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Is it possible to connect vol as disk in windows?

Joemc99 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:07:16 GMT

Hi,

I am an amateur at snapdrive, so please bear with me!

We want to connect a vol as disk in windows? The volume is a secondary snapshot (backup) created by Snap Manager for SQL. We can do this action via the “Connect Disk Wizard” in the connect disk GUI.

However, we would like to automate this. Eg, connect Sundays backup to z: drive after each Sunday backup. Is there a way to do this via a script?

Thanks

Joe

Re: Is it possible to connect vol as disk in windows?

rwelshman — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:20:56 GMT

The snapdrive commands can all be run on the command line using "sdcli". You can create a script / batch file using that to automate the process.

Re: Is it possible to connect vol as disk in windows?

paulstringfellow — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:13:17 GMT

certainly...either SDCLI or powershell toolkit...

Re: Is it possible to connect vol as disk in windows?

Joemc99 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:18:58 GMT

Great, thanks guys. Would I be correct in saying I should use the "sdcli disk connect" command?

Re: Is it possible to connect vol as disk in windows?

rwelshman — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:53:35 GMT

There is a commandlet reference guide available for snapdrive for windows - if you want to use powershell.

If you want to use the sdcli command line, there is a section in the Administration Guide For SAN Environments (SnapDrive for Windows).