FSE Management Console

FSE command	Description

fselibrary	Manages configuration of the FSE libraries. Monitors inventory of the FSE libraries.

fsemedium	Manages configuration of the FSE media. Formats and initializes FSE media. Performs
	maintenance tasks on the FSE media. Duplicates or reorganizes FSE media. Recreates a
	copy of the unreadable data located on damaged FSE media. Modifies current status of
	the FSE media.

fsepartition	Manages configuration of the FSE partitions. Scans the FSE partitions for obsolete data
	and reports the corresponding statistics.

fsepool	Manages configuration of the FSE media pools. Reports the FSE media pool-related
	statistics gathered during the scan for obsolete data.

fserecover	Recovers a File System Catalog from its redundant duplicate data sources (FSE media
	and Fast Recovery Information). Recovers an HSM file system from existing Name Space
	Catalog.

fserestore	Restores complete FSE server state from the most recent backup image. Retrieves a
	sequence of backup images from tape medium to disk.

fsesystem	Manages FSE system configuration. Reports states of FSE partitions.

Accessing the online FSE command-line reference

Linux specific

On Linux platform, FSE command-line reference is available online as UNIX man pages.

Provided that the MANPATH environment variable contains the appropriate path to the FSE man pages, you can view the man page for a particular FSE command by invoking the man command and specifying the name of the FSE command as its argument:

#man FSECommandName

For a list of all FSE commands and files used by FSE (such as a list of configuration and log files), see the fseintro man page:

# man fseintro

Windows specific

On Windows platform, FSE command-line reference is available online as Windows/HTML help.

To view HTML help for FSE commands, perform the following steps:

1.Click on the Start menu.

2.Expand Programs, Hewlett-Packard, and FSE.

3.To view the HTML help compiled in a single CHM file, click Docs (CHM file).

To view the HTML help as a series of linked HTML files in your system default web browser, click Docs (index.html).

For a list of all FSE commands and files used by FSE (such as a list of configuration and log files), see the fseintro entry in the HTML help.

The FSE Management Console provides FSE users with a graphical user interface for configuring and operating the FSE implementation. The set of tasks that can be executed using the FSE Management Console includes:

•configuration

•maintenance

•monitoring

The FSE Management Console runs as a distributed software application. The server part, the FSE Management Console server, runs as a background or foreground standalone application and provides

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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FSE command

Description

fsemedium

fsepartition

fsepool

fserecover

fserestore

Accessing the online FSE command-line reference

FSE Management Console

File System Extender (FSE) specifications