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Accessing Storage Devices
1-8 Connectivity and Media Preparation 6-00025-01 Rev A
Prepare Media for SCSI Devices
For detailed information on the commands in the following
tables, refer to the Command Reference chapter in Managing
the AMASS File System.
For detailed information on the utilities in the following tables,
refer to the Utility Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS
File System.
Load and Initialize New Media
The following table summarizes the AMASS commands
required to load and initialize media managed by AMASS in a
SCSI-attached storage system.
Step
Command
or Utility
Description
1 volnew Create an entry in the AMASS database.
For tracking purposes, AMASS gives the
media a unique volume number.
2 volinlet Load media through mailbox.
3 volloc Mark the volume “Online” in the AMASS
database.
Online = media is in storage device.
3A
Importing Media:
vgimport
NOTE: Must
have used
vgexport to
export
metadata file
Import metadata file for volume that
already has data on it
cdimport Import a CD that already has data on it