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# Mounting the Data Drive

Mount your data drive on the appliance with the `exavaultmount` tool, run from a console or SSH session. Use this command with great care — mounting the data drive incorrectly can delete your data.

To mount a drive:

```
sudo exavaultmount --operation mount --destination /data --source /dev/sdb --type xfs
```

If your drive resides at a different location than `/dev/sdb`, substitute that path.

More `exavaultmount` documentation is found by running:

```
sudo exavaultmount --help
```