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SanPolicy

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SanPolicy specifies the type of Storage Area Network (SAN) policy to apply to the computer. A SAN enables a server to mount disks and other storage devices automatically from other computers.

By configuring the SAN policy on a Windows image, you can control whether disks are automatically mounted, which disks can be mounted, and you can disable disks from being mounted automatically.

Values

1

Mounts all available storage devices. This is the default value.

2

Mounts all storage devices except those on a shared bus.

Examples of shared buses are: SCSI, iSCSI, Fiber, and SAS.

3

Does not mount storage devices.

Valid Configuration Passes

offlineServicing

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-PartitionManager | SanPolicy

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-PartitionManager

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to configure the SAN policy to mount all available storage devices.

<SanPolicy>1</SanPolicy>

Microsoft-Windows-PartitionManager