>Shouldn't it use primary storage volumes to get the data, just like a >reclamation or a move data for acc=offsite volumes?
Again, I urge reading the Technical Guide redbook to fully understand TSM functions before trying to use them. It's particularly important to do so because the command reference manual ends up getting just a fraction of the information presented in the TG - often omitting important facts, such as: "The volumes added to this list have to have an access of READWRITE or READONLY." That obviously precludes Access=Offsite. And wouldn't it be nice if the programmers put out some kind of message when the function ends up copying none of the data that the customer requested? (Come on, IBM - that's not "enterprise" level programming.) Richard Sims, BU