Varying disk volumes online or offline

To perform maintenance on a disk volume or to upgrade disk hardware, you can vary a disk volume offline. If Tivoli® Storage Manager encounters a problem with a disk volume, the server automatically varies the volume offline.

About this task

Task	Required Privilege Class
Vary a disk volume online or offline	System or operator

For example, to vary the disk volume named /storage/pool001 offline, enter:

vary offline /storage/pool001

You can make the disk volume available to the server again by varying the volume online. For example:

vary online /storage/pool001

For example, to vary the disk volume named STGVOL.POOL001 offline, enter:

vary offline stgvol.pool001

You can make the disk volume available to the server again by varying the volume online. For example:

vary online stgvol.pool001