AMASS Overview
6-00026-01 Rev A Online Archiving with AMASS 1-25
Volume Copy
The volcopy command copies data from a source volume to a
destination volume. If the original volume is lost, destroyed, or
damaged, you can use the duplicate volume exactly like you
would the original. AMASS supports volcopy on the
following media:
•WORM
• Rewritable optical
•Tape
This command copies the Backup Volume as well as all other
volumes “known” to the File System Database. A volume is
known to AMASS when an entry is created in the File System
Database and AMASS assigns it a unique volume number.
Requirements are illustrated by the following figure:
For more information, refer to the Command Reference chapter
in Managing the AMASS File System.
Source Media
Destination Media
• Media is unknown to File System
Database—it does not have a volume
numbe
r.
• Block size and capacity is same as source
volume.
• Load and unload the volumes with the
mediamove utility.
• During process, destination volume is flagged
as IU (Inactive, Unformatted) and assigned to
SP (space pool) volume group when
displayed with the sysperf, sysop, and vollist
commands.
• Media is known to File System Database.
• Block size and capacity is same as destination
volume.
• Inlet and outlet the volumes with either the
volinlet and voloutlet commands or the bulkinlet
and bulkoutlet commands, depending on the
library connection.
• To prevent changes to the source volume, it is
marked Read-Only after the volcopy process
begins. The exception is the Backup Volume.
AMASS recognizes the Backup Volume and
leaves its’ status as read-write.
Read Drive
Write Drive
