Removing or changing the unique name for an external drive

Veritas System Recovery lets you assign unique names to external drives when you use them as a backup destination or an Offsite Copy destination. Assigning unique names helps you to manage these destinations and avoid confusion if you use more than one drive. It is especially helpful when the assigned drive letter changes each time you plug in the drive.

The Options dialog box lets you see all of your drive unique names in one view. From this view, you can remove or edit existing names. Veritas System Recovery lets you assign a unique name when you plug in an external drive in to your computer for the first time.

For example, you might swap out two different external drives that are used as Offsite Copy destinations during any given week. It would be difficult to identify which drive your use at any given time based on the drive labels. It becomes more confusing if the previously assigned drive letter has changed.

You can associate unique names with each drive when you use them with Veritas System Recovery. The unique name that is associated with a drive is displayed in various locations in Veritas System Recovery.

For example, if you assigned the unique name, "Cathy Read" to one drive, and "Thomas Read" to a second drive. Their unique names appear in Veritas System Recovery whenever the drives are plugged in to your computer.

To remove or change unique name for an external drive