From what I read Optimize-StoragePool does not work with parity virtual disks. Does that mean you shouldn't run the command against a pool that contains parity virtual disks, or will those disks just be ignored in the rebalance?
Thank you
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Optimize-StoragePool when parity virtual disk is in the pool?
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Power Supply failed, after replacing two drives are now appearing as striped drives and 1 is reported Missing and Failed the other Dynamic Online but failed
Dynamic Disc 0 reports Failed, Dynamic and online, the other is Dynamic, Missing and Failed. How do I get them back to individual drives without loosing data on both drives. They were not striped drives originally, were drives E and F:.
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file server resource manager 2012 r2 missing
Hello,
I have installed FSRM on my 2012 R2 servers over a month ago and need to make a change to one of them today and could not find it on the server. The service is running and I'm getting reports from the File Screens I setup. FSRM.MSC does not exist on the server and if I copy it from another server it will not load the snap-in. Why would it just go away?
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Server 2016 how to find the physical disk ID of Storage Spaces pool disks
So...I've noticed something that feels like a step backwards from 2012R2 to 2016.
In 2012R2, the disk enumeration value used to be shown with my disks in the "Physical Disks" pane of the "Storage Pools" management view. 2016 appears to have gotten "smarter" in that it is recognizing my disks are in an enclosure, and is providing me with adapter and port values.
The downside is that when the event log entry says "\Device\Hardisk8\DR8" I can no longer easily tell which disk is actually having a problem. I'm digging through powershell right now, I assume there must be a way to read the enumerations there, somewhere, but since pool disks are masked from the disk manager, I can't get the value there either.
If anyone knows off hand what it is, that'd be handy.
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The IO operation at logical block address was retried > EventID 153
Hello community
we got a Hitachi CB520 Blade Server Farm. The Problem occurs only on one phyiscal Blade Server with a Windows 2012R2 Installation on it. System runs from local Disk. 3 Luns are zoned from Hitachi VSP Storage Cluster with ALUA Paht Management. We do not use Hitachi HDLM Software. Since a few weeks the following Error pops up. We alreadey swapped the Mainboard twice and also the mezzanine HBA's. Then the System runs quite good for a few days, after a while the error apperars again.
"The IO operation at logical block address 0xdf168780 for Disk 4 (PDO name: \Device\MPIODisk3) was retried."
"The IO operation at logical block address 0xe54ef800 for Disk 3 (PDO name: \Device\MPIODisk2) was retried."
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Tried to nail down the SCSI Codes, but found nothing wich will leads in the right direction.
0000: 0F 01 04 00 04 00 2C 00 ......,.
0008: 00 00 00 00 99 00 04 80 ....™..€
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 00 00 02 88 ...ˆ
May i ask if someone else had similar effects.
Thank you and regards
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I need to prevent ransomware by using FSRM.
Hello
I need to prevent Ransomware by using FSRM. I need to create file group for Windows system, Domain Controller, Exchange Server, SQL Server, and File Server. Then I will block all file type and except only that group.
So I need to know all extensions of Windows system, Domain Controller, Exchange Server, SQL Server, and File Server require.
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I can't create a NFS share on a Windows 2012 Storage Serve 2012
I have been trying to setup a NFS share but I have been unable to do so, I always get the following error:
Server for NFS cannot update the share configuration. Try updating the shared directory again, or delete and recreate the shared directory.
I have a RAID 1 configured, I have followed the instructions but I have not been able to create the share, What would be the right procedure?
Roberto Ortega
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Windows Server 2016 RTM -Storage Pool Virtual Disk Tiers Mirrored using Powershell results in Layout: Empty and Provisioning: Unknown
With 2 * SSD 250Gb and 2 * HDD 2TB
using the following powershell commands:-
$PhysicalDisks = Get-StorageSubSystem -FriendlyName "Windows Storage*" | Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $true
New-StoragePool -FriendlyName "CompanyData" -StorageSubsystemFriendlyName "Windows Storage*" -PhysicalDisks $PhysicalDisks -ProvisioningTypeDefault Fixed -ResiliencySettingNameDefault Mirror -WriteCacheSizeDefault 5GB
New-StorageTier -MediaType HDD -StoragePoolFriendlyName CompanyData -FriendlyName HDD_Tier
New-StorageTier -MediaType SSD -StoragePoolFriendlyName CompanyData -FriendlyName SSD_Tier
$SSD = Get-StorageTier -FriendlyName *SSD*
$HDD = Get-StorageTier -FriendlyName *HDD*
New-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "UserData01" -StoragePoolFriendlyName CompanyData -ResiliencySettingName Mirror –StorageTiers $SSD, $HDD -StorageTierSizes 180GB, 1TB
then:-
get-virtualdisk | FL *Usage : Other
NameFormat :
OperationalStatus : OK
HealthStatus : Healthy
ProvisioningType :
AllocationUnitSize :
MediaType :
ParityLayout :
Access : Read/Write
UniqueIdFormat : Vendor Specific
DetachedReason : None
WriteCacheSize : 5368709120
FaultDomainAwareness :
ColumnIsolation :
ObjectId : {1}\\SOMEPC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_VirtualDisk.ObjectId="{2cb0c12b-65ab-11e6-80b4-806e6f6e6963}:VD:{9a3c2324-74da-470c-ab6
d-139859cd6ebb}{97191edf-d131-4a08-aba8-f39b426af22f}"
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : DF1E199731D1084AABA8F39B426AF22F
AllocatedSize : 1303522574336
FootprintOnPool : 2617782566912
FriendlyName : UserData01
Interleave :
IsDeduplicationEnabled : False
IsEnclosureAware :
IsManualAttach : False
IsSnapshot : False
IsTiered : True
LogicalSectorSize : 512
Name :
NumberOfAvailableCopies :
NumberOfColumns :
NumberOfDataCopies :
NumberOfGroups :
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription :
PhysicalDiskRedundancy :
PhysicalSectorSize : 4096
ReadCacheSize : 0
RequestNoSinglePointOfFailure : False
ResiliencySettingName :
Size : 1303522574336
UniqueIdFormatDescription :
Can anyone tell me if this is a bug? If the disks are mirrored? What I did wrong?
