>>-+-MODIFY-+--OAM,-+-START-+-,-MOVEVOL,volser-+----------+----><
   '-F------'       '-S-----'                  +-,RECYCLE-+   
                                               '-,DELETE--'   

Use the OAM Move Volume utility to move (migrate) objects from a primary or backup source volume (a tape volume or one side of an optical disk) to one or more target volumes. You can optionally recycle or delete the source volume after moving the objects to the target volumes.

The MOVEVOL command specified with the RECYCLE option will be rejected for both physical and logical WORM tape volumes. The MOVEVOL command without RECYCLE or with the DELETE option is allowed for WORM tape volumes. The RECYCLE option is rejected for physical WORM tape volumes because they cannot be rewritten from load point and cannot be recycled for reuse. To be consistent with the behavior of physical WORM, the RECYCLE option is also rejected for logical WORM tape volumes. However, with logical WORM, once a logical WORM volume expires and the tape management system returns the logical WORM volume to scratch (to reuse the logical volume's VOLSER), the logical volume can be used as either WORM or R/W (rewritable).

Tip: The DELETE or RECYCLE options of the MOVEVOL command moves data on both sides of an optical volumes.

The F OAM,START,MOVEVOL command requires that the optical or tape volume specified on the command is either controlled by the instance of OAM on which the command was entered (not another OAM within the OAMplex), or if the volume is an unmounted shelf-resident volume, it must be available to the instance of OAM on which the command was entered. If the member name associated with the optical or tape volume serial number specified on this command is not blank or is not the member name for this instance of OAM, the command fails. OAM issues message CBR1068I.