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.

1. Retrieve the partition details in order to see the PartitionNumber which is required for creating a PartitionAccessPath.


PS C:\> Get-Partition

   DiskPath: \\?\mpio#disk&ven_pure&prod_flasharray&rev_8888#1&7f6ac24&0&3632344139333730343530383446333530384246343631343030303131414342#{53f
56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}

PartitionNumber  DriveLetter Offset                                                    Size Type
---------------  ----------- ------                                                    ---- ----
1                            17408                                                   128 MB Reserved
2                D           135266304                                           1023.87 GB Basic

   DiskPath: \\?\mpio#disk&ven_pure&prod_flasharray&rev_8888#1&7f6ac24&0&3632344139333730343530383446333530384246343631343030303131414343#{53f
56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}

PartitionNumber  DriveLetter Offset                                                    Size Type
---------------  ----------- ------                                                    ---- ----
1                            17408                                                   128 MB Reserved
2                E           135266304                                           1023.87 GB Basic

   DiskPath: \\?\mpio#disk&ven_pure&prod_flasharray&rev_8888#1&7f6ac24&0&3632344139333730373345393430323235413241353242423030303341453836#{53f
56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}

PartitionNumber  DriveLetter Offset                                                    Size Type
---------------  ----------- ------                                                    ---- ----
1                            1048576                                                 500 MB IFS
2                C           525336576                                            149.51 GB IFS

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

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

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

3. Add the mount points for the individual volumes. Use the PartitionNumber retrieved from Step 1 for the new drives (D and E).


PS C:\> Add-PartitionAccessPath -DiskNumber 1 -AccessPath 'C:\FlashArrayMounts\NTFS' -PartitionNumber 2
PS C:\> Add-PartitionAccessPath -DiskNumber 2 -AccessPath 'C:\FlashArrayMounts\ReFS' -PartitionNumber 2

4. View the new mount points.


PS C:\> cd C:\FlashArrayMounts\
PS C:\FlashArrayMounts> ls
    Directory: C:\FlashArrayMounts
    
Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
d----l        5/23/2017   3:50 PM                NTFS
d----l        5/23/2017   3:50 PM                ReFS

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 versions 2012 and later.