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Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager 5.3 Reference Manual Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager 5.3 Information Library |
1. User Commands (Man Pages Section 1)
2. Maintenance Commands (Man Pages Section 1M)
3. Library Functions (Man Pages Section 3)
4. Library Functions (Man Pages Section 3X)
5. File Formats (Man Pages Section 4)
NAME sam-catserverd - SAM-QFS media manager daemon SYNOPSIS /opt/SUNWsamfs/sbin/sam-catserverd AVAILABILITY SUNWsamfs DESCRIPTION The sam-catserverd daemon keeps track of media in SAM-QFS library catalogs. A library catalog is the central repository of all information needed by the SAM-QFS environments to find cartridges in an automated library. The library catalog file is a binary, UFS-resident file that contains information about each slot in a library or manual drive. The information in the catalog includes the Volume Serial Name (VSN), the capacity and space remaining, and the flags indicating the status of the VSN. When the sam-catserverd daemon starts, it checks for the presence of a catalog file for each automated library defined in the mcf file. If a file is not found, the sam-catserverd daemon creates a library catalog file in the default location, /var/opt/SUNWsamfs/catalog/family_set_name. The family set name is used for the catalog file name. Alternatively, a file can be specified by the user in the Additional Parameters field on the library definition line in the mcf file. If the automated library is SCSI attached, the library catalog is a one-to-one mapping between the library catalog entries and physical slots in the automated library. However, if the automated library is network-attached, the library catalog is not a direct mapping to the slots, but it is a list of VSNs known to be present in the automated library. The library catalog contains the following information about each VSN in the library: o Status bits o Media type o Volume serial number o Storage slot o Partition o Count of access o Capacity of volume o Space left on volume o Block size or sector size for optical media o Label time o Last modification time o Last mount time o Bar Code o First word address of PTOC (for optical media) or last position found (for tape media). If reserved VSNs are used, the following fields are also present: o Time reservation made o Archive set o Owner o File system SEE ALSO build_cat(1M), dump_cat(1M), export(1M), import(1M). mcf(4).