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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section III. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring tape media
  5. Managing volumes
  6. Suspending or unsuspending volumes
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Suspending or unsuspending volumes

You cannot use a suspended volume for backups until retention periods for all backups on it have expired. At that time, NetBackup deletes the suspended volume from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigns it from NetBackup.

A suspended volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, import the backups first.

To suspend or unsuspend media

  1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, select Media and Device Management > Media.
  2. In the right pane, in the Volumes list, select the volume or volumes that you want to suspend or unsuspend.
  3. On the Actions menu, select Suspend or Unsuspend.
  4. In the dialog box, click OK.

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