This article describes how to mount or unmount a vDisk version from the Command Line Interface.

Background

CVhdMount utility is used to mount and unmount a vDisk version.

Instructions

Complete the following steps to mount and unmount vDisk version from CLI:

1. From the command prompt, navigate to c:\Program Files\Citrix\Provisioning Services\ and type the following command:
   cvhdmount- p <sn> <file.vhd> <-r>

   

   Note: The -r parameter in the above example mounts the vDisk as Read Only. Remove the -r parameter if you need Write access to the vDisk

2. In the Disk Management, the .vhd/avhd appears as a disk partition.

   

3. After the changes are made to the partition,  run the following command to unmount the disk:
   cvhdmount -u <sn> <file.vhd>.