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Sync-VNXHost

Short Description

Rescans Dell EMC VNX storage system.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Storage System: Dell EMC VNX

Syntax

Sync-VNXHost -Host <CVnxHost> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet rescans Dell EMC VNX storage systems. During rescan Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves information about the storage system topology and adds storage volumes to the backup infrastructure.

Run Sync-VNXVolume to rescan Dell EMC VNX volumes added to the backup infrastructure.

Sync-VNXHost 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
Storage	Specifies a storage system 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 Dell EMC VNX storage system.

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

$storage = Get-VNXHost -Name "VNX Storage"

Sync-VNXHost -Storage $storage

Related Commands

Get-VNXHost