Stephan
Maybe I'm confused (wouldn't be the first time).... but.
It appears that TSM believes that the volumes are NOT in the library, hence the 
Access=*Offsite*.

I would think that you would need to use the "remove=no" option, which keeps 
TSM from sending the request for removal to the library.
For example:

Move drmedia * wherestate=courier source=dbs remove=no tostate=vault


~Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Stefan Folkerts
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:27 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] move drmedia issue? I can't see what I am missing here.

I can't wrap my head around what is happing here, maybe you guy's can help me 
little. :-)

I want to move two volumes from courier to vault, this is what happens.

===================================================

tsm: TSMSRV>q drmedia source=dbs

Volume Name          State                 Last Update             Automated
                                           Date/Time               LibName
----------------     -----------------     -------------------
----------------
*000002L3*             Courier               10/15/12   10:42:34
*000003L3 *            Courier               10/15/12   10:42:34
000536L3             Mountable             10/18/12   05:06:07     LTOLIB
000535L3             Courier               10/15/12   10:45:10

tsm: TSMSRV>


MOVE DRMEDIA * wherestate=courier tostate=vault source=dbs

ANR6696I MOVE DRMEDIA: *CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME* for volume *000002L3* in library 
LTOLIB starting.
ANR6696I MOVE DRMEDIA: *CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME* for volume *000003L3* in library 
LTOLIB starting.
===================================================

Why does he want to do a checkout library volume, the volumes are listed as 
offsite;

===================================================

                  Volume Name: 000002L3
             Storage Pool Name: COPYPOOL
             Device Class Name: LTOCLASS
            Estimated Capacity: 0.0 M
       Scaled Capacity Applied:
                      Pct Util: 0.0
                 Volume Status: Empty
                        Access: *Offsite*
        Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0
               Scratch Volume?: Yes
               In Error State?: No
      Number of Writable Sides: 1
       Number of Times Mounted: 34
             Write Pass Number: 1
     Approx. Date Last Written: 10/15/12   05:04:11
        Approx. Date Last Read: 08/28/12   07:05:52
           Date Became Pending:
        Number of Write Errors: 0
         Number of Read Errors: 0
               Volume Location: COURIER
Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No
Last Update by (administrator): admin
         Last Update Date/Time: 10/15/12   10:42:34
          Begin Reclaim Period:
            End Reclaim Period:
  Drive Encryption Key Manager: None
       Logical Block Protected: No



                 Volume Name: 000003L3
             Storage Pool Name: COPYPOOL
             Device Class Name: LTOCLASS
            Estimated Capacity: 0.0 M
       Scaled Capacity Applied:
                      Pct Util: 0.0
                 Volume Status: Empty
                        Access: *Offsite*
        Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0
               Scratch Volume?: Yes
               In Error State?: No
      Number of Writable Sides: 1
       Number of Times Mounted: 1
             Write Pass Number: 1
     Approx. Date Last Written: 08/28/12   08:14:12
        Approx. Date Last Read: 08/28/12   07:06:38
           Date Became Pending:
        Number of Write Errors: 0
         Number of Read Errors: 0
               Volume Location: COURIER
Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No
Last Update by (administrator): admin
         Last Update Date/Time: 10/15/12   10:42:34
          Begin Reclaim Period:
            End Reclaim Period:
  Drive Encryption Key Manager: None
       Logical Block Protected: No
===================================================

So what happens is that the move drmedia proces fails with this error;

===================================================
ANR0985I Process 11 for MOVE DRMEDIA running in the BACKGROUND completed with 
completion state FAILURE at 10:07:35 AM.
ANR1893E Process 11 for MOVE DRMEDIA completed with a completion state of 
FAILURE.
===================================================

q libv / show slots, nothing shows these volumes as being in the library.
Running TSM 6.3.2.0 and before today 6.3.1.0 on Linux, same "issue" on that 
level.
I might very well be missing something but I am not seeing it at the moment, 
any help is welcome. :-)

Regards,
  Stefan