Because checking in a tape with CHECKIN that was checked out with MOVE
DRM still has "offsite" as its access. You need to run

  upd volume <volname> access=reado

on every copy pool volume you check back in.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
  Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX
Office 262.521.5627

 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>Behalf Of William Boyer
>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:27 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Move data for offsite volume
>
>TSM server 5.2.4.4 on AIX 5.2
>
>Due to a capacity "issue" with my libraries, some of my onsite 
>primary pool tapes are not resident in my library. So to reclaim my
>offsite tapes, I've been checking in tapes that have 90% 
>reclamable space and doing a move data on them. I've noticed a 
>couple times
>where the tape is in the library, ACC=READO, but when I issue 
>the MOVE DATA command against the tape, the tape is never mounted and
>the primary pool tapes (that are in the library) are used instead.
>
>The tapes were originally moved offsite with the MOVE DRMEDIA 
>command. I brought them back, checked them into the library made them
>ACC=READO. I don't understand why TSM isn't doing a tape-to-tape copy??
>
>Bill Boyer
>"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" - ??
>