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HP StorageWorks File System Extender Software user guide 257
Description After formatting an FSE partition, the FSE partition is not mounted and HSM does not start.
(Windows system specific)
Explanation This happens because formatting remounts the volume and the file system filter cannot attach to
it. You need to unmount the partition first and only then mount it.
Workaround To mount the FSE partition, proceed as follows:
1. Unmount the FSE partition on a client using fse --umount.
2. On the FSE server, disable the FSE partition using the command:
fsepartition --disable PartitionName
Instead of disabling it, you can also remove it by running:
fsepartition --remove PartitionName
3. Format FSE partition on client using Disk Management (select Start > Settings > Control
Panel, double-click Administrative Tools > Computer Management, in the Computer
Management GUI, select Storage > Disk Management, right-click the belonging volume
and select Format).
4. On the FSE server, depending on step 2, you need to enable the FSE partition if it was
disabled, or add it if it was removed.
To enable the FSE partition, use the command:
fsepartition --enable PartitionName
To add the FSE partition, use the command:
fsepartition --add PartitionName
5. Mount the FSE partition on the client using fse --mount.
Description If an FSE partition is removed from the FSE configuration, with the associated HSM file system
left intact, this HSM file system cannot be mounted again even when the FSE partition is
configured with the same parameters.
Explanation After an FSE partition is removed, its associated HSM file system cannot be used with a newly
added FSE partition. Before it can be assigned to a new FSE partition, such HSM file system
needs to be re-formatted and its HSMDB removed from the corresponding directory.
Workaround None
Description After FSE processes are started, the FSE partitions are not reported as being 'mounted' by the
fsepartition -l -D command.
(Linux system specific)
Explanation Inappropriate values in entries for HSM file systems, specified in the local file /etc/fstab,
prevent partitions from being mounted.
Workaround Check contents of the file /etc/fstab and modify them appropriately.
Linux specific
For information on the correct values, see the FSE installation guide for Linux, chapter ”Installing
FSE software”, section ”Automating the mounting of HSM file systems”.