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VSCMD_
Export VSCMD_Export is issued to execute the VolServ Export
request.
A client uses the Export request to mark media and related
information for removal from the VolServ system. If the
specified media are not associated with an archive, they are
logically removed from the VolServ system. If the specified
media are associated with an archive, they are placed on the
eject list of the appropriate archive.
A client can also use the Export request to remove information
about media that have been checked out of the archive and are
physically out of the archive.
Upon receipt of an Export request, VolServ marks the specified
media for ejection and returns a successful return code to the
client. A message is sent to the operator console indicating
which media need to be ejected from the archive.
To physically remove media from the archive system, an
operator must select the eject function from the appropriate
archive's console display. The eject function is not available
from the API.
After a medium specified on an Export request is physically
removed from the archive system, the medium is no longer
under the control of VolServ. Consequently, all information
related to exported medium is deleted from the VolServ system.
Synopsis VST_BOOLEAN VSCMD_Export (
VST_COMMAND_HANDLE handle,
"…",
VSID_ENDFIELD )