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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Managing media servers
  5. Activating or deactivating a media server
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Activating or deactivating a media server

When you activate a media server, NetBackup can use it for backup and restore jobs. You can deactivate a media server. A common reason to do so is to perform maintenance. When a media server is deactivated, NetBackup does not send job requests to it.

When you deactivate a media server, the following things occur:

  • Current jobs are allowed to complete.

  • If the host is part of a shared drive configuration, it does not scan drives.

To activate or deactivate a media server

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand Media and Device Management > Media Servers.
  2. From the Media Servers pane, select the media server to activate or deactivate.
  3. On the Actions menu, select Activate or Deactivate.

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