You can override automatic processing and control volume movement manually by using the RMM CHANGEVOLUME subcommand with the MANUALMOVE operand. To return the volume to automatic movement control, use the RMM CHANGEVOLUME subcommand with the AUTOMOVE operand.

When you put a volume under manual move control, DFSMSrmm does not move the volume anywhere automatically, even when it expires and is pending release. Volume movement occurs only if you request it using the RMM CHANGEVOLUME subcommand with the LOCATION operand.

To allow release processing, you must remove the volume from manual move control unless the volume is in its home location. When a volume is in its home location, DFSMSrmm performs release processing even if the volume is under manual move control.

You might use manual move control to keep a volume on-site even though the volume is flagged to be sent off-site for disaster recovery. To keep the volume on-site or to request that the volume be moved back to its home location, you could use this command:

RMM CHANGEVOLUME volser MANUALMOVE LOCATION(HOME)

When a volume is put under manual move control, any outstanding move is canceled. Moves can also be canceled by issuing the RMM CHANGEVOLUME command with the LOCATION operand. The operand LOCATION(HOME) is specified in Figure 1 to cancel any pending moves because the volume is in its home location.

You might use manual move control for volumes you create on one system and then send to other systems for processing. Define the other systems as locations using the parmlib LOCDEF command. When a volume is ready to be sent to the other system, you can confirm the volume move and put the volume under manual move control at the same time. For example, to send a volume to another system defined on a LOCDEF command as OTHER1, you could issue this command:

RMM CHANGEVOLUME volser LOCATION(OTHER1) CONFIRMMOVE MANUALMOVE

The CONFIRMMOVE operand shown in Figure 2 confirms that the volume move has completed. The MANUALMOVE operand shown in Figure 2 puts the volume under manual move control and prevents the volume from being moved automatically. When the volume is returned from the other system, remove the volume from manual move control. Then confirm that the volume is back in its home location by issuing this command.

RMM CHANGEVOLUME volser LOCATION(HOME) CONFIRMMOVE AUTOMOVE