Administrative Tasks
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The unavailable state is a derived state. It is reserved for
lower level equipment and is automatically entered when higher
level equipment goes into the off-line state or is moved
into the diagnostic state. That is, this state applies to
archive components when the archive is moved to the
off-line or diagnostic states.
The vary archive command is available via the GUI, CLI,
and API. The vary archive parameters are the vary archive, new
state, and priority. The priority is used to determine the
command location in VolServ command queue.
Vary Archive
Component
At times during maintenance operations, it is necessary to make
specific components unavailable for use. The vary archive
component command is used to disable portions of an archive.
Like an archive, archive components can be in one of four
states: on-line, off-line, diagnostic, and
unavailable. The definition of these states are the same as
for the vary archive command.
The vary archive component parameters are the vary
archive, new state, and priority. The priority is
used to determine the command location in VolServ command
queue.
Redefine a
Media Type
All parameters of an existing media type can be modified using
the redefine media type command. For more information, refer
to “Define a Media Type” on page 3-18 for a description of
media type definition.