Managing FSE partitions

• host and mount point of the belonging HSM file system

Example output of the fsesystem --status command

Linux specific

#fsesystem --status

#of Partitions: 2

#of Admin Jobs: 0

Partition	Status	#Jobs	Host	Mountpoint
video_captures	mounted	2	fse_host.company.com	/fsefs/video_captures
mail_archive	mounted	2	fse_host.company.com	/fsefs /mail_archive

Windows specific

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\FSE\bin>fsesystem --status

#of Partitions: 2

#of Admin Jobs: 1

Partition	Status	#Jobs	Host	Mountpoint
part1	ready	0	fse_host.company.com	<not mounted>
part2	mounted	0	fse_host.company.com	I:\fse2\part2

FSE implementation can be configured to include one or more FSE partitions. Each FSE partition can be located on consolidated FSE system or an external FSE client. You can use FSE command-line interface or the FSE management console to monitor the status of a particular FSE partition, temporary disable or enable the FSE partition, retrieve detailed FSE partition information or permanently remove the FSE partition.

Windows specific

On Windows platform, switching between the two available HSM file system access modes can only be performed using FSE command-line interface, with the command fse.

Monitoring FSE partition status

Status of an FSE partition includes the following information:

•partition name

•current status (ready, disabled, recovery mode, mounted, error, unknown)

•host and mount point of the belonging HSM file system

•number of migration, recall, maintenance, and recovery jobs running on the partition

•list of FSE media pools assigned to the partition, with the following information for each media pool:

•media pool name

•total storage and available storage capacity on media in the media pool

•percentage of already used storage capacity on media

•total storage and available capacity on system volumes on media in the media pool

•percentage of already used storage capacity on system volumes

•number of “good” (usable), unreliable, unusable, and uninitialized media in the media pool

NOTE: Some of the above properties can only be retrieved using the FSE command-line interface.

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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HP File System Extender (FSE) manual Managing FSE partitions, Monitoring FSE partition status

Models: File System Extender (FSE)

• host and mount point of the belonging HSM file system

Example output of the fsesystem --status command

mounted

Windows specific

ready

mounted