hidden:Repack cartridges in HPSS

Rapack cartridges in HPSS

Call "man repack" on the core server to see a detailed description of the hpss command "repack"

1. Repack a single cartridge in HPSS(make a copy of the mentioned cartridge)
1.1 Log in on the active HPSS core server 
1.2 Check the state of the selected cartridge
/opt/hpss/bin/dump_sspvs -i1 | grep TK0780
          VV               Storage
Volume    Cond     Family  Class            Space Used            Max Volume Size  Other information
TK078000    RO      0      204              3,868,477,632         3,868,477,632
The cartridge should NOT have the "VV Cond" DOWN 
1.2 Create a text file with the name of the cartridge to be repacked
Example: cat /tmp/repack_TK0780.txt
         TK0780
1.2 Start a repack process 
repack -i1 -t tape -S /tmp/repack_TK0780.txt &

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