skip NTFS-Folder mounts

[petrober]

Hi together,

when I run mydefrag from GUI scripts run int NTFS-Folder mounted partitions.

I.E.

The folder C:\Test\D  is mounted to Partition D:  (standart functionality from NTFS)

If a defragmentation job is started on C: it will defragment C: and D: as well.
I want Mydefrag to skip C:\Test\D and not to run into.

What can I do ?


Regards,

   Petrober

[jeroen]

Are you sure MyDefrag is processing your D: mountpoint? That should not be possible, because your d: mountpoint is not a volume. Anyway, you can make sure the mountpoint will be skipped by changing the ExcludeVolumes command in your Settings.MyD file into this:

Code:

ExcludeVolumes(CDRom(yes) or not(CommandlineVolumes()) or Name("D:"))

[petrober]

Yes really MyDefrag does.
I.e. DataDiskDaily starts on E: and continues on a Folder mounted Volume.
This Volume (Path) is also listed in the GUI, but it is unchecked.

The AnalyseOnly script does only process the partition itself. Does not analyze the folder mounted partition.

Indeed this helps:   ExcludeVolumes(Name("C:\Test\D"))

Better will be a generally difference between real Volumes (partitions) and NTFS mounts behind a folder. With the Name("C:\Test\D") the user has to know about before.

Maybe there is a more flexible way ?
In this case MyDefrag 4.3.1 is running under Win7 Ultimate.

Regards,

   Petrober

[jeroen]

Ah, I think I understand now. Selecting a volume via the scriptchooser or the commandline will cause the CommandlineVolumes volumeboolean to also select all volumes that are mounted on a directory on that volume. This is a known bug and will be fixed in the next release.

[petrober]

Ah, I think I understand now. ...... This is a known bug and will be fixed in the next release.

Good to hear. I'm looking forward to one of the next releases.

Thanks

[scooter79]

I experienced this same behavior on my backup server (Microsoft DPM 2007) which uses mount points to all the protected volumes. 
When I first ran the 'Analyze' on the C:\ drive, I only saw the contents of C:\.  However, I later discovered if I "hit spacebar to continue" it showed me the other mounted volumues. When I ran 'System Disk Monthly' script and it hit the folder containing the mounted junction points, it followed those junction points and apparently defragged the mounted volumes of the remote servers.  This was a bit scary and disconcerting to watch but so far don't know of any ill effects (it's still running as I write this).

As these are numerous and very long and complex file paths, it would be preferable if these could be globally excluded instead of having to be a named exclusion.  Or alternatively, is there a way to exclude a folder (the folder containing the mount points) from the job?

running v. 4.3.1