Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Re-enabling a device

Once the number of retries equals the Max Consecutive Errors value, the device becomes disabled. After the problem that disabled the device has been fixed, the device (drive) must be reenabled before it can be used again.

1. When the NetWorker computer is idle, remove any volume from the disabled drive and ensure that the drive is in good working order.
2. In the Administration window, click Devices. The Devices detail table appears.
3. Right-click the drive to be reenabled, and select Properties. The Properties window appears.
4. In the Status area of the General tab, set Enabled to Yes.
5. Click OK.

If the disabled drive is part of a library, it might be necessary to reset the device. To do this:

6. From the command prompt, change the path to the directory that contains the NetWorker binaries.
7. Type this command:
   nsrjb -HE

   NOTE:A device retains it enabled or disabled status in the Properties window and in the Devices detail table regardless of whether its storage node is enabled or disabled. Therefore, it is possible that the storage node Properties window is set to disabled while its devices appear to be enabled in the GUI.