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hp StorageWorks File System Extender User Guide 105
For disk media, the Location information is not applicable (n/a). The Location value indicates the
current location of the tape medium in an FSE library slot (library name and slot number) or in an FSE drive
(drive name).
The status of the medium can be one of the following:
Additionally, if FSE detects errors on a medium, the medium is marked as one of the following:
After you have checked the medium and determined its current condition:
• If it is corrupted, remove it.
• If the error was fixed, mark the medium as fully available. For details, see ”Putting an FSE medium back
into use” on page 106.
Checking the status of a particular medium
Once you know the medium barcode, you can narrow your search and view the status of the selected
medium volume by using the --list option, followed by the medium barcode and the --volume
option.
As shown in the example below, the output is the following:
• medium barcode
• volume
• volume type
• size
• available space in GB
• usage in percentage
• medium volume status
If the status is closed, medium volumes are full and Fast Recovery Information is already written on the
medium. If the status is open, medium volumes are not full yet and Fast Recovery Information is stored on
disk only.
SysVolNo: n/a
SysVolSize: n/a
CurVol: 1
Key: 5
Barcode: 000046
Type: LTO-1
...
free Medium volumes are full and Fast Recovery Information is
already written on the medium.
in use The medium is currently in use.
open Medium volumes are not full yet and Fast Recovery Information
is stored on disk only
uninitialized The medium must be initialized before it can be used.
unreliable The medium is considered for recall only.
unusable The medium is not considered for any read/write operation.