Storage Space - Inaccessible, reconnect drives
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My 2 HDD Mirror Storage Space is no longer accessible. I cannot see it in explorer, and under Storage Space Manager it says Inaccessible, Reconnect drives. Both disks under Physical Disks are displaying as OK, so I'm really scratching my head.
The results from
Get-PhysicalDisk | fl *
Get-StoragePool | fl *
Get-VirtualDisk | fl *
Any help here would be appreciated, really scratching my head. Even when I connect each of the single disks on their own they don't show up
Are as follows:
Usage : Auto-Select
OperationalStatus : OK
HealthStatus : Healthy
BusType : USB
CannotPoolReason : In a Pool
SupportedUsages : {Auto-Select, Manual-Select, Hot Spare, Retired...}
MediaType : UnSpecified
ObjectId : {1}\\OFFICE-PC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_PhysicalDisk.Objec
tId="{cef39ebe-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}:PD:{772e2d6a-f0f7-11e1-be68-806e6f6e6963
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_Seagate&Prod_Portable&Rev_0130\2GHY5YD1____&0:office-pc
AllocatedSize : 956435529728
CanPool : False
Description :
DeviceId : 2
EnclosureNumber :
FirmwareVersion : 0130
FriendlyName : Seagate Portable USB Device
IsIndicationEnabled :
IsPartial : False
LogicalSectorSize : 512
Manufacturer : Seagate
Model : Portable
OtherCannotPoolReasonDescription :
PartNumber :
PhysicalLocation :
PhysicalSectorSize : 512
SerialNumber : 2GHY5YD1
Size : 999385202688
SlotNumber :
SoftwareVersion :
SpindleSpeed : 4294967295
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_PhysicalDisk
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Usage : Auto-Select
OperationalStatus : OK
HealthStatus : Healthy
BusType : USB
CannotPoolReason : In a Pool
SupportedUsages : {Auto-Select, Manual-Select, Hot Spare, Retired...}
MediaType : UnSpecified
ObjectId : {1}\\OFFICE-PC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_PhysicalDisk.Objec
tId="{cef39ebe-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}:PD:{795ec931-3b3a-11e2-be6d-00247e572b92
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_Seagate&Prod_Expansion&Rev_0215\NA41HDPW&0:office-pc
AllocatedSize : 956435529728
CanPool : False
Description :
DeviceId : 1
EnclosureNumber :
FirmwareVersion : 0215
FriendlyName : Seagate Expansion USB Device
IsIndicationEnabled :
IsPartial : False
LogicalSectorSize : 512
Manufacturer : Seagate
Model : Expansion
OtherCannotPoolReasonDescription :
PartNumber :
PhysicalLocation :
PhysicalSectorSize : 512
SerialNumber : NA41HDPW
Size : 999385202688
SlotNumber :
SoftwareVersion :
SpindleSpeed : 4294967295
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_PhysicalDisk
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Usage : Auto-Select
OperationalStatus : OK
HealthStatus : Healthy
BusType : SATA
CannotPoolReason : Insufficient Capacity
SupportedUsages : {Auto-Select, Manual-Select, Hot Spare, Retired...}
MediaType : UnSpecified
ObjectId : {1}\\OFFICE-PC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_PhysicalDisk.Objec
tId="{cef39ebe-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}:PD:{ad47423f-540b-5a97-e386-ceff1f53db31
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : SCSI\Disk&Ven_FUJITSU&Prod_MHZ2120BH_G1\4&33c29369&0&000000:office-pc
AllocatedSize : 120034123776
CanPool : False
Description :
DeviceId : 0
EnclosureNumber :
FirmwareVersion : 0084000A
FriendlyName : PhysicalDisk0
IsIndicationEnabled :
IsPartial : True
LogicalSectorSize : 512
Manufacturer :
Model : FUJITSU MHZ2120BH G1
OtherCannotPoolReasonDescription :
PartNumber :
PhysicalLocation :
PhysicalSectorSize : 512
SerialNumber : K60VT9226KWM
Size : 120034123776
SlotNumber :
SoftwareVersion :
SpindleSpeed : 4294967295
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_PhysicalDisk
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
The two 1TB disks are the ones in the Pool.