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Install ERP system on server and allow access from domain controllers
Hello,
I have a software for the office, and it is constantly being updated and maintained. instead of me reinstalling the updates on all the machines, I want to put it in a shared folder and create shortcuts for it on all the computers that are on my domain.
When I do it, the software fails to launch. is there a different method to follow?
thank you
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Troubleshooting performance issues - SOFS
I have been using a SOFS cluster for around 6 months now with no issues, however recently we have started getting some issues with a few of our servers. They seem sluggish and when i look at the disk performance in the task manager the average response time can range from 4ms to 2000ms. I am pretty sure this is causing our exchange server queue to time out and pause, which i am having to resume myself.
Our cluster is 2 servers (no performance issues) and 3 sans all configured in to 1 CVS which is then presented to our blades as it hosts the vhdx's (currently 9 running 2 hyper-v each)
I opened perfmon on my cluster server that is set as the owner node and added the physical disk and can see the below.
Average Disk Queue Length - Max 16 - Average 4
Split I/O per sec - Max 148 - Average 27
Average Disk Sec Trans - Max - .060 Average - 0.011
Disk Reads - Max 103,411,000 - Average 17,000,000
Disk Writes - Max 75,000,000 - Average 24,000,000
The sans are built with 2 SSD's each and 10 10k 1tb hard drives each. We use an SSD tier operating in a mirror and a normal tier operating similar to raid 5.
All traffic goes over a dedicated 10gb line just for the storage and their seems to be no issue with that.
If anyone has any advice on best to troubleshoot the issue or what could be causing this please let me know.
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Get-FileIntegrity of any file in my 2-way mirror StoragePool, 'Enabled' is False
does this mean none of my files are protected against bit rot !?
another thread reads:
"From the description, if FileIntegrity is set to Off, it will not trying to "examines other copies and trying to recover a disk error from a healthy copy" - however it will still do the "auto correction" which is its default behavior. The "auto correction" behavior is similar to a check disk in NTFS - which is not rely on Fileintegrity"
so, does "auto correction" correct bit rot, or do i need to recover bit rot error from a healthy copy which is only done when FileIntegrity Enable is set $True??
is "auto correction" always enabled?
what is difference between "auto correction" and "FileIntegrity" checking?
does the following command:
Set-FileIntegrity H:\ -Enable$True
enable file integrity checking for all current and future subdirectories and files on H:\ ??
i ask because i have used the command above but when i check individual files they all say FileIntegrity Enabled is False and i was not expecting this behavior and i haven't found it explicitly documented.
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Server 2016 Essentials / Tiered, Simple Virtual Disk / Provisioning Status Unknown / Crashing storageservice.exe
Using the Server Manager Dashboard (not Essentials Dashboard) have successfully created a new virtual disk, tiering enabled, simple resilience, fixed provisioning etc.
Provisioning status shows as unknown and this appears to be causing WseStorageSvc to crash, and nothing is shown on the essentials dashboard under the storage tab. Event Viewer error is below - attempts to restart the service fail. If I delete the virtual disk and recreate WITHOUT tiering enabled, then it shows as provisioning status: fixed and the server essentials storage service can be restarted successfully. It appears that server essentials storage service cannot deal with the blank/unknown provisioning status for a tiered virtual disc?
Appears to be a common problem, but so far no acknowledgement/support from Microsoft:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9f57fcce-faca-4f71-af4c-cfa11f22d9dc/windows-server-2016-rtm-storage-pool-virtual-disk-tiers-mirrored-using-powershell-results-in?forum=winserverfiles
Occurrences
XXXXXXXXX 5/01/2017 1:14 PM
Details
You can access data on the hard drives, but you will not be able to perform tasks related to Storage.
The following Storage Service is not running:
Windows Server Essentials Storage Service (WseStorageSvc)
Resolution
You must use the Dashboard to start the service.
