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Changing the state of an aggregate
An aggregate may be online, restricted, or offline. You can use the Aggregate window to take an aggregate offline, bring it back online, or restrict access to the aggregate. An aggregate cannot be restricted or taken offline if it has FlexVol volumes or mounted volumes.
About this task 
When an aggregate is online, read and write access to volumes hosted on this aggregate is allowed. When an aggregate is offline, no read or write access is allowed. You can put the aggregate into a restricted state if you want the aggregate to be the target of an aggregate copy or SnapMirror replication operation.
Steps 
1.
From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
In the navigation pane, click Storage > Aggregates.
3.
Select the aggregate for which you want to modify the state.
4.
From the Status menu, click the aggregate state you want.
5.
In the confirmation dialog box, click Offline or Restrict, as appropriate.
Related reference 
Aggregates window

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