Managing the AMASS File System

Recycle a Volume

To perform the following tasks, use the procedure described in the table:

•Move non-contiguous data onto other volumes

•Recycle volumes

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

volspace %deadspace

 

List all volumes with a specified

 

For example:

 

percentage of dead space. Media

 

 

with scattered or randomly

 

 

 

 

volspace 80

 

located data contains a lot of

 

 

 

dead space.

 

 

 

Lists all volumes with 80% dead

 

 

 

space.

 

 

 

 

3

volcomp volumenumber

 

Rewrite data to another volume.

 

For example:

 

At the end of this process, the

 

 

original volume is marked

 

 

 

 

volcomp 3

 

INACTIVE.

 

 

 

 

 

volfilelist -u

 

See if any data remains on the

 

 

 

original volume. If it does, rerun

 

 

 

the volcomp command.

 

 

 

 

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