HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform administrator guide (5697-0204, January 2010)

Figure 28 Results of the vshadow.exe -p m: command in the VSM GUI
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The full shadow copy set number appears in the comment field of the PiT and snapshot in the
VSM. Figure 29 shows information that appears in the comment field.
Figure 29 Shadow copy set number information in the PiT Comment field
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To see views that are created by VSS, select Tools > Options > General > Data presentation and
select the Show VSS Views checkbox.
8. In the DOS command prompt window on the server, mount the view by typing vshadow.exe
-el={Snapshot ID},k:\ and pressing Enter.
The vshadow.exe -el={Snapshot ID},k:\ command mounts the view to the host server
with the specified mount point. In this example the mount point was selected to be the drive letter
k:, but the mount point can be any one of these:
• Drive letter
• Directory share
• Network share
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