You can temporarily disable a drive in tape library or stand-alone tape drive in DPM to perform maintenance or repairs. When you are ready to return the drive to operation, you must enable it.
To enable a drive
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar, and then click the Libraries tab.
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In the display pane, expand the tape library or stand-alone tape drive, and click the drive that is disabled.
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In the Actions pane, click Enable drive.
To enable a drive using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve the drive:
Get-TapeDrive [-DPMLibrary] <Library[]> [-Verbose] [-Debug][-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ][-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to enable the drive:
Enable-TapeDrive [-TapeDrive] <Drive[]> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Enable-TapeDrive -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Enable-TapeDrive -full" in DPM Management Shell.
To disable a drive
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar, and then click the Libraries tab.
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In the display pane, expand the tape library or stand-alone tape drive, and click the drive to be disabled.
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In the Actions pane, click Disable drive.
To disable a drive using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve the drive:
Get-TapeDrive [-DPMLibrary] <Library[]> [-Verbose] [-Debug][-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ][-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to disable the drive:
Disable-TapeDrive [-TapeDrive] <Drive[]> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
For more information, type "Get-Help Disable-TapeDrive -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Disable-TapeDrive -full" in DPM Management Shell.