Making a new media file system
If your SNFS file system name is currently “default”, when you make a
new file system the name changes to “gvfs_hostname”, where hostname is the name
of the primary FSM.
Note: You lose all media with this procedure.
- If you have not already done so, launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application.
- As prompted, wait while Storage Utility gathers system information, then Storage Utility opens.
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In Storage Utility, click
Tools | Make New File System.
The Setting dialog box opens.
- For the Real Time Input/Output (RTIO) rate, enter the value specified by your system design. If you do not know this value, contact your Grass Valley representative.
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Configure Windows Security as follows:
- If the K2 SAN is on a network Workgroup (not domain), do not select Windows Security .
- If the K2 SAN is on a network domain, you may select Windows Security.
Note: Only select Windows Security if the K2 SAN is on a domain. Never select Windows Security if the K2 SAN is on a workgroup. -
Click
OK.
The Configuration File dialog box opens.
The configuration file for the media file system is displayed. - Verify media file system parameters. Do not edit the configuration file for the media file system.
- Click Accept. A “…Please wait…” message box displays progress and a “…succeeded…” message confirms the process is complete.
- Restart the K2 Media Server.
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You now have a blank (empty) file system. Proceed as follows:
- On a 7.x SAN, you also have a blank database. Do not perform additional operations on the database. Skip to the next step in this procedure.
- On a 3.x SAN, the media database still contains references to media files which are no longer present in the file system. To clear the media database do the following:
- In the K2Config application tree view, open the node for the K2 Media Server and select the Database Server node to open its property page.
- On the Database Server property page click Erase media database. A message box displays progress.
- Wait until a message confirms that the process is complete. This can take several minutes.
- If you have redundant K2 Media Servers, repeat these steps to clear the media database on the other (redundant) server.
- Close Storage Utility.
- If you have Macintosh systems accessing the K2 SAN, you should check that the SNFS file system volume is configured correctly on the Macintosh systems.
- Place the K2 SAN back online.