Reusing the recycled medium volumes

The following is the syntax of the fsemedium command when used for media reorganization:

fsemedium --reorg Barcode [{-V --volume} VolumeNumber...] [--no-monitor]

With monitoring enabled, the command generates an output similar to the following:

[11:42:09] Started (JobID: 20040121000002).

[11:42:09] Requesting resources...

[11:42:09] Resources allocated.

[11:42:09] Medium 050003 is already present in drive drv1.

[11:42:09] Starting Back End Agent.

[11:42:09] Medium 050003, volume 1: Reading valid files…

[12:20:58] Medium 050003, volume 1: Valid files written to disk buffer.

[12:20:58] Requesting resources...

[12:20:59] Medium 050003, volume 2: Reading valid files…

[12:47:12] Resources allocated.

[12:47:12] Loading medium 050010 to drive drv2.

[12:47:49] Starting Back End Agent.

[12:47:49] Medium 050010, volume 5: Writing…

[12:49:58] Medium 050003, volume 2: Valid files written to disk buffer.

[12:49:58] Reading finished, releasing resources.

[13:00:58] Medium 050010, volume 5: Data written to medium volume.

[13:01:58] Medium 050010, volume 6: Writing…

[13:10:50] Medium 050010, volume 6: Data written to medium volume.

[13:11:50] Writing finished, releasing resources.

[13:12:38] Finished.

If you disabled monitoring, you can still check the status of the FSE reorganization job using the fsejob --listcommand. Alternatively, you can track the reorganizational progress in detail by inspecting the FSE event log, named fse.log.

Linux specific

On Linux platform, FSE event log is located in the directory /var/opt/fse/log/.

Windows specific

On Windows platform, FSE event log is located in the directory %InstallPath%\var\log.

The value of %InstallPath% depends on the choice made in the FSE installation process. It defaults to C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\FSE.

Space on FSE medium volumes that participated in the reorganization job can be reused for storage of new data. The status of these medium volumes is set to recycled by the corresponding Partition Manager. You can retrieve a list of the recycled medium volumes using the following command:

fsemedium --list		Barcode --volume
An example output is the following:
Barcode	VolNum	Type	Size[MB]	Avail[MB]	Used[%]	Status
052002	1	data	5949	5592	80	full, scanned, in reorg,
						recycled

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