Run EZswitch on Windows

This topic describes how to run EZswitch on a Windows instance.

Prerequisites

• Remote access and permissions to run PowerShell commands on the instance

• The volume with data has been tagged (recommended to do this before running EZswitch on it):

  • Tag key: ZestyDisk

  • Tag value: True

• The Zesty Disk Agent is running on the instance

In the following procedure, we’ll use this beginning filesystem:

To run EZswitch:

1. Connect to the instance.

2. Run EZswitch on the disk:

   C:\zesty\collector\zmount.exe -driveLetter <DRIVE_LETTER> -EZswitch

   <DRIVE_LETTER> is an uppercase letter that is available to assign to the drive. This can be the same as the current drive letter.

   Note that commands are case-sensitive.

   When the process succeeds, a message, similar to the following is displayed:

   EZswitch on D completed successfully.
   The following figure shows that the filesystem is now a Zesty Disk filesystem:
   

If the volume needs to expand, for example, to account for the default buffer, it will automatically expand to 128 GB, as follows:

The unallocated capacity will become part of the same D: volume.