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Managing the AMASS File System
6-00028-01 Rev A Command Reference 3-165
Example Configuring Block Size and Compression
Step 1. Log in as either amass or root.
Step 2. The following example formats volume number 1
with a block size of 128 KB and compression is
enabled.
Tools that Display Block Size and Compression
The following tools display both a tape block size (blksiz) and
compression (cmpr) field that allows you to view these
configurations:
• vglist command—By default, both block size and
compression attributes do not display, unless specifically
requested with the -a option. For more information about
this command, see “vglist” on page 3-117.
• volprint utility—By default, both block size and
compression attributes do not display, unless specifically
requested with the -a option. For more information about
this utility, see “volprint” on page 4-72.
# volformat -y -b 128k
1
-c on
Suppress messages
Block size
Compression
Volume number