Specifying an invalid device path with the ra_devicepath command results in the failure of a subsequent attempt to reinitialize. Also, any log device information in the RASD is cleared.
1> ra_devicepath 1, C:\invalid_path\invalid1.log 2> go
1> ra_admin refresh 2> go Msg 32000, Level 20, State 0: Server 'myserver', Procedure 'ra_admin refresh', Line 1: Command <ra_admin refresh> failed - Replication initialization failed because: C:\invalid_path\invalid1.log (The system cannot find the file specified)
After this initialization failure, the ra_helpdevice command returns no information because the log device repository has been cleared.
To avoid clearing the log device repository, verify any new device path before updating the log device repository with the ra_devicepath command.