Nortel DMS-10 - File Index Maintenance Commands; Disk Drive Size and Related Number of Tracks

6 Maintenance Commands
297-6201-501 97Q3 Standard 02.01 July 1997
Table 2
Disk drive size and related number of tracks
File Index Maintenance Commands
CAUTION
The FORMAT command will erase all data from specified
disk drive. Should not be done during high traffic.
INIT 1x Performs a short initialization procedure
on the specified disk.
x - disk drive: A or B.
MOD Displays the current disk mode.
MOD xy Changes current disk mode. This opera-
tion takes several hours.
x - Primary disk: A or B
y - O: No standby disk on-line
OR
y - P: Standby disk on-line.
CAUTION
The MOD command can over write needed data.
PARM Displays choice of disk types used for
NON-TURBO BMC II’s. Enter 1 - 9
depending on the disk type used.
VS Displays the disk firmware version.
Note: After using any of the DISK commands, type (CTRL)Z to get
out of the DSK> overlay.
DUSE Displays the number of tracks used / total
tracks available. Refer to Table 2 for
more information.
Disk
Size
Total Tracks
Disk
Size
Total Tracks
30 MB 2961 72 MB 6909
140 MB 13,770
Command Name Explanation
CHKIDXf Checks the index file.
DELCRFf Deletes oldest secondary file from
disk and updates the index.
GETIDXv.f Creates a new index file with primary
data only.
*GETIDXu:v.f Creates a new index file with a start-
ing secondary version and a starting
primary version.
Command Name Explanation