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Use the convention filename.dmp for the name of the file. The suffix
.dmp is added to the file automatically if you do not specify a suffix for the
file.
4
Click
Start
.
NOTE: Each test shows a status of Executing while it is in progress. The test
then shows Completed when it successfully finishes. If any of the tests cannot
be completed, a status of Failed appears in the Execution summary window.
5
Monitor the progress and completion status of all of the tests. When they
finish, click
OK
to close the
State Capture
dialog.
Clicking
Cancel
stops the state capture process, and any remaining tests
do not complete. Any test information that has been generated to that
point is saved to the state capture file.
NOTE: See the
PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager online help
topics
for more information on troubleshooting, and recovering from failures.
SMrepassist Utility
SMrepassist (replication assistance) is a host-based utility for Windows
platforms. This utility is installed with MDSM. Use this utility before and
after you create a virtual disk copy on a Windows operating system to ensure
that all the memory-resident data for file systems on the target virtual disk is
flushed and that the driver recognizes signatures and file system partitions.
You can also use this utility to resolve duplicate signature problems for
snapshot virtual disks.
From a command prompt window on a host running Windows, navigate to
C:\Program Files\Dell\MD Storage Manager\util and run the following
command:
SMrepassist -f <filesystem-identifier>
where -f flushes all the memory-resident data for the file system indicated by
<filesystem-identifier>, and <filesystem-identifier> specifies a unique file
system in the following syntax:
drive-letter: <mount-point-path>
The file system identifier may consist of only a drive letter, for example:
SMrepassist -f E:
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