Making a new media file system

The requirements for this procedure are as follows:

  • You must access Storage Utility (via the K2Config application login) with permissions equivalent to K2 administrator or higher.
  • When you access Storage Utility, the K2 SAN must be offline.
  • All iSCSI clients and K2 clients in the K2 SAN must be shut down.
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.
  1. If you have not already done so, launch Storage Utility from the K2Config application.
  2. As prompted, wait while Storage Utility gathers system information, then Storage Utility opens.
  3. In Storage Utility, click Tools | Make New File System. The Setting dialog box opens.

  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Click OK. The Configuration File dialog box opens.

    The configuration file for the media file system is displayed.
  7. Verify media file system parameters. Do not edit the configuration file for the media file system.
  8. Click Accept. A “…Please wait…” message box displays progress and a “…succeeded…” message confirms the process is complete.
  9. Restart the K2 Media Server.
  10. 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:
    1. 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.
    2. On the Database Server property page click Erase media database. A message box displays progress.
    3. Wait until a message confirms that the process is complete. This can take several minutes.
    4. If you have redundant K2 Media Servers, repeat these steps to clear the media database on the other (redundant) server.
  11. Close Storage Utility.
  12. 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.
  13. Place the K2 SAN back online.

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