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1.Name .......... drive name,

2.Type .......... item type (drive),

3.Status .......... current drive status (online, in use, disabled, error),

4.Medium .......... barcode of the FSE medium that is loaded in the drive (<empty> string is displayed if the drive is empty).

Status information for an FSE slot includes:

1.Name .......... slot index that corresponds to physical position of the slot inside the library,

2.Type .......... slot type (repository, mail, cleaning),

3.Status .......... current slot status (full, in use, reserved, free, unknown),

4.Medium .......... barcode of the medium that is present in the slot. (<empty> string is displayed if the slot is free).

Note:

A "reserved" slot is physically empty, but it is reserved for storage of the particular FSE medium, which may be currently loaded in an FSE drive or put offline.

LibraryName

The name of the FSE library to show or update inventory in.

–u ,–update–inventory

Trigger inventory update on the FSE library LibraryName.

–R ,–rescan

Specify, that physical slot rescan has to be done during the inventory update. This option can only be used in combination with the –update–inventoryoption.

–disable

Disable operation of FSE library Name. Disabling the library means putting it offline in case it needs maintenance. Note that unless additional option

–forceis specified, the command demands FSE administrator’s confirma- tion before performing this operation. Default answer to the confirmation question is "No".

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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