topic HowTo test if Volume exists in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/HowTo-test-if-Volume-exists/m-p/12620#M647 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I'd like to test if a volume exists. I use if (get-navol $volume). If the volume not exists I get an error message even if I use a variable ($volexist = get-navol $volume). How can I test the volume without getting an error message on the console? Thanks in advance.</P><P></P><P>Stefan</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:40 GMT skellner 2025-06-05T06:18:40Z HowTo test if Volume exists https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/HowTo-test-if-Volume-exists/m-p/12620#M647 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>I'd like to test if a volume exists. I use if (get-navol $volume). If the volume not exists I get an error message even if I use a variable ($volexist = get-navol $volume). How can I test the volume without getting an error message on the console? Thanks in advance.</P><P></P><P>Stefan</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/HowTo-test-if-Volume-exists/m-p/12620#M647 skellner 2025-06-05T06:18:40Z Re: HowTo test if Volume exists https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/HowTo-test-if-Volume-exists/m-p/12623#M648 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Here's one way...</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier; font-size: 8pt;">PS C:\&gt; <SPAN style="color: #0000ff;">if ( (Get-NaVol noSuchVol -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) { Write-Host "No such volume" }</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier; font-size: 8pt;">No such volume</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:10:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/HowTo-test-if-Volume-exists/m-p/12623#M648 cknight 2012-09-19T20:10:40Z