Thanks for the multiple answers - I had a feeling (the spousal unit is a DBA) 
that was going to be the answer.  Oh, well....back to the wait queue.  :)

Ray Baughman <rbaughman AT NATIONALMACHINERY DOT COM> wrote:I never delete more 
than one at a time. If I have multiple volumes to
delete, I write a shell script to delete them one at time, using delete
volume xxxx discarddata=y wait=yes. I've found this is the fastest way to
delete multiple volumes even if the volumes are from different storage
pools.

Ray Baughman
National Machinery LLC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Joe Howell
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:38 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: How many volumes can I delete at once?
>
>
> I have to delete some volumes from a copy storage pool. I have
> attempted to delete as many as four volumes at once (del vol xxxx
> discarddata=yes) and had deadlock problems. How many volumes
> should I expect to be able to process at once? TSM 5.1.5 on OS/390.
>
>
> Joe Howell
> Shelter Insurance Companies
> Columbia, MO
>
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