The EXCHANGE command MOUNT enters the description of the foreign volume in internal tables maintained by EXCHANGE. This command is different from the DCL command MOUNT, which enters the device in tables maintained by the OpenVMS operating system. A virtual volume must be explicitly mounted with the MOUNT /VIRTUAL command. If an EXCHANGE command is given on an unmounted foreign volume, EXCHANGE attempts to execute an implied MOUNT/FOREIGN/WRITE- /NODATACHECK on the device. This feature enables EXCHANGE to operate in the single-command DCL mode. If a MOUNT/FOREIGN (either implied or explicit) command is given for a foreign device that has not been mounted on the OpenVMS system, EXCHANGE issues the equivalent of the DCL command MOUNT /FOREIGN and attempts to make the volume known to the operating system. Any volume mounted in this way remains mounted after EXCHANGE exits. When EXCHANGE issues the MOUNT/FOREIGN command, the system checks the following: o That the device has not been allocated to another user o That a volume is physically loaded on the specified device o For magnetic tapes, the volume accessibility field of the VOL1 label