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All our S2D Clusters suddenly freeze and fail when one node is offline

Hello, we are running 12 hyperconverged Hyper-V / S2D Failover Clusters on Server 2019 which were installed during the last 3 years and everything was running fine and stable until a few month ago. 3 of them are 2 node clusters with 4-way mirrored /…

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asked 2024-05-23T22:29:00.9366667+00:00
Jemandanders 15 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-30T06:57:31.65+00:00
RICHARD PLOECHL 5 Reputation points
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Windows Server 2025 storage performance issue

We would like Microsoft to confirm: (1) whether storport.sys's DPC/interrupt completion-redirection logic changed between Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025; (2) whether this is expected/by-design, e.g. related to the new Storage Multi-Queue…

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asked 2026-07-21T05:19:37.18+00:00
Saiqa Abbas 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-21T05:58:52.6033333+00:00
Xuan Nhu 890 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why can the setting size of storage space exceed the size of the storage pool it is in?

The version of Windows I am using is: Windows11 23H2 Previously, I created a parity-based storage pool using four 2TB hard drives, and added a 7TB storage space to it. (as shown below) Recently, I replaced all hard disks with 8TB drives, and the storage…

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asked 2024-01-01T18:59:56.6866667+00:00
焰舒 曹 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-05T13:09:06.65+00:00
Yen Binh 0 Reputation points
6 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Storage Spaces Direct - Can't Remove Physical Disk from the pool in order to able to use it by operating system

Unable to remove disk from S2D I have a virtual lab /virtual box/ windows 2019 server environment Lab setup: 1 Domain controller windows 2019 Datacenter server 3 windows server 2019 Datacenter each of them member of the domain,…

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asked 2022-07-29T20:35:55.093+00:00
Krisztian 46 Reputation points
answered 2026-06-30T07:21:08.9866667+00:00
Vivian Ballantyne 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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?

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asked 2026-06-15T12:36:18.7633333+00:00
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accepted 2026-06-17T06:24:36.43+00:00
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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…

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asked 2026-05-29T04:13:52.3666667+00:00
Researcher 96 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-29T05:07:53.0233333+00:00
HLBui 11,090 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Deleted an image and then found its properties somehow

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asked 2026-05-16T02:12:23.2966667+00:00
Anthony Kaka 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-19T14:24:35.0166667+00:00
Domic Vo 27,960 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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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 ?

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asked 2023-01-25T06:16:34.84+00:00
Pavan Kumar 1 Reputation point
commented 2026-05-10T20:40:46.41+00:00
John Musbach 0 Reputation points
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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…

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asked 2021-06-29T19:22:12.657+00:00
Glenn Roe 16 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-10T20:38:48.6066667+00:00
John Musbach 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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?

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asked 2026-05-05T22:57:55.5333333+00:00
Cem Iscen 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-07T01:40:27.02+00:00
Cem Iscen 40 Reputation points
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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

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asked 2021-08-24T15:29:50.737+00:00
Jorge Martín San José 6 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-06T02:15:50.8233333+00:00
kholienchieh 0 Reputation points MVP
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serveropslag is vol

Serveropslag, maar is helemaal niet vol, hoe kan ik dat oplossen

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asked 2026-04-24T10:34:35.7066667+00:00
Ed Verhelst 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-24T11:14:24.8666667+00:00
HLBui 11,090 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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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…

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asked 2022-04-13T02:19:35.057+00:00
Shae Lyday 1 Reputation point
commented 2026-04-22T13:27:48.35+00:00
JOSHUA HENDRICKSON 0 Reputation points
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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…

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asked 2026-03-24T22:43:57.6+00:00
William Lopez 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-31T02:35:42.9433333+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran 24,365 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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…

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asked 2026-03-24T10:06:31.3933333+00:00
Rob Leadbeater 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-24T11:24:25.7566667+00:00
Rob Leadbeater 20 Reputation points
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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.

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asked 2026-03-12T01:58:34.04+00:00
Rick Sypriano 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-15T04:02:22.3233333+00:00
Domic Vo 27,960 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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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…

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asked 2026-02-04T03:30:02.4166667+00:00
Duc, Pham Phu 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-05T02:54:13.4033333+00:00
Chen Tran 12,750 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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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…

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asked 2026-01-02T21:21:04.11+00:00
Randy Klein 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-01-28T06:39:30.6266667+00:00
Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,195 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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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.…

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asked 2024-02-20T16:28:13.2166667+00:00
Doug V 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-26T13:10:41.5533333+00:00
Ogopotse Mabe 0 Reputation points
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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…

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asked 2026-01-22T15:35:49.61+00:00
lmgmcg 130 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-24T09:14:05.23+00:00
VPHAN 42,400 Reputation points Independent Advisor