Powershell

You need to change the way you patch S2D Clusters

6 September 2018·683 words·4 mins

If you’re experiencing Event ID 5120, CSV timeouts, or VM pauses when patching S2D clusters, Microsoft has identified the cause. Here’s the workaround using Storage Maintenance Mode and ready-to-use CAU pre/post scripts.

Using WS2016Lab to test Windows Server 2019

2 April 2018·328 words·2 mins

WS2016Lab by Jaromir Kaspar lets you deploy an entire nested S2D lab on any Hyper-V host (even a Windows 10 laptop!). Perfect for testing Windows Server 2019, S2D, Storage Replica, Project Honolulu, and many more scenarios.

Identifying storage intensive VMs in Hyper-V 2016 Clusters

6 October 2016·271 words·2 mins

Discover the magical Get-StorageQoSFlow command in Windows Server 2016 that reveals IOPS, latency, and bandwidth stats for all VHD(x)s on your cluster, perfect for finding those VMs burning through your storage.

Expanding Storage Spaces Direct Volumes

3 October 2016·343 words·2 mins

A step-by-step guide to expanding S2D volumes using PowerShell. Learn how to resize individual storage tiers (Mirror or Parity) and expand partitions to match your workload needs.

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