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Online and Offline Drives

You can status library drives as offline or online from the Device Manager by right-clicking on the drive and selecting offline or online, depending on the current state of the drive.

This capability can be useful for marking defective drives in a library as offline, which prevents Arcserve Backup from using the drive until it is repaired and in an online status.

Note: If there is media inside the drive you want to mark as online or offline, eject the media prior to marking the drive offline. Arcserve Backup cannot access the media inside an offline drive.

To online and offline drives

1. Open the Device Manager and browse to the server connected to the library containing the drive that you want to status as online or offline.
2. Expand the library, right-click the drive, and select Online or Offline from the pop-up menu.

   The drive status changes to offline or online.

   Note: Drives display in a disabled mode when they are in an offline state.