| Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Storage and Archive Management Guide |     |
| Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Storage and Archive Management Guide | |
Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Storage and Archive Management Guide
Release 4.1
817-4093-10
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Contents |
Accessing Sun Documentation Online
Contacting Sun Technical Support
General System Administrator Commands
Specialized Maintenance Commands
Application Programming Interface
2. Using Automated Libraries and Manually Loaded Drives in a Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Environment
To Stop Removable Media Operations
To Start Removable Media Operations
To Turn On an Automated Library
To Turn Off an Automated Library
To Load a Cartridge Into an Automated Library
To Unload a Cartridge From a Drive
To Label or Relabel an Optical Disk
To Audit an Automated Library (Direct-Attached Only)
To Reset the Number of Cleaning Cycles
To Use a Cleaning Cartridge With a Barcode
To Use a Cleaning Cartridge Without a Barcode
To Remove a Stuck Cartridge From a Drive
Catalog Operations, Importing Cartridges, and Exporting Cartridges
Tracking Exported Media -- The Historian
Importing and Exporting from an Automated Library
To Import a Cartridge from a Library With a Mailbox
To Export a Cartridge from a Library With a Mailbox
To Import a Cartridge from a Library Without a Mailbox
To Export a Cartridge from a Library Without a Mailbox
Manually Loaded Drive Operations
3. Basic Operations for Libraries With Vendor-Specific Operational Procedures
Fujitsu LMF Automated Libraries
IBM 3584 UltraScalable Tape Libraries
Sony Direct-Attached 8400 PetaSite Automated Libraries
To Export a Tape Without Using the Mailbox Slots as Storage Slots
To Export a Tape Using Mailbox Slots as Storage Slots
How to Move a Cartridge to a Different Slot
Sony Network-Attached Automated Libraries
StorageTek ACSLS-Attached Automated Libraries
To Export Tapes Using a Mailbox
Archiver - Theory of Operations
Step 1: Identifying Files to Archive
Step 2: Composing Archive Requests
Step 3: Scheduling Archive Requests
Step 4: Archiving the Files in an Archive Request
Archive Log Files and Event Logging
To Create or Modify an archiver.cmd File and Propagate Your Changes
The archivemeta Directive: Controlling Whether Metadata is Archived
The archmax Directive: Controlling the Size of Archive Files
The bufsize Directive: Setting the Archiver Buffer Size
The drives Directive: Controlling the Number of Drives Used for Archiving
The examine Directive: Controlling Archive Scans
The interval Directive: Specifying an Archive Interval
The logfile Directive: Specifying An Archiver Log File
To Back Up an Archiver Log File
The notify Directive: Renaming the Event Notification Script
The ovflmin Directive: Controlling Volume Overflow
The wait Directive: Delaying Archiver Startup
The fs Directive: Specifying the File System
Archive Set Assignment Directive
File Size search_criteria: -access
File Size search_criteria: -minsize and -maxsize
Owner and Group search_criteria: -user and -group
File Name search_criteria Using Pattern Matching: -name regex
Release and Stage file_attributes: -release and -stage
Archive Set Membership Conflicts
Releasing Disk Space After Archiving: -release
Delaying Disk Space Release: -norelease
Specifying More Than One Copy for Metadata
Controlling the Size of Archive Files: -archmax
Setting the Archiver Buffer Size: -bufsize
Specifying the Number of Drives for an Archive Request: -drivemax, -drivemin, and -drives
Maximizing Space on a Volume: -fillvsns
Specifying Archive Buffer Locks: -lock
Making Archive Copies of Offline Files: -offline_copy
Controlling How Archive Files are Written: -tapenonstop
Setting Archive Priorities: -priority
Scheduling Archiving: -startage, -startcount, and -startsize
Additional Archiver Diagnostics
Partial Release and Partial Stage
System Administrator Option Summary
Specifying Age-Related and Size-Related Release Priority Directives: weight_age, weight_age_access, weight_age_modification, and weight_age_residence
Specifying Directives for Individual File Systems: fs
Specifying Debugging Directives: no_release and display_all_candidates
Specifying a Minimum Residence Time: min_residence_age
Specifying a Log File: logfile
Inhibiting Releasing for Rearchived Files: rearch_no_release
Adjusting the size of the Releaser Candidate List: list_size
The archiver.cmd File's Role in Releasing
To Create or Modify a stager.cmd File and Propagate Your Changes
Specifying the Number of Drives
Specifying the Number of Stage Requests
The archiver.cmd File's Role in Staging
Prioritizing Preview Requests Using the preview.cmd File
VSN and Age Directives (Global)
Watermark Directives (Global or File System Specific)
Calculating Total Preview Request Priority
How to Set Up a Preview Request Priority Scheme
Example 1: Enforcing Stage Requests
Example 2: Enforcing Archive Requests
Example 3: Prioritizing Requests by Media
Example 4: Complex Prioritization
Specifying a Log File: the logfile Directive
Preventing Recycling: the no_recycle Directive
Specifying Recycling for an Entire Automated Library: the Library Directive
Step 1: Creating a recycler.cmd File (Optional)
Step 2: Editing the archiver.cmd File (Optional)
Step 4: Creating a crontab File for the Recycler (Optional)
Step 5: Removing -recycle_ignore and ignore Parameters
Step 6: Creating a recycler.sh File (Optional)
8. Upgrading the Hardware in Your Environment
Adding Slots in an Automated Library
Upgrading or Replacing a Library
To Replace or Upgrade a Library
To Enable the Device Log By Using the samset(1M) Command
To Enable the Device Log by Editing the defaults.conf File
To Create a Removable Media or Volume Overflow File
System Error Facility Reporting
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