Usage : Other
OperationalStatus : OK
HealthStatus : Healthy
ProvisioningTypeDefault : Fixed
SupportedProvisioningTypes : {Thin, Fixed}
ReadOnlyReason : None
RepairPolicy : Sequential
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks : Auto
WriteCacheSizeDefault : Auto
FileSystem : Unknown
Version : Windows Server 2012
ObjectId : {1}\\OFFICE-PC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.Objec
tId="{cef39ebe-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}:SP:{47405101-f1b2-11e1-be68-00247e572b9
2}"
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : {47405101-f1b2-11e1-be68-00247e572b92}
AllocatedSize : 1912871059456
ClearOnDeallocate : False
EnclosureAwareDefault : False
FriendlyName : StoragePool
IsClustered : False
IsPowerProtected : False
IsPrimordial : False
IsReadOnly : False
LogicalSectorSize : 4096
Name :
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription :
PhysicalSectorSize : 4096
ResiliencySettingNameDefault : Mirror
Size : 1998770405376
SupportsDeduplication : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds : {70}
WriteCacheSizeMax : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin : 0
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StoragePool
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Usage : Other
OperationalStatus : OK
HealthStatus : Healthy
ProvisioningTypeDefault : Fixed
SupportedProvisioningTypes : {Thin, Fixed}
ReadOnlyReason : None
RepairPolicy : Parallel
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks : Auto
WriteCacheSizeDefault : Auto
FileSystem : Unknown
Version : Windows Server 2012 R2
ObjectId : {1}\\OFFICE-PC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.Objec
tId="{cef39ebe-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}:SP:{cef39ebf-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e696
3}"
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : {cef39ebf-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}
AllocatedSize : 2000137748480
ClearOnDeallocate : False
EnclosureAwareDefault : False
FriendlyName : Primordial
IsClustered : False
IsPowerProtected : False
IsPrimordial : True
IsReadOnly : False
LogicalSectorSize :
Name :
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription :
PhysicalSectorSize :
ResiliencySettingNameDefault : Mirror
Size : 2120443895296
SupportsDeduplication : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds : {70}
WriteCacheSizeMax : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin : 0
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StoragePool
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Usage : Other
NameFormat :
OperationalStatus : Detached
HealthStatus : Unhealthy
ProvisioningType : Thin
ParityLayout : Unknown
Access : Read/Write
UniqueIdFormat : Vendor Specific
DetachedReason : Incomplete
WriteCacheSize : 0
ObjectId : {1}\\OFFICE-PC\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_VirtualDisk.Objec
tId="{cef39ebe-7fba-11e3-8250-806e6f6e6963}:VD:{47405101-f1b2-11e1-be68-00247e572b9
2}{4740510d-f1b2-11e1-be68-00247e572b92}"
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : 0D514047B2F1E111BE6800247E572B92
AllocatedSize : 955898658816
FootprintOnPool : 1911797317632
FriendlyName : Storage space
Interleave : 262144
IsDeduplicationEnabled : False
IsEnclosureAware : False
IsManualAttach : False
IsSnapshot : False
LogicalSectorSize : 4096
Name :
NumberOfAvailableCopies :
NumberOfColumns : 1
NumberOfDataCopies : 2
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription :
PhysicalDiskRedundancy : 1
PhysicalSectorSize : 4096
RequestNoSinglePointOfFailure : False
ResiliencySettingName : Mirror
Size : 998579896320
UniqueIdFormatDescription :
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_VirtualDisk
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
They do not show up in Disk Manager. They're part of a Storage Space, and the Virtual Disk for said storage space is not attached for some reason. Please see the logs per above from the get-virtualdisk command, and see a brief version below
FriendlyName ResiliencySettingNa OperationalStatus HealthStatus IsManualAttach
Size
me
Storage space Mirror Detached Unhealthy
False 930 GB
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Any help you can offer or suggestions would be very much appreciatedHi FlyFalcon,
I am writing to say that I am having the problem you are worried about. I have a 121 GB MacBook with flash storage, and I am running out of room.
This is my work computer so I don't have any personal photos/music/movies stored on here. My iCloud drive has over 100 GB on it and it's driving this computer nuts! I am constantly getting the "your startup disk is full" message. As you can see from the screen shot below, it's saying I have 58.61 GB of photos on this computer, 25.84GB of movies etc...but all these files live on my personal MacBook at home.
I am paying for the $3.99 a month for 200 GB but I didn't get that iCloud would use up my HD space. So as a warning, 128 GB may not be enough for you. -
Storage spaces can only use whole drives
One of the features that I was really interested in with WS2012E is storage spaces as it replaces the old driver extender of WHS v1. Having now installed WS2012E onto my WHS2011 box I am bit staggered to find that it can only use whole drives. My box came
with 2 * 2Tb drives, the first partitioned as boot, then a 60G of OS followed by the rest allocated as storage. I have successfully created a Storage space pool of the second drive but cannot find any way to add the remaining storage from the large partition
on the other drive into the pool. As the UI just shows me drives rather than partitions, I am bit challenged. I thought that storage spaces was meant to be flexible about adding drives just like the old drive extender. Even add on technolgies like DriveBender
for WHS2011 allows for a storage space to be made up from this type of set up. So we seem to be going backwards.