To start the service
1. Open the server Dashboard.
2. In the navigation pane, click the alert icon to open the Health Monitoring tab.
3. In the Health Monitoring tab, select the alert, and in Tasks, click Try to repair.
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Search service defaults after reboot
Hi
Windows 2012r2 with all patches.
I noticed that each time the server is rebooted, the search service settings is set to default and only index default locations.
If I restart the search service after reboot and then go into control panel, dobbel click indexing options, then it will start reindex, what I had set it up to index.
For now i have solved it by edit the local gpo settings, so default search settings is the folders, i need to index.
Any idea why search service default after a reboot?
regards
robert
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DFS - Staging folder location to be change
Hi,
I would like to change Staging folder patch to another drive. Kindly let me know whether its advisable to do it and what do and donts I need follow it.
Regards,
Dipak Borole
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Shadow copy maximum size defaulting over time on external drive
Hi,
I'm working on a 2012 r2 server that runs a nightly backup to an external drive. The maximum shadow copies size has been set to 320mb, which allows the backup to fit on the drive. Over time this seems to default back to 300GB but we are unaware until the backup fails.
This setting appears to default on all 5 drives at the same time as I will need to update the settings on all 5 now.
I had previously been advised to check the MinDiffAreaFileSize registry entry. This is also set to 320.
Any ideas on what would trigger these settings to change?
Kealan
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The requested object has a non-unique identifier and cannot be retrieved.
Hello,
i want to map a share on the network. The share is hosted on a windows server 2012 r2. My client is a windows server 2008 r2. Client and Server were on different domains. The domais are configured to trust each other. When i want to map the drive as a domain-user via "net use" i get the following error:
The requested object has a non-unique identifier and cannot be retrieved.
I can map the drive as the administrator of both domains. Permissions are correct.
What could it be?
Thank you for your help.
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Best storage/backup solution for small business server
Hi All,
I'm wondering what the best storage solution for a small business server is.
I was think two disks in Raid 1 for the OS/File server and then another Raid 1 array for the backup. Thoughts?
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Deduplication experts needed!
We are in the process of consolidating all our data from multiple servers down to one. We have about 250 TB of data, and we’ve moved about 200 TB of stuff already, and I’m seeing we have tons of duplicate files and folders. Our data is a mixture of RAW video (.R3D), pictures and general business data. Some of our data has alternate data streams. I need to make sure all our data transferred correctly and all the metadata and ADS is intact. What’s the best way to easily verify all the files are the same and then deduplicate? I’m looking for those who’ve been there, done that for some advice on tools and methods to make sure everything is good.
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Remove-PhysicalDisk fails with Failover Clustering and Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2016
Does Remove-PhysicalDisk in a Failover Cluster work in Windows Server 2016? Has anyone else been able to get this command to work in 2016?
I have multiple systems running Windows 2016, Failover Clustering and Storage Spaces. But when a PhysicalDisk is set to retired and the replacement drive is added, the Remove-PhysicalDisk command fails with the following VERBOSE message:
VERBOSE: Removing a physical disk will cause problems with the fault tolerance capabilities of the following storage pool: "pool_hdd".
The old PhysicalDisk has been set to Retired and the Mirror VirtualDisks show as OperationalStatus of OK and Healthy as well as the StoragePool shows as OK and Healthy. I had no issues with this command Windows 2012 R2, only Windows 2016. Get-VirtualDisk | Repair-VirtualDisk shows as Completed in Get-StorageJob.
Test Scenario:
Two Compute nodes running Windows 2016 Standard with or without GUI/Desktop, running Failover Clustering in 2016 mode, single Storage Spaces StoragePool in 2016 Version, three VirtualDisks formatted ReFS, Mirror, one for quorum, two others as Failover Clustering
File Shares. Set-StoragePool to RetireMissingPhysicalDisks Always, then pull drive, replace with new drive. Watch for Repair to complete and VirtualDisks to go from InService to OK, then run Remove-PhysicalDisk on the retired drive.
Here is the full error that I get:
PS C:\> Remove-PhysicalDisk -PhysicalDisks $PDToRemove -StoragePoolFriendlyName "pool_hdd" -Confirm:$false -VerboseVERBOSE: Removing a physical disk will cause problems with the fault tolerance capabilities of the following storage pool: "pool_hdd".
Remove-PhysicalDisk : Failed
Activity ID: {176b6129-043d-46df-b8ee-597a3ba9beb1}
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-PhysicalDisk -PhysicalDisks $PDToRemove -StoragePoolFriendlyNa ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (StorageWMI:ROOT/Microsoft/..._StorageCmdlets) [Remove-PhysicalDisk], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : StorageWMI 4,Remove-PhysicalDisk
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Access denied trying to capture MPIO config
I am using 3PAR storage with MS DSM/MPIO and I cannot capture configuration on any of my servers (WS2K8 and WS2K8 R2), I get access denied. A pop up with "Failed to pobe MPIO storage configuration, Access denied" pops up. Anyone seen this?
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