4.12.4 Using the WORM file system

• GUI Windows NT
• CLI UNIX, Windows NT

Before data can be written to a WORM or MO, the medium needs to be initialized for the WORM file system:

GUI Windows NT

Select [CONTENTS]:

Select [WORM/MO FILE SYSTEM...]:

Select a WORM or MO from the list of available disks. For testing purposes harddisk images can also be initialized for the WORM file system.
Select [INITIALIZE]:

Enter a name for the disk to be initialized. The name may be up to 64 characters long, and must not contain the characters "\", "/" and `""' and without a leading "-". Click [OK] to initialize the disk. Click [CANCEL] to exit the dialog, if you changed your mind.
If the disk contains data already the following security check will appear:

Click [YES] if you really want to initialize the disk. Click [NO] to abort initialization.
All data written to an initialized disk go through the WORM file system.

CLI UNIX, Windows NT

If you entered the section ixworm in the file server.cfg a disk can be initialized after the next server start-up using the following command:

cdadm writer fsi=ixw action=init location=<dev>
[size=<vsize>] [blksize=<bsize>] vname=<name>

fsi=ixw selects the WORM file system.
<dev> is in the format <device>,<slot>. <device> is the name of the device description file, <slot> is the slot number.
The last two parameters are relevant for hard disk images only: <vsize> specifies the size of the image in MB. The block size <bsize> is 1 kB by default and must be a multiple of 512 and <= 4096.