Managing the AMASS File System

 

 

 

 

 

Step

Command

Description

 

 

 

 

 

5

volformat

Format the Backup Volume.

 

 

NOTE: Not applicable for

If you are using a standalone

 

 

CDs.

drive, you must format the

 

 

 

volume from the sysop

 

 

 

interface. For information on

 

 

 

this interface, Interface to

 

 

 

Standalone Drives chapter in

 

 

 

Accessing Storage Devices.

 

 

 

 

 

6

Make AMASS aware of all your other media. For

 

 

instructions, see “Create Entries in Database for Your

 

 

Media” on Page 1-9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

amassbackup

Perform a full backup (-f) with

 

 

 

the verbose (-v) option of the

 

 

 

AMASS database

 

 

 

(/usr/filesydb) and

 

 

 

transaction logs

 

 

 

(/home/filesysdb/journal).

 

 

 

For instructions, see “Manual

 

 

 

Backup” on page 2-7.

 

 

 

 

 

8

volstat

Verify the status of the Backup

 

 

 

Volume is INACTIVE in the

 

 

 

AMASS File System Database.

 

 

 

An INACTIVE status means

 

 

 

that AMASS cannot read or

 

 

 

write to the volume. This

 

 

 

prevents AMASS from writing

 

 

 

to this volume thus corrupting

 

 

 

the backup data.

 

 

 

Before using the amassrestore

 

 

 

command to restore these files,

 

 

 

change the status of the

 

 

 

Backup Volume to ACTIVE with

 

 

 

the volstat -acommand.

 

 

 

 

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