/COPY virtual-unit-name[:] /SHADOW=(physical-dev- name[:][,...]) (default) /NOCOPY virtual-unit-name[:] /SHADOW=(physical-dev- name[:][,...]) Enables or disables copy operations on physical devices specified when you mount a shadow set. This qualifier is applicable only if you have the volume shadowing option. See the VSI Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS for additional information. The /COPY qualifier instructs MOUNT to perform copy operations on shadow set members. You can mount shadow sets with /NOCOPY to test if proposed shadow set members are targets of copy operations. If any of the specified volumes is a target of a copy operation, the command quits without mounting any of the specified volumes (including those that did not require a copy operation). The /NOCOPY qualifier is similar to /CONFIRM. Use /NOCOPY to mount shadow sets in the site-specific startup command procedure SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM; use /CONFIRM for interactive mounting. Example The following example shows how to use the /NOCOPY qualifier to check the status of potential shadow set members before any data is erased. The command instructs MOUNT to build a shadow set with the specified devices only if a copy operation is not required. Because the device DUA7 required a copy operation to become a member of the shadow set, the mount failed. You could reissue the command specifying /COPY to instruct MOUNT to build the shadow set providing the necessary copy operation. $ MOUNT/NOCOPY DSA2: /SHADOW=($1$DUA4:,$1$DUA6:,$1$DUA7:) - _$ SHADOWVOL DISK$SHADOWVOL %MOUNT-F-SHDWCOPYREQ, shadow copy required %MOUNT-I-SHDWMEMFAIL, DUA7: failed as a member of the shadow set %MOUNT-F-SHDWCOPYREQ, shadow copy required