Managing the AMASS File System

•Use the Standalone Operator Interface to monitor load requests. For information on this interface, see “sysop” on page 3-93.

Note

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

Read Offline Volumes

The following steps describe how to read an offline volume:

Step

Command

Description

 

 

 

1

# sysop

Start the Standalone

 

 

Operator Interface.

 

 

 

2

OPERATOR LOAD VOLUME

AMASS receives a

 

REQUEST

request to read a file on

 

Please load VOLUME NUMBER

volume 47.

 

47, SIDE A,LABEL pubs

AMASS checks the File

 

into JUKEBOX #2 DRIVE #1

 

~

System Database and

 

Press RETURN when LOADED:

finds that volume is

 

 

OFFLINE so the

 

 

Standalone Operator

 

 

Interface prompts you to

 

 

load volume 47, side A,

 

 

into a standalone drive.

 

 

 

3

You have 2 minutes to load volume 47 into the mailslot on

 

the standalone drive and press <Return>.

 

If the volume is not loaded within the time period, the

 

request fails and AMASS displays an error.

 

If 120 seconds is not long enough, increase the

 

omm_timeout parameter with the installamass

 

script.

 

 

 

 

4

<Control-C>

Exit the interface.

 

 

 

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