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Mounting a vault folder fails with an error "wt.util.WTException: Mount is duplicate(already in use)" in Windchill

Modified: 05-Aug-2025   


Applies To

  • FlexPLM 9.1 M010
  • Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 12.1
  • Windchill PartsLink 10.2 to 12.0

Description

  • Mounting a vault folder fails with error:
    Create mount for root folder failed. Nested exception is:
    wt.util.WTException: Mount is duplicate(already in use)
  • Can't mount original path to a rootfolder which was deleted by mistake and created again
  • Exporting Classification Structure to XML fails with an error:
    (wt.fv.fvResource/57) wt.fv.FvFileDoesNotExist:
    Mount is duplicate(already in use)
                        at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.getMountPath(LocalVaultItem.java:375)
                        at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.getStoredItemFile(LocalVaultItem.java:403)
                        at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.retrieveStream(LocalVaultItem.java:205)
  • Publishing of drawing fails with error in Background Method server as:
    ERROR [PublisherQueue2.PollingThread] wt.wvs.content.FileHellper wcadmin -
    (wt.fv.fvResource/57) wt.fv.FvFileDoesNotExist:
    Mount is duplicate(already in use)
                        at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.getMountPath(LocalVaultItem.java:375)
                        at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.getStoredItemFile(LocalVaultItem.java:403)
                        at wt.fv.contentmover.LocalVaultItem.retrieveStream(LocalVaultItem.java:205)
  • Download document content fails with error
  • Mounting a vault folder fails with error:
    ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-6] wt.fv.StandardFvService htadmin - Mount for defaultsystemrootfolder on <hostname> is not valid ( DUPLICATE)
    ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-6] wt.fv.StandardFvService htadmin - Some of the mounts are not valid
    
    F:\vaults\defaultsystemrootfolder - Duplicate
    ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-6] com.ptc.windchill.vaulting.rest.MountResource htadmin - (wt.fv.fvResource/51) wt.util.WTException: Updation of mount for root folder "defaultsystemrootfolder" failed.
    Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: Some of the mounts are not valid
    
    F:\vaults\defaultsystemrootfolder - Duplicate
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