Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 517)

June 25, 2009 K2 Storage System Instruction Manual 517
Cleaning unreferenced files and movies
To check the media file system, do the following:
1. In Storage Utility, click Tools | Check File System .
2. A message box appears “Checking media file system. Please wait”. Observe
progress.
If problems are discovered they are reported. If the check process passes, when the
process is complete a message appears to confirm success.
3. Click OK to dismiss the results.
Your file system has been checked.
Cleaning unreferenced files and movies
These procedures allow you to keep the media database and the media files in sync.
You can check the movies (clips) in the media database for the references to media
files that should be currently stored on the media disks. Likewise, you can check for
media files that are not referenced by a movie in the media database. If you find any
unreferenced files or movies, you can delete them. The requirements for these
procedures are as follows:
• You must access Storage Utility (via the K2 System Configuration application
login) with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher.
• When you access Storage Utility, the K2 Storage System must be offline.
• All iSCSI clients and K2 Media Clients in the K2 Storage System must be offline.
• K2 Media Servers with role of file system/database server, both primary and
redundant, must be powered up but offline.
To clean unreferenced files, do the following:
1. In Storage Utility, click Tools | Clean Unreferenced Files .
2. A message box appears “…searching…Please wait”. Observe progress.
3. A message box reports results. Respond as follows:
• If no unreferenced files are found, click OK to dismiss the results.
• If unreferenced files are discovered, you are prompted to delete them. Click Yes
to delete the files or No to leave the files intact.
To clean unreferenced movies, do the following:
1. In Storage Utility, click Tools | Clean Unreferenced Movies .
2. A message box appears “…searching…Please wait”. Observe progress.
3. A message box reports results. Respond as follows:
• If no unreferenced movies are found, click OK to dismiss the results.
• If unreferenced movies are discovered, you are prompted to delete them. Click
Yes to delete the movies or No to leave the movies intact.
Making a new media file system
The requirements for this procedure are as follows: