AzureStackHCI

MS Build 2021 brought exciting hybrid cloud news! Azure Arc gets App Services, Functions, and Open Service Mesh. Azure Stack HCI gains multi-cluster monitoring. Here’s what matters for hybrid environments.

Azure Stack HCI 20H2 rebuilt SConfig in PowerShell! I’ve created xSConfig to extend it with cluster info, S2D status, storage pool details, and node health, all from the familiar SConfig interface.

Worried about how hard you’re pushing your S2D cache SSDs? This post covers identifying cache disks, querying storage history, using Cluster Performance History, and a new tool to check cache wear across your environment.

Patching S2D clusters is a common question. This first part covers offline patching (shutting everything down, patching all nodes simultaneously, and starting back up) with scripts like Stop-S2DCluster and Start-S2DCluster to automate the process.

Improper maintenance mode is a top cause of S2D failures. These three PowerShell functions (Get-S2DNodeMaintenanceState, Enable-S2DNodeMaintenance, and Disable-S2DNodeMaintenance) make it easy to do it right.

Ever wondered how much of your S2D Storage Pool is actually available? This PowerShell function shows total size, allocated space, Mirror/Parity available capacity, and reserved space, locally or across multiple clusters.