Sync-VBRIsilonVolume

Short Description

Rescans Dell PowerScale (formerly Isilon) storage volumes added to the backup infrastructure.

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

Syntax

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

Detailed Description

This cmdlet rescans Dell PowerScale 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 the Sync-VBRIsilonHost cmdlet to rescan an entire Dell PowerScale storage system.

Note

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

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Volume	Specifies an array of storage volumes that you want to rescan. Accepts the `CSanVolume[]` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRIsilonHost` cmdlet.	`CSanVolume[]`	True	Named	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Examples

Rescanning Dell PowerScale Storage Volume Added to Backup Infrastructure

This example shows how to rescan a Dell PowerScale storage volume added to the backup infrastructure.

$storage = Get-VBRIsilonHost -Name "Isilon Storage"

$volume = Get-VBRIsilonVolume -Name "VOLUME1" -Host $storage

Sync-VBRIsilonVolume -Volume $volume

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRIsilonHost cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $storage variable.
Run the Get-VBRIsilonVolume cmdlet. Specify the Name and Host parameter values. Save the result to the $volume variable.
Run the Sync-VBRIsilonVolume cmdlet. Set the $volume variable as the Volume parameter value.