Enabling or Disabling SIS on a Volume
Applies To: Windows Storage Server 2008
Single Instance Storage (SIS) is enabled or disabled on individual volumes on your storage appliance. When you disable SIS on a volume that has been using SIS, the Groveler service is stopped. SIS can be paused or disabled temporarily by pausing the Groveler service or changing its priority by using the Sisadmin.exe utility.
Once the Groveler service has been paused for a volume, SIS can be removed from that volume using the Sisadmin.exe utility. When SIS is removed from a volume, the files are unlinked from the SIS Common Store and restored to their original locations
Note
Disabling SIS on a volume will fail if there is not sufficient disk space on the volume to account for each duplicate file and the SIS Common Store.
Membership in the local Administrators group is required to complete this procedure.
To enable SIS on a volume
In Share and Storage Management, on the Volumes tab, click the volume for which you want to enable SIS.
In the Actions pane, click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, select the Enable SIS on this volume check box, and then click OK.
To disable SIS on a volume
In Share and Storage Management, on the Volumes tab, click the volume for which you want to disable SIS.
In the Actions pane, click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, clear the Enable SIS on this volume check box, and then click OK.
Note
Every time you enable or disable SIS on a volume, the Groveler service is restarted. To avoid performance issues when enabling or disabling SIS on a large number of volumes, specify them all in a single command. Grouping the volumes into a single command requires only a single restart of the Groveler service.
To install SIS on a volume by using Sisadmin.exe
Open an elevated command prompt. Click Start, right click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
Type the command sisadmin.exe /i <volumename>, where <volumename> is the letter name of the volume where SIS is to be enabled.
To uninstall SIS from a volume by using Sisadmin.exe
Open an elevated command prompt. Click Start, right click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
Type the command sisadmin.exe /u <volumename>, where <volumename> is the letter name of the volume from which SIS is to be removed.
To enable SIS on a volume by using Sisadmin.exe
Open an elevated command prompt. Click Start, right click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
Type the command sisadmin.exe /e <volumename>, where <volumename> is the letter name of the volume where SIS is to be enabled. The Groveler service will be enabled and started for the volume.
To disable SIS on a volume using Sisadmin.exe
Open an elevated command prompt. Click Start, right click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
Type the command sisadmin.exe /d <volumename>, where <volumename> is the letter name of the volume where SIS is to be disabled. The Groveler service will be stopped and disabled for the volume.