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Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Changing the volume mode

You can manually change the mode of a volume to a different mode such as read-only, recyclable, or appendable.

When the volume mode is read-only, no new data can be written to the volume, but the save sets are still subject to retention settings. However, a read-only volume is not a write-protected volume. When the retention period for all the save sets on the volume expire, the volume is recycled. Recyclable volumes contain save sets that have all exceeded their retention periods. Appendable volumes can receive additional backup data.

  1. Unmount the volume by right-clicking the device in the Devices window and selecting Unmount.
  2. In the Administration window, click Media.
  3. In the left pane, select either Disk Volumes or Tape Volumes.
    A list of volumes appears in the right pane.
  4. Right-click the volume and select Change Mode.
    The Change Mode dialog box appears.
  5. Select a mode and click OK.
    The new volume mode appears in the Mode column.
  6. (Optional) Mount the volume by right-clicking the device in the Devices window, and selecting Mount.
    NOTE: Nsrim does not delete the expired save sets from Read-only disk (AFTD and DD Boost) devices.

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