Managing the AMASS File System

Restore AMASS Database

To restore the AMASS File System Database and journal if the original files on the UNIX server becomes lost or corrupt, use the procedure in the following table.

To recover the AMASS File System Database if the database becomes corrupt, see “AMASS Database is Bad” on page -6.

Note

For detailed information on the commands used in these steps, see the "Command Reference" chapter.

 

Step

Command

Description

 

 

 

 

 

1

Log in as amass or root.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

amassstat -u

INACTIVATE (-i) the AMASS file

 

 

For example:

system.

 

 

 

 

 

amassstat -i -t 600

AMASS inactivates in 600

 

 

seconds, 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Reboot AMASS using one of the following ways:

 

 

 

 

 

 

amass_atboot

Disable the automatic startup of

 

 

 

AMASS. For information on using

 

 

 

this script, see amass_atboot in

 

 

 

Chapter 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot the system

Be sure to mount the partition

 

 

single-user.

containing the AMASS database

 

 

 

(/usr/filesysdb), the AMASS

 

 

 

journal

 

 

 

(/home/filesysdb/journal),

 

 

 

and the AMASS program files

 

 

 

(/usr/amass).

 

 

 

 

 

4

fsck

Check integrity of the file system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Operational Tasks

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