# Viewing offline volumes


You can't create or delete volume backups when the source volume is offline. You can use the [https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-show.html](https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-show.html) ONTAP CLI command to determine a volume's current status.

```
volume show -vserver svm-name
```

For information about accessing the ONTAP CLI on your file system, see [Using the NetApp ONTAP CLI](managing-resources-ontap-apps.md#netapp-ontap-cli).

```
FsxIdabc12345::> volume show -vserver vs1
Vserver   Volume       Aggregate    State      Type       Size  Available Used%
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- -----
vs1       vol1         aggr1        online     RW          2GB      1.9GB    5%
vs1       vol1_dr      aggr0_dp     online     DP        200GB    160.0GB   20%
vs1       vol2         aggr0        online     RW        150GB    110.3GB   26%
vs1       vol2_dr      aggr0_dp     online     DP        150GB    110.3GB   26%
vs1       vol3         aggr1        online     RW        150GB    120.0GB   20%
vs1       vol3_dr      aggr1_dp     online     DP        150GB    120.0GB   20%
vs1       vol4         aggr1        online     RW        200GB    159.8GB   20%
7 entries were displayed.
```

To bring an offline volume back online, use the [https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-online.html](https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/volume-online.html) ONTAP CLI command, as shown in the following example. If only one SVM (Vserver) exists, you do not need to specify the `-vserver` parameter.

```
FsxID-abcdef123456::> volume online -volume volume_name -vserver svm_name
   
Volume 'vs1:vol1' is now online.
```