MOVE DATA command enhancement

The enhancement I'd like to see is a PREVIEW option on the MOVE DATA command. The preview would summarise which tapes will be required for the move but would not actually move any data. Knowing which tapes will be required can be important in situations where the tape library is at capacity and some tapes are in an overflow location on-site even if the tape mentioned in the MOVE DATA command is in the tape library.

Without a PREVIEW option it is necessary to start the MOVE DATA process and then check the activity log for ANR1157I messages which report which volumes will be required for the move and then quickly arrange to have any which are not in LIBVOLUMES to be inserted into the tape library. For example, the activity log might show something like this:

02-09-2015 15:33:14 ANR2017I Administrator CHRISHOF issued command: MOVE DATA XX0054 (SESSION: 35806)
02-09-2015 15:33:14 ANR1157I Removable volume XX0190 is required for move process. (SESSION: 35806)
02-09-2015 15:33:14 ANR1157I Removable volume XX0054 is required for move process. (SESSION: 35806)
02-09-2015 15:33:14 ANR1157I Removable volume XX0037 is required for move process. (SESSION: 35806)

If the MOVE DATA command had a PREVIEW option if would be possible to arrange for the tapes to be checked in from the overflow location into the tape library prior to starting the actual move.

To be consistent with other PREVIEW options in TSM (eg. BACKUP STGPOOL) it should "[...display the number of files and bytes to be moved and a list of the primary storage pool volumes that you must mount....]"