Releasing a Device

Guidelines for releasing a device:

• The device status must be acquired.

To release a device:

• Release the device by Right-clicking the required device name or icon to display a context menu. Select Release Device.

Releasing appears in the status field. After you have released the device, Released appears in the status field. The control path disappears from the control path field, and the management console or job name that has acquired the device disappears from the Acquired By field.

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