Acquiring a Device

Note. Tape libraries can neither be acquired nor released.

Requirements for acquiring a device:

• The device status must be up.

• The device must be released (not acquired).

To acquire a device:

• Right-click the required device name or icon to display a context menu. Select Acquire Device.

Acquiring appears in the status field. After you have acquired the device, Acquired appears in the status field. The control path appears in the control path field, and the browser GUI or job name that has acquired the device appears in the Acquired By field. If you fail to acquire the device, Failed to acquire appears in the status field.

After the device is acquired, Release Device replaces Acquire Device on the context menu of the acquired device.