How to Mount S-VOLs on Windows Servers
How to mount S-VOLs on Windows Servers
The following is a small synopsis of the steps that you will need to follow when scripting HUR/TC/SI/CoW operations using CCI on Windows. Without using all of these steps, you will have one problem or another - disappearing data or filesystems that appear "corrupt" from a Windows perspective. An explanation of the Windows CCI subcommands (the -x options) can be found in the latest CCI user guide.
Windows retains information in its filesystem buffers from previous mountings of volumes. Therefore, it will appear that updates to S-VOLS aren't reflected in the actual device.
This is a problem with the MS Windows filesystem buffer. The fix is the following:
On the S-VOL side
for each mounted S-VOL
- raidscan -x sync <drive-letter>
- raidscan -x umount <drive-letter>