>>The "pending" status is only relevant for copy pools.

On my TSM 5.1.6.3 running on AIX 5.1:

My primary tape storage pools have a reuse delay:

tsm: ULTSM>q stgpool oth-atl f=d

               Storage Pool Name: OTH-ATL
               Storage Pool Type: Primary
               Device Class Name: ATL
         Estimated Capacity (MB): 6,549,229.2
                        Pct Util: 35.5
                        Pct Migr: 71.1
                     Pct Logical: 93.7
                    High Mig Pct: 90
                     Low Mig Pct: 70
                 Migration Delay: 0
              Migration Continue: Yes
             Migration Processes:
               Next Storage Pool:
            Reclaim Storage Pool:
          Maximum Size Threshold: No Limit
                          Access: Read/Write
                     Description: Onsite tape for Other** storagepool
               Overflow Location:
           Cache Migrated Files?:
                      Collocate?: Yes
           Reclamation Threshold: 60
 Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: 0
   Delay Period for Volume Reuse: 1 Day(s)
          Migration in Progress?: No
            Amount Migrated (MB): 0.00
Elapsed Migration Time (seconds): 0
        Reclamation in Progress?: No
 Volume Being Migrated/Reclaimed:
  Last Update by (administrator): DSMMON
           Last Update Date/Time: 08/23/2004 11:37:07
        Storage Pool Data Format: Native
            Copy Storage Pool(s):
         Continue Copy on Error?:
                        CRC Data: No

And they have tapes in pending status:

tsm: ULTSM>q vol stg=oth-atl status=pending

Volume Name               Storage      Device      Estimated    Pct   Volume
                          Pool Name    Class Name   Capacity   Util   Status
                                                        (MB)
------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------  -----  --------
700202                    OTH-ATL      ATL               0.0    0.0  Pending