Plus when creating the drive pool it defaulted on a 2Tb drive to a 2Gb size! How useful is that? As soon as I started copying data to the drive it ran out of space. I then had to go in and expand it.I note that you did this with Windows Server 2012 Essentials. I cannot seem to do this with Windows 2012 Standard. I have two 500 GB disks and 40GB of the first disk, PhysicalDisk0 is partitioned for the OS. Nothing I do makes PhysicalDisk0
show up in the Storage Pool area of Server Manager - all I can see is PhysicalDisk1. (Refer to 'Physical Disks' in the bottom right corner of the previous poster's first screen shot above. I can only see 'PhysicalDisk1', not 'PhysicalDisk0'.) If
I click 'Disks' just under 'Volumes' in the same screenshot above, I can see PhysicalDisk0, and it shows 466 GB capacity, 423 GB unallocated. PhysicalDisk1 shows 466 GB capacity, 466 GB unallocated. My intent was to mirror the remaining 423 GB
on PhysicalDisk0 with 423 GB on PhysicalDisk1. I would then allocate the leftover 43 GB on PhysicalDisk1 as a 'scratch' disk. I have tried leaving everything unallocated and have tried all variations of creating volumes and virtual disks, but nothing
I do makes a difference. I found other threads related to this issue which indicated there was a flaw in the 2012 GUI and that this process could be done via Powershell. However, there seems to be a mix of Windows 8 and Windows 2012 in these threads
and, apparently the Powershell commands I've found apply to 8 and not 2012, as I get invalid command errors when I try to use them.
Can anybody tell me how to mirror the unallocated portion of the primary disk PhysicalDisk0 (which has a partition for the OS) with a same-sized portion of PhysicalDisk1 with Windows Server 2012? Thanks! -
Storage Spaces vs Plain-Old-Partitions on single-spindle 300GB drive
When I originally installed my first WS2012 system (running WSUS, DHCP, WDS), I created simple volumes on the drive as I've always done. OS is installed on a 150GB drive, and I have a second 300GB drive that's providing storage for WSUS, WDS, and who knows
what else I'll do with the 70% of that drive that WSUS/WDS will never use.
I'm familiar with the concepts and intents for Storage Spaces, but is there any compelling reason to use Storage Spaces on a single-spindle drive? If not, then I'm happy to just leave it as it is and invest my time in other endeavors.
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA, MCSA
SolarWinds Head Geek
Microsoft MVP - Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing (2005-2013)
My MVP Profile: http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Lawrence R Garvin
http://www.solarwinds.com/gotmicrosoft
The views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of SolarWinds.When I originally installed my first WS2012 system (running WSUS, DHCP, WDS), I created simple volumes on the drive as I've always done. OS is installed on a 150GB drive, and I have a second 300GB drive that's providing storage for WSUS, WDS, and who knows
what else I'll do with the 70% of that drive that WSUS/WDS will never use.
I'm familiar with the concepts and intents for Storage Spaces, but is there any compelling reason to use Storage Spaces on a single-spindle drive? If not, then I'm happy to just leave it as it is and invest my time in other endeavors.
If you'd create Spaces with redundancy (mirror or parity) and use ReFS on top you'll have much more stable config. Classic LVD + NTFS are not capable of handling anything related to silent data corruption (if SCSIOP_READ10 completed OK storage stack will
think read is OK and NTFS has no mechanism to check for data integrity either). SS + ReFS will both detect and try to fix the error a) mapping new block and b) relocating data using alive content. That's in theory :)
StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS -
Storage Spaces on WS2012R2 Server Essentials drive space error
So, I finally bit the bullet and retired my V1 Home Server in favor of building out a Windows Server 2012R2 Server Essentials box as a replacement. All seemed to go well with the install and so I built out a Storage Space (16 TB) using an external 8-bay
enclosure with about 14 TB of drives in it. The Space built out fine and I then moved my Server Folders to it which also went well.
At that point, I attached my 4 TB external drive that had my movie backups on it and started copying them over. After about a day and a half it is done, or so I thought. It copied over about 3.2 TB of data and now when I try to copy basically anything onto
the Storage Space, I get the following error message:
There is not enough space on <folder name>
xx.x GB is needed to copy this item. Delete or move files so you have enough space.
<folder name> is whatever the target folder name is and xx.x is whatever size the file or files add up to.
This then just has an option to Try Again, Skip or Cancel. Problem is, the drive only has a few TB of data on it and still shows mostly empty, yet I can't copy hardly anything to it. It seems to allow me to copy smaller files individually, but any larger
group of files, or a folder with larger files in it yield the error above.
Anybody have any ideas?Hi,
What is the resiliency type of the virtual disk in the Storage Spaces? How much the free space of the virtual disk? The issue may because the free space of the virtual disk is less than 4 TB.
You could refer to the articles below to know more about the virtual disk size of different resiliency types:
Storage Spaces - Designing for Performance
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15200.storage-spaces-designing-for-performance.aspx
Using the Storage Pools page in Server Manager to create storage spaces
http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2012/12/06/using-the-storage-pools-page-in-server-manager-to-create-storage-spaces.aspx
Regards,
Mandy
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