Error V-76-58633-8: The path can not be used for creating a drive path

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Description

Error Message

Error excerpt:

Error V-76-58633-8    
The path can not be used for creating a drive path.


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Cause

This error is received, when you attempt to mount a dynamic volume under a path that resides on a WSFC controlled basic volume.  

Notice that the error appears only if the basic volume is placed under cluster control, or associated with a WSFC role.

Resolution

Use a dynamic volume, or from WSFC perspective, a VMDg resource, to serve as the root of the mount paths, or additional dynamic volumes.
 

Issue/Introduction

An error is received when attempting to add a mount path to a dynamic (cluster) volume, that is located on a WSFC (Windows Server Failover Clustering) controlled basic disk, or volume.