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The Windows Hardware Lab Kit failed to recognize the NVMe SSD
During WHQL testing of an NVMe SSD, the SSD can be normally recognized in the test machine's M.2 direct-attach environment, but cannot be recognized on the server via Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK). What are the possible causes and solutions?
Unable to access DFSPrivate shortcut created by DFSR replication
Hi everyone, I've set up DFS Replication (DFSR) on a Windows Server environment and noticed that a hidden shortcut called DFSPrivate inside my replicated folder, But I Am unable to access this shortcut My environment: Windows Server 2019 (replication…
How to make my storage pool bootable entities
i have a Virtual machine with a virtual disk created from storage pool ,pool was created from 4 disks, how do i boot from storage pool instead of native disk ?
Boot Drive Included in Storage Spaces
I have gone through layers of support and the community and no one has ever even heard of Storages Spaces. I have one simple question, Can I create a Storage Spaces pool with just the boot drive and an empty drive, mirror it and boot from it…
S2D Fault Domain Behavior
Does Storage Spaces Direct treat a node in Suspend/Maintenance mode differently from a hard power off when calculating fault domain loss and write quorum?
S2D: Change model or manuctured for vhdx
Hi Everyone I'm installing a virtual lab for S2D in HyperV I'm interested on cache configuration. I need change the model in mi Virtual Disk. Is this possible to do? Regards
serveropslag is vol
Serveropslag, maar is helemaal niet vol, hoe kan ik dat oplossen
Usb drive unable to be used in createing a pool in storage spaces
I just got my pc and haven't been able to us it due to the frequent low disk storage went out and bought 2 external usb drives bcuz after doing a little research on google I thought i would b able to create virtual space with them. Of course, I was wrong…
vss writers keep failing
I have several vss writers that keep failing. I can reset all but one of the services that fail. Then a short time later they all fail again. Not able to run backups because they keep failing. They all are working after a reboot of the server but shortly…
How to clear Cluster Validation failures
I have a 3 node WIndows Server 2025 cluster, which is reporting a Critical failure due to previous issues in its Validation Reports. If I re-run Test-Cluster, I get a few warnings, but there are no longer any failures listed. Yet this error keeps coming…
I increased the size of my hard drive, and now it is taking over 10 minutes to start.
I increased the size of my hard drive, and now it is taking over 10 minutes to start.
Disk space issues
STTMailboxCapacity on DPM (GB)Number total recovery points on DPMPhysical capacity on the server (GB)1E19DB018.288,7912.630,002E19DB021.000,781679,003E19DB031.742,521787,004E19DB045.092,041766,005E19DB058.386,672750,006E19DB061.590,851886,00Why is there…
How to fix issues with VSS and running backups on Server 2022 I'm a Senior tech not having any luck.
Having an issue with VSS after some patches. No longer able to run backups with failures from VSS. FIX VSS, it looks good and then any program launching the VSS fails. Have re-registered DLLs started and stop both VSS and other applicable services…
Cannot add drive using Failover Cluster Manager - no disks suitable for cluster disks were found
I am creating a new SQL cluster to replace out old cluster. I created a new, two server cluster running Server 2022. I am told I need to add the disk to the cluster before I can install our SQL server software. I created a new volume in our PowerStore.…
File Server Migration from 2012 to 2022
Hi, I'm in the process of migrating a server 2012 to 2022. This is a domain controller, fileserver and NPS. 2022 is already a Domain controller now. We already have DFS in place, so for the file server migration I need you expertise. Current Setup as…
Change dhcp clustered disk to new san disk
Hello, I have a two node failover cluster with dhcp service (Windows Server 2016). The customer has purchased a new san. I need to move dhcp database from old san disk (letter d:) to new san disk (letter f:). The disks are already presented but I can not…
My windows server d drive suddenly full and it becomes as read-only
My windows server d drive suddenly full and it becomes as read-only. I have increased the space from storage and it space is increased but still the drive shows as read only. Already tried with DISKPART command but after reboot again drives becomes…
Windows Updates Disk Space Usage Huge Increase
Base Windows system disk usage used to be under 20GB. Applying updates and now it is over 30GB. Run settings/storage/temporary to delete files. Run DISM /resetbase. And disk space usage is still over 30GB. Is this the new normal? Or do I need…
Windows server 2022
いつも大変お世話になっております。 Windows BackUpをシャドーコピーで毎日とっております シャドーコピーが週１回程度Backupエラーがあり、１２月４日にサーバの再起動を行いました。 その後、本日までBackUpエラーありませんでしたが、本日エラーが発生し空き容量7GBを使い解放されておりません。本日の朝、問い合わせを行い不要なシャドーコピーの削除は「vssadmin delete shadows…