a storage
pool (does not include DB backup tapes)

"QUERY LIBVOL" lists all volumes checked into your library, which may
include tapes that are not part of a storage pool.

So in my case (I have a tape robot):

"QUERY VOL" lists all my disk pool volumes and my tape storage pool volumes,
but not my scratch tapes or DB backup tapes.

"QUERY LIBVOL" lists all the tapes that are checked into my tape robot,
which includes the scratch tapes in the robot, but doesn't include the
storage pool tapes that have been checked out and sent to the vault.

Hope that helps!
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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
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wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Beck [SMTP:M.Beck AT OPENMAIL2.TSEA-E.SUKEPABE.SIMIS DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 11:21 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Storage Volume question
>
> We are running ADSM V2.1.5.18.
>
> If I do a "query libvol" I get 11 volumes listed, however if I do a
> "query vol" I get 12 volumes listed.  Is this normal ?  I was under the
> impression that "query vol" lists all volumes loaded into optical
> jukebox.  Am I wrong ?
>
>
>
> Mark Beck
> Shell Services International
> Aberdeen