To move a volume to any location or from any location without performing vital record processing or storage location management processing, use the DFSMSrmm TSO CHANGEVOLUME subcommand. DFSMSrmm updates the control data set to reflect the new location. Vital records processing and storage location processing will override changes made manually unless the volume is placed under manual move control. Be aware that during the next run of vital records processing or storage location processing, the volume might get marked for return to the storage location from which it was moved.

When you use CHANGEVOLUME LOCATION(library_name) and the library name you specify is the name of an automated tape library, the library name and volume information are checked in the TCDB. DFSMSrmm first checks the TCDB to see that the volume and library name are defined in the TCDB, then compares the location information in both the TCDB and the control data set. DFSMSrmm updates the control data set if there is a mismatch between information in the TCDB and control data set. If the volume is currently in a system-managed library, DFSMSrmm ejects the volume.

If the move destination for a volume is a manual tape library, DFSMSrmm requests that the volume is defined in the TCDB as residing in the named manual tape library.

Use the HOME operand to change the location where you want a volume returned when it is no longer retained by a vital record specification. When you use the LOCATION operand to change a volume's location and do not use HOME, the HOME location for the volume is set to the value specified for LOCATION.