MOVE VOLUME and COPY VOLUME Statements

The MOVE VOLUME statement is used to move all the data sets residing on a specified volume. The COPY VOLUME statement is used to copy all the data sets residing on a specified volume.

Any catalog entries associated with the data sets remain unchanged. Data sets to be moved or copied must reside on DASD volumes.

The syntax of the MOVE VOLUME and COPY VOLUME statements is:

Label	Statement	Parameters
[label]	{MOVE\|	VOLUME=device=serial
	COPY}	,TO=device=list
		[,PASSWORD]
		[,CATLG]
		[,TODD=ddname]
		[,UNLOAD]
		[,COPYAUTH]
Note: CATLG may only be coded with COPY VOLUME

where:

VOLUME=device=serial

specifies the device type and volume serial number of the source volume.

TO=device=serial

specifies the device type and volume serial number of the volume to which the volume of data sets is to be moved or copied.

PASSWORD

specifies that password protected data sets are included in the operation. This is not VSAM password protection, but the OS password scheme. If PASSWORD is omitted, only data sets that are not protected are copied or moved.

CATLG

specifies that the copied data sets are to be cataloged.

For proper results, this control statement option must be used instead of specifying the "CATLG" option in the "DISP" parameter in the DD statements.

CATLG may only be coded with COPY VOLUME.

TODD=ddname

specifies the name of a DD statement from which DCB (except RECFM, BLKSIZE and LRECL) and LABEL (except data set sequence number) information for output data sets on tape volumes can be obtained.

The DD statement describes the mode and label information to be used when creating output data sets on tape volumes. Record format, blocksize and logical record length information, if coded, is ignored.

When UNLOAD is specified, it describes the mode and label information to be used when creating unloaded versions of data sets on tape volumes. Record format, blocksize and logical record length information, if coded, must specify (RECFM=FB, BLKSIZE=800, LRECL=80).

TODD must be specified in the control statement when an expiration data (EXPDT) or retention period (RETPD) is to be created or changed.

The TODD parameter can be omitted for 9-track tapes with standard labels and default density for the unit type specified.

UNLOAD

specifies that the data sets are to be unloaded to the receiving volumes.

COPYAUTH

specifies that the receiving data set is to be given the same access list as the input data set, if the input data set is RACF protected and the output data set is not preallocated.