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SlotAddr .......... address of the library slot assigned to the medium,

SlotType .......... type of the library slot assigned to the medium,

DrvName .......... name of the drive the medium is loaded into (if any),

SerialNo .......... medium serial number,

BlockSize .......... block size used on FSE medium volumes on the medium,

SysVolSize .......... size of the system volume of the medium (if it exists),

CurVol .......... consecutive number of the medium volume on which the medium tape is currently positioned,

Key .......... internal RMDB key value assigned to the medium.

If this option is used with the –listand –volumeoptions, the following additional information is reported:

UUID .......... universal unique identified of the medium volume,

AccessNum .......... number of accesses to the data on the volume,

WriteNum .......... number of writings to the volume,

OwriteNum .......... number of overwritings of the data on the volume,

InitTime .......... date and time of the last volume initialization event,

AccessTime .......... date and time of the last volume access event,

WriteTime .......... date and time of the last volume write event,

OwriteTime .......... date and time of the last volume overwrite event,

LastVer .......... date and time of the last volume verification event,

ValidData .......... amount of the data on the volume that was treated as valid by the reorganizational scan job (in MB, the value equals 0 if the volume has not been scanned),

TotalData .......... amount of the data on the volume (in MB).

–f ,–format

Format a new or an already used FSE medium with barcode Barcode. If additional option –initis specified then the initialization of the medium

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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