User Guide

40 Utilities Reference
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
DISMOUNT
Purpose
Use at the server console to make a volume unavailable to users.
Syntax
DISMOUNT volume_name
Using DISMOUNT
 DISMOUNT allows you to maintain or repair a volume and to upgrade
disk drivers while the NetWare
®
server is up.
 Use this command to dismount all volumes residing on a removable drive
before you remove the drive.
 If you are running out of memory and can’t add more RAM, consider
dismounting a volume that isn’t used often.
Mounted volumes take up memory allocated for file caching and thus
affect server performance.
 You can also use NWCONFIG to dismount a volume.
Additional Information
Parameter Use to
volume_name Specify the name of the volume you want to
dismount.
Topic See
Dismounting a volume Dismounting a Traditional Volume or Creating
a Logical Volume.