Managing the AMASS File System

volcopy

Copy 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:

WORM

Rewritable optical (MO)

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 Database and AMASS assigns it a unique volume number.

Caution

If you write to the source volume again or use the volcomp command on it—without recreating a duplicate copy—data corruption may result because the duplicate is no longer exactly like the original volume.

Optional Feature

Optional Feature

Enable this optional feature with an authorization string obtained from ADIC. To request a string, refer to the Site-Specific Tasks chapter in Installing AMASS.

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