Removing archive drives for off-site storage

Use the procedures described in this section to remove drives for off-site storage. Before removing a drive, you must unmount it.

See the following topics for instructions:

     To unmount an archive drive below

     To remove archive drives for off-site storage

To unmount an archive drive

An archive must be unmounted before it is removed from an appliance for offsite storage.

1        Select Archive > Media. Connected media display in the Archive Media area.

2        Select the desired drive.

3        Click Unmount at the bottom of the screen.

The color of the disk icon changes to red to indicate that the drive is no longer mounted.

To remove archive drives for off-site storage

1        Verify that media is not mounted. See To unmount an archive drive  for details.

Caution: Pulling mounted drives can result in data loss and corruption.

2        Pull the drive and be sure it is labeled for easy identification.

For multi-drive systems, archives are striped across all drives in the set, so be sure to store them together as all drives are needed to restore any archived data.