Virtual Media Not Refreshed After Files Added - Raritan dominion kx III Administrator's Manual

Appendix E: Informational Notes
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Virtual Media Support on Windows 7, Windows 2008 and Windows
XP Targets
Virtual media is not supported on a Windows 7, Windows 2008 or
Windows XP target server when connecting via VKC and AKC from
Windows 2008 or Windows 2012.

Virtual Media Not Refreshed After Files Added

After a virtual media drive has been mounted, if you add a file(s) to that
drive, those files may not be immediately visible on the target server.
Disconnect and then reconnect the virtual media connection.
Virtual Media Linux Drive Listed Twice
For KX III, users who are logged in to Linux
drives are listed twice in the Local Drive drop-down.
For example, you will see eg /dev/sdc and eg /dev/sdc1 where the first
drive is the boot sector and the second drive is the first partition on the
disk.
Accessing Virtual Media on a Windows 2000
A virtual media local drive cannot be accessed on a Windows 2000
server using a D2CIM-VUSB.
Disconnecting Mac and Linux Virtual Media USB Drives
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In a Linux or Mac environment:
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For Linux users, if there is /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1, the client only
uses /dev/sdb1 and advertise it as removable disk
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/dev/sdb is not available for the user.
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For Linux users, if there is /dev/sdb but no /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb is
used as a removable device
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For Mac users, /dev/disk1 and /dev/disk1s1 is used
Target BIOS Boot Time with Virtual Media
The BIOS for certain targets may take longer to boot if media is mounted
virtually at the target.
To shorten the boot time:
1. Close the Virtual KVM Client to completely release the virtual media
drives.
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