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Archive volume path.The basic parameter must always be present in the query.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs (for the archive volume as a file) or vfs_format.exe --volume D:\ (for the archive volume as a disk).

Populate an archive with multiple copies of video footage from another archive.

The system fills up a destination archive with multiple copies of a source archive. For easier timeline handling, each new copy is written with 1 minute offset. 

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume S:\FILEONE.afs --fill G:\ 

Copy an archive to RAM and further copy to a destination archive. Use with the --fill parameter.

This parameter is valid only for archives that could fit to RAM.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume S:\FILEONE.afs --fill G:\ --cache-to-memory

Collect service information about the archive volume in a TXT or XML file.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --dump C:\DumpArc.txt

Collect service information about the archive volume metadata in a TXT file.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --dump-meta C:\DumpMetaArc.txt

Collect service information about the archive fullness in a TXT file.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume C:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --dump-fullness C:\DumpFullnessArc.txt

Specify the new size of the 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 the archive volume as a file.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --expand 128

--size

Specify the new size of the archive volume in megabytes. This parameter is relevant only for the archive volume as a file.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --size 4096

Split the archive volume into blocks of the specified size (in megabytes).

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAntiqueWhite.afs --format 16

Copy archive volume. Specify the path and name of the new archive file. If the 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 the bad blocks when copying the archive volume. This parameter is used only together with --copy.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --copy C:\NewArc.afs --skip-bad-block

Enable/disable re-indexing of the archive volume. 1 – enable reindexing, 0 – disable.

For example: vfs_format.exe --volume D:\archiveAliceBlue.afs --modify-corrupted-flag 1

Delete metadata of the archive volume.

For example: vfs-format.exe --volume D:\ --clear-meta

Delete the archive volume service information (does not operate without the from and to arguments).

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 should confirm the deletion.

Set the logging level for this action. Available values:

• 0 – OFF
• 10 – ERROR
• 20 – WARN
• 40 – INFO
• 50 – DEBUG
• 60 – TRACE
• 100 – ALL

--channel

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 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.