Managing the AMASS File System

Field

Description

 

 

Dead Blocks

Amount of previously written space on the volume that

 

is no longer referenced by files

 

This is expressed as a percentage of the total volume

 

space; the higher the percentage, the greater the

 

amount of dead space.

 

NOTE: Volumes with high percentages are good

 

candidates for the volcomp process.

 

 

Errors

Number of errors on this volume

 

 

Volume Label

The user-assigned volume label or preprinted barcode

 

 

FieldDescription

The following two fields are valid if you use the -aoption.

Block Size

Tape’s block size

 

 

Compression

Data compression. Valid values are:

 

• On (default) = compression ON

 

• Off = compression OFF

 

• Dflt = compression is undetermined because

 

media is un-formatted

 

 

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Utility Reference

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