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hp StorageWorks File System Extender User Guide 73
NOTE: A particular FSE medium is related to a single FSE media pool, single FSE partition, and single
FSE library.
1. Create an entry for the FSE medium and add it to the already configured media pool:
2. Physically place the FSE medium into a free library slot, and then trigger a physical inventory update
(barcode rescan):
3. Format the medium using the command below. If the medium is already properly formatted
(partitioned), skip this step and proceed with initialization.
CAUTION: Formatting erases all data on the medium.
In case the medium has already been formatted and used by the FSE implementation, you need to use
an additional --force option:
NOTE: The option --force will allow formatting of the FSE medium only if there is no valid FSE
user data stored on it (% used of all medium volumes is zero).
During formatting, the FSE medium is partitioned into FSE media volumes.
4. Once the medium is formatted, you must initialize the FSE media volumes created on it. For more
information on media volumes, see ”FSE medium volumes” on page 86.
For regular initialization use the following command:
For forced initialization use the following command:
NOTE: You can execute both formatting and initializing at once by using the command
fsemedium --format Barcode --init.
Once FSE media are formatted and initialized, the HSM file system can be mounted.
Step 6: mounting HSM file systems
After you have configured FSE resources, you have to mount the HSM file systems on machines that host
HSM file systems, that is on a consolidated FSE implementation or on an external FSE client. Once the file
systems are mounted, the FSE implementation is ready to be used.
NOTE: A particular HSM file system is related to a single FSE partition.
Mounting HSM file systems on Linux platform
To mount the local HSM file systems and automate subsequent mounting of them, proceed as follows. Use
the mount points and device file paths from your actual file system configuration on the local host:
fsemedium --add Barcode --pool PoolName
fselibrary --update-inventory LibraryName --rescan
fsemedium --format Barcode
fsemedium --format Barcode --force
fsemedium --init Barcode
fsemedium --init Barcode --force