Create Mounts Point(s) (Optional)

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This is an optional step and shows how to create Partition Access Paths (mount points) for volumes.


DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 1     C                NTFS   Partition    149 GB  Healthy    Boot
* Volume 2     N   NTFS         NTFS   Partition   1023 GB  Healthy

2. Create directory that will be assigned to the new volume.


PS C:\> New-Item -Path 'C:\FlashArrayMounts\NTFS' -ItemType Directory

    Directory: C:\FlashArrayMounts
Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
d-----        5/23/2017   3:50 PM                NTFS

3. Add the mount points for the individual volumes. Use the PartitionNumber retrieved from Step 1 for the new drive (N).


DISKPART> assign mount=C:\FlashArrayMounts\NTFS

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

4. View the new mount points.

Below is the view of the mount points from Windows Explorer.

The following section outlines the workflow for connecting Everpure FlashArray volumes to a Windows Server host. The details provided here focus on working directly with the FlashArray and Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 and 2016.