It seems context is a player in the semantics portion of the topic.

The request is for the type of LIST.
1) You can create a list of volumes that are ONLINE.
2) You can create a list of volumes that are  NOT ONLINE/OFFLINE.
3.a) You can create a list of volumes that are either ONLINE or NOT
ONLINE/OFFLINE.
3.b) You can create a list of both ONLINE and NOT ONLINE/OFFLINE volumes.

I somewhat lean toward "NOT ONLINE" over OFFLINE for those PENDING states.

Would UCBSCAN be useful for determining state?
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ieaa400/ucbscan.htm


On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 4:02 AM, Brian Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am I
> 1) at home
> 2) at the office
> 3) either
> 4) both
>
> "both" would suggest that my home is my office.....
> Oh wait.... it is :)
>
> But yes, I agree with Rex
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Bill Wilkie <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > The doc says online, offline and both earlier in the doc.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Apr 4, 2018, at 3:42 PM, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Actually I think an English major would disagree with your
> documentation
> > assessment.  3-Either means if it is either online or offline, add it to
> > the list, 3-Both says it has to be both online and offline to get
> > included.  :-)
> > >
> > > Rex
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Bill Wilkie
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2018 2:09 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [External] Getting a VOLSER for a disk that is a member of a
> > copy pair
> > >
> > > I have a program that reads VOLSERS for offline volumes. It works fine
> > for several flavors of VM and Z/OS, and returns the data in a few MS. But
> > takes a minute when issued to a device in a copy pair. If I issue it a
> > second time, it runs fast, so I suppose it could be coming from CACHE or
> > some bit has changed that allows for the faster I/o or it gets the VOLSER
> > form a control block.
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed that when I use the ISMF screen in ISPF option 2.1 it comes
> Up
> > right away. So If there is anyone listening from the ISMF group, can you
> > tell me if you do I/O to get the volser or do you get it from a control
> > block somewhere.  It would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > > BTW, I just sent in a correction to the manual for ISMF. Here is a line
> > from the screen:
> > >
> > >
> > > Type of Volume List . . . 2          (1-Online,2-Not Online,3-Either)
> > >
> > >
> > > I think it should be 1 for ONLINE, 2 for OFFLINE and 3 for BOTH(not
> > either).
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
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