User's Manual

112 Managing media
The following is the syntax of the fsemedium command when used for media reorganization:
With monitoring enabled, the command generates an output similar to the following:
If you disabled monitoring, you can still check the status of the FSE reorganization job using the
fsejob --list command. Alternatively, you can track the reorganizational progress in detail by
inspecting the FSE event log, named fse.log.
Linux specific
On Linux platform, FSE event log is located in the directory /var/opt/fse/log/.
Windows specific
On Windows platform, FSE event log is located in the directory %InstallPath%\var\log.
The value of %InstallPath% depends on the choice made in the FSE installation process. It defaults to
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\FSE.
Reusing the recycled medium volumes
Space on FSE medium volumes that participated in the reorganization job can be reused for storage of
new data. The status of these medium volumes is set to recycled by the corresponding Partition
Manager. You can retrieve a list of the recycled medium volumes using the following command:
An example output is the following:
fsemedium --reorg Barcode [{-V | --volume} VolumeNumber...]
[--no-monitor]
[11:42:09] Started (JobID: 20040121000002).
[11:42:09] Requesting resources...
[11:42:09] Resources allocated.
[11:42:09] Medium 050003 is already present in drive drv1.
[11:42:09] Starting Back End Agent.
[11:42:09] Medium 050003, volume 1: Reading valid files…
[12:20:58] Medium 050003, volume 1: Valid files written to disk buffer.
[12:20:58] Requesting resources...
[12:20:59] Medium 050003, volume 2: Reading valid files…
[12:47:12] Resources allocated.
[12:47:12] Loading medium 050010 to drive drv2.
[12:47:49] Starting Back End Agent.
[12:47:49] Medium 050010, volume 5: Writing…
[12:49:58] Medium 050003, volume 2: Valid files written to disk buffer.
[12:49:58] Reading finished, releasing resources.
[13:00:58] Medium 050010, volume 5: Data written to medium volume.
[13:01:58] Medium 050010, volume 6: Writing…
[13:10:50] Medium 050010, volume 6: Data written to medium volume.
[13:11:50] Writing finished, releasing resources.
[13:12:38] Finished.
fsemedium --list Barcode --volume
Barcode VolNum Type Size[MB] Avail[MB] Used[%] Status
052002 1 data 5949 5592 80 full, scanned, in reorg,
recycled