Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software 235NOTE: Refer to the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager online helptopics for more information on troubleshooting, and recovering from failures.SMrepassist UtilitySMrepassist (replication assistance) is a host-based utility for Windowsplatforms. This utility is installed with MDSM. Use this utility before andafter you create a virtual disk copy on a Windows operating system to ensurethat all the memory-resident data for file systems on the target virtual disk isflushed and that the driver recognizes signatures and file system partitions.You can also use this utility to resolve duplicate signature problems forsnapshot virtual disks.From a command prompt window on a host running Windows, navigate toC:\Program Files\Dell\MD Storage Manager\util and run the followingcommand:SMrepassist -f where -f flushes all the memory-resident data for the file system indicated by, and specifies a unique filesystem in the following syntax:drive-letter: The file system identifier might consist of only a drive letter, as in thefollowing example:SMrepassist -f E:NOTE: In Windows, the mount point path is a drive letter.An error message appears in the command line when the utility cannotdistinguish between the following:• Source virtual disk and snapshot virtual disk (for example, if the snapshotvirtual disk has been removed).• Standard virtual disk and virtual disk copy (for example, if the virtual diskcopy has been removed).
