Managing the AMASS File System
vgexport
Export data and attributes (metadata file) for a volume group to another AMASS file system.
The metadata file contains the directory structure and media attributes (such as media type, ownership, and timestamp) for a volume group. The metadata is part of the File System Database and is located in /usr/amass/filesysdb. It is exported as standard ASCII text.
Optional Feature
Optional Feature
Enable this optional feature with an authorization string obtained from ADIC. To request a string, refer to the
Disable Volume Verification
As part of the export process, AMASS mounts the volumes assigned to the volume group and verifies the header on each media with the volume label found in the File System Database.
If you have, for example, 10 volumes assigned to volume group 124, AMASS mounts all 10 volumes in a drive to read their header. This can take some time. To speed up the process, you can use the
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