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Managing the AMASS File System
3-158 Command Reference 6-00028-01 Rev A
volformat
Format media with specified attributes.
Prerequisites
Before using this command, the volume must have the
following characteristics:
• Be Online
(Use the volloc command to view and toggle status.)
• Contain no data that you want to keep
• Not assigned to the cleaning volume group (CL)
Tip
Optical platters only: Because a full format can take a long
time—more than 40 minutes—ADIC recommends that you format
these volumes during off-hours.
Note
If you create a zero length file within an AMASS directory, ex.
"touch filename", the file is not associated with a volume or volume
group. This command will ignore such files. However, a zero length
file, i.e. a non-zero length file that was written to tape and then
truncated to zero length, will be recognized.