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Managing the AMASS File System
3-44 Command Reference 6-00028-01 Rev A
Create Entries for Existing Volumes
You have just installed AMASS but your library already
contains media known to your library’s interface DAS. You
must “introduce” this existing media to the File System
Database by performing the following procedure:
Step 1. Log in as either amass or root.
Step 2. Use the bulkinlet command to create the initial
entries in the File System Database, and receive
unique volume numbers from AMASS for each
volume.
Step 3. Run bulkload -s to synchronize the Database that is
based on an inventory of the library and the library’s
interface.
Step 4. New volumes in the File System Database have an
initial status of unformatted (U) and inactive (I). To
make the new volumes usable, change the
characteristics of the volumes with the commands
listed in the following table.
# su root
Command Characteristic
vollabel Enter the preprinted alphanumeric
barcode label in the File System
Database
StorageTek Redwood tape drives only:
tapelength Enter the length of tape in the
Database
volformat Format the volumes