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The vfs_format.exe is a exe console utility for working test utility is used to work with Axxon One archives. The utility
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The vfs_format.exe utility executable file is located in |
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the <Axxon One |
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installation folder>\AxxonSoft\Axxon One\bin\ folder. |
For the correct operation of the utility,
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do the following:
- Remove the corresponding archive volume in Axxon One without removing the archive files (see Removing archive volumes).
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- Open vfs_format.exe as administrator.
Info title Note - To run the utility
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- in Linux OS, run the following command:
Code Block language bash ngprun start_app vfs_tools + arguments
- in Linux OS, run the following command:
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- To open the argument list, run the following command:
Code Block language bash vfs_tools --help
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- Enter the required query using the parameters:
Note title Attention! To log error messages, you must add the path for the log file at the end of each query.
For example, vfs_format.exe --volume S:\FILEONE.afs --fill G:\ --log-level=100 > S:\log.txt.
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Parameter | Description |
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| --help | Help window |
| --volume |
Path to an archive volume |
.The basic parameter, it must always be present in the query. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs (for |
an archive volume as a file) or vfs_format.exe --volume D:\ (for |
an archive volume as a disk) |
| --fill | Multiple filling of an archive with data from another archive. The system fills up a destination archive or a volume with multiple copies of a source archive or a volume in a loop. For easier timeline handling, each new copy is written with one minute offset. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume S:\FILEONE.afs --fill G:\ |
| --cache-to-memory | Copy an archive to RAM and further copy to a destination archive. |
Used together with the --fill parameter. |
This parameter is valid only for archives that |
can fit to RAM. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume S:\FILEONE.afs --fill G:\ --cache-to-memory | |
| --dump | Collect service information about |
an archive volume in a TXT or XML file. For example: |
vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --dump C:\DumpArc.txt | |
| --dump-meta | Collect service information about |
metadata of an archive volume |
in a TXT file. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --dump-meta C:\DumpMetaArc.txt | |
| --dump-fullness | Collect service information about |
fullness of an archive |
in a TXT file. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume C:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --dump-fullness C:\DumpFullnessArc.txt | |
| --expand | Specify |
a new size of |
an archive volume in blocks. By default, the size of one block is 4MB |
if the --format parameter was not applied. This parameter is relevant only for |
an archive volume as a file. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --expand 128 | |
--size | Specify |
a new size of |
an archive volume in megabytes. This parameter is relevant only for |
an archive volume as a file. For example: |
vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --size 4096
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| --format | Split |
an archive volume into blocks of the specified size (in megabytes). For example: |
vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --format 16 | |
| --copy | Copy an archive volume. Specify the path and name of |
a new archive file. If |
an archive volume is copied as a disk, create a partition without formatting, larger than the copied volume. If you have a smaller partition, then only the most recent entries are copied. For example: |
vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --copy C:\NewArc.afs | |
| --skip-bad-block | Skip the bad blocks when copying |
an archive volume. This parameter is only used |
together with the --copy parameter. For example: |
vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --copy C:\NewArc.afs --skip-bad-block | |
| --modify-corrupted-flag | Enable/disable reindexing of |
an archive volume. 1 |
—enable reindexing, 0 |
—disable. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --modify-corrupted-flag 1 | ||||||
| --build-meta | Launch the process of metadata generation of an archive volume (including timeline markers and video footage size per channel). For example: vfs-format.exe --volume D:\ --build-meta
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| --clear-meta | Delete metadata of |
an archive volume. For example: vfs-format.exe --volume D:\ --clear-meta | |
| --clear-data | Delete |
service information of an archive volume |
(does not operate without the --from and --to arguments). --from and --to are used to set the UTC time intervals in the ISO YYYYMMDDThhmmss format. Then you must confirm the deletion. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume C:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --clear-data --from 20220210T110000 --to 20220210T114000 |
--from and --to are used to set the UTC time intervals in the ISO YYYYMMDDThhmmss format.
Then you must confirm the deletion| --log-level |
Specify the logging level |
of the operation being performed. Available values:
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--channel | Specify the archive channel. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume=Q:/archiveAliceBlue.afs --channel=E7C79FA3-E0D4-B6CD-9307-6C24E96C305E You can |
perform forced block masking for certain archive channels.
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For example: vfs_format.exe --volume=Q:/archiveAliceBlue.afs --channel=E7C79FA3-E0D4-B6CD-9307-6C24E96C305E --clear-from=20350101T000000 --clear-to=20370101T000000, where
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| --recover | Recover the last recording layer after formatting the archive. This parameter is relevant only if there were records after the last formatting. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume E:\ --recover |
| --recover=2 | Recover the last recording layer after formatting the archive. For example: vfs_format.exe --volume E:\ --recover=2 after the archive formatting, or vfs_format.exe --volume E:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --recover=2 after the disk formatting |
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