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TK078000 RO 0 204 3,868,477,632 3,868,477,632
TK078000 RO 0 204 3,868,477,632 3,868,477,632
The cartridge should NOT have the "VV Cond" DOWN (possible VV Cond are: RWC,RO,EOM,DOWN)
The cartridge should NOT have the "VV Cond" DOWN (all possible VV Cond are: RWC,RO,EOM,DOWN)
1.2 Create a text file with the name of the cartridge to be repacked
1.3 Create a text file with the name of the cartridge to be repacked
Example: cat /tmp/repack_TK0780.txt
Example: cat /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.txt
TK0780
TK0780
1.2 Start a repack process
1.4 Start a repack process
repack -i1 -V -t tape -S /tmp/repack_TK0780.txt>/tmp/repack_TK0780.out &
repack -i1 -V -t tape -S /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.txt > /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.out &
notices: starting of repack process with nohup is not necessary, if the shell does not send SIGHUP to its child processes
notices: starting of repack process with nohup is not necessary, if the shell does not send SIGHUP to its child processes
files in /tmp might be deleted regularly, therefore start it with another directory
files in /tmp might be deleted regularly, therefore start it with another directory, e.g. /hpss/repack
1.3 Check the output file (Ex.: less /tmp/repack_TK0780.out)
1.5 Check the output file (Ex.: less /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.out)


'''2. Reclaim or discard the repacked cartridges
'''2. Reclaim or discard the repacked cartridges

Revision as of 11:21, 3 April 2019

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 (Repack means: make a copy of the mentioned cartridge)

1.1 Log in on the active HPSS core server 
1.2 Check the state(VV Cond) 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 (all possible VV Cond are: RWC,RO,EOM,DOWN)

1.3 Create a text file with the name of the cartridge to be repacked
Example: cat /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.txt
         TK0780

1.4 Start a repack process 
repack -i1 -V -t tape -S /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.txt > /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.out &

notices: starting of repack process with nohup is not necessary, if the shell does not send SIGHUP to its child processes
         files in /tmp might be deleted regularly, therefore start it with another directory, e.g. /hpss/repack

1.5 Check the output file (Ex.: less /hpss/repack/repack_TK0780.out)

2. Reclaim or discard the repacked cartridges

!!!to be described!!!



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