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Sync-StoragePluginVolume

Short Description

Rescans volumes of Universal Storage API integrated systems.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Storage System: IBM Spectrum Virtualize, INFINIDAT InfiniBox, Pure Storage

Syntax

Sync-StoragePluginVolume -Volume <CSanVolume[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet rescans volumes of Universal Storage API integrated systems added to the backup infrastructure. Veeam Backup & Replication uses this process to synchronize the state of the backup server with storage systems state and to get information about new snapshots created on storage volumes.

Run Sync-StoragePluginHost to rescan an Universal Storage API integrated systems.

Sync-StoragePluginVolume Note:

The cmdlet will not notify you in case Veeam Backup & Replication fails to perform a rescan.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Volume	Specifies an array of storage volumes that you want to rescan.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example

This example shows how to rescan a Universal Storage API integrated systems volume added to the backup infrastructure.

Run Get-StoragePluginVolume to get the storage volume that you want to rescan. Save the result to the $volume variable.
Run Sync-StoragePluginVolume with the $volume variable.

$volume = Get-StoragePluginVolume -Name "VOLUME-01"

Sync-StoragePluginVolume -Volume $volume

Related Commands

Get-StoragePluginVolume