AMASS Overview

Volume Copy

The volcopy command copies data from a source volume to a

 

destination volume. If the original volume is lost, destroyed, or

 

damaged, you can use the duplicate volume exactly like you

 

would the original. AMASS supports volcopy on the

 

following media:

 

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WORM

 

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Rewritable optical

 

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Tape

This command copies the Backup Volume as well as all other volumes “known” to the File System Database. A volume is known to AMASS when an entry is created in the File System Database and AMASS assigns it a unique volume number.

Requirements are illustrated by the following figure:

Read Drive

Source Media

•Media is known to File System Database.

•Block size and capacity is same as destination volume.

•Inlet and outlet the volumes with either the volinlet and voloutlet commands or the bulkinlet and bulkoutlet commands, depending on the library connection.

•To prevent changes to the source volume, it is marked Read-Only after the volcopy process begins. The exception is the Backup Volume. AMASS recognizes the Backup Volume and leaves its’ status as read-write.

Write Drive

Destination Media

•Media is unknown to File System Database—it does not have a volume number.

•Block size and capacity is same as source volume.

•Load and unload the volumes with the mediamove utility.

•During process, destination volume is flagged as IU (Inactive, Unformatted) and assigned to SP (space pool) volume group when displayed with the sysperf, sysop, and vollist commands.

For more information, refer to the Command Reference chapter in Managing the AMASS File System.

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