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Sync-NimbleVolume

Short Description

Rescans HPE Nimble storage volumes added to the backup infrastructure

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

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

Detailed Description

This cmdlet rescans HPE Nimble storage volumes from 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-NimbleHost to rescan an entire HPE Nimble storage system.

Sync-NimbleVolume 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

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Example

This example shows how to rescan an HPE Nimble storage volume added to the backup infrastructure.

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

$volume = Get-NimbleVolume -Name "VOL01"

Sync-NimbleVolume -Volume $volume

Related Commands

Get-NimbleVolume