Change storage area state

Each storage area state is either enabled (available for service requests) or disabled (unavailable for service requests). Enterprise Manager identifies the current state of storage areas through the details pane of a selected storage area. See View storage area states for more information.

You can enable or disable a storage area in Enterprise Manager using either the context menu or the MMC toolbar.

To enable a storage area

  1. Select the Storage Areas node in a specific object store or site that contains the desired storage area.
  2. Select the storage area in the details pane.
  3. Place the storage area on line using either of these methods:

    The storage area status icon and the State column entry both show the storage area on line.

To disable a storage area

  1. Select the Storage Areas node in a specific object store or site that contains the desired storage area.
  2. Select the storage area in the details pane.
  3. Turn the storage area off line using either of these methods:

    The file storage area status icon and the State column entry both show the storage area off line.