Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Storage and Archive Management Guide
Version 4, Update 4
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To Invoke the File System Manager
Creating Additional Administrator and User Accounts

To Create Additional Administrator Accounts

To Create Additional Guest Accounts
Managing Additional Servers from the File System Manager
2. Using Automated Libraries and Manually Loaded Drives

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
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 and -nftv
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
Using -release and -norelease Together
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
Associative Archiving: -join path
Controlling How Archive Files are Written: -tapenonstop
Setting Archive Priorities: -priority
Scheduling Archiving: -startage, -startcount, and -startsize
About Partial Releasing and Partial Staging
System Administrator Option Summary
Specifying Age-Related and Size-Related Release Priority Directives
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
Global or File System Specific Watermark Directives
Calculating Total Preview Request Priority
Setting 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

Step 2: Editing the archiver.cmd File

Step 4: Creating a crontab File for the Recycler

Step 5: Removing -recycle_ignore and ignore Parameters

Step 6: Creating a recycler.sh File
7. Using the Sun SAM-Remote Software
Sun SAM-Remote Software Overview
Sun SAM-Remote Server Overview
Sun SAM-Remote Client Overview
Interaction Between the Sun SAM-Remote Server and the Sun SAM-Remote Client
Configuring the Sun SAM-Remote Software

To Log In to the Potential Server and Client Hosts

To Verify Client and Server Configurations

To Define a Sun SAM-Remote Client

To Define a Sun SAM-Remote Server in the Server's mcf File

To Create the Sun SAM-Remote Server Configuration File
Recycling with the Sun SAM-Remote Software
Recycling in a Sun SAM-Remote Environment--Method 1
Configuration Files for Server sky
Configuration Files for Client zeke

To Configure Recycling--Method 1

To Recycle partially full VSNs
Recycling in a Sun SAM-Remote Environment--Method 2

To Configure Recycling--Method 2

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
Using System Error Facility Reporting

To Create a SEF sysevent Handler
A. 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
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