Troubleshoot Storage Spaces problems by checking physical disks, pools, virtual disks, health status and recent storage changes.
01 Check physical disks
06 Validate recovery Confirm pool, virtual disk and volume health after corrective action and ensure backups are current.
Use Get-PhysicalDisk to review operational status, health and media type.
Check physical disks
Check storage pools
Use Get-StoragePool to identify degraded or read-only pools and compare with the expected configuration.
Check virtual disks
Review Get-VirtualDisk output for health and resiliency status.
Check enclosure and connectivity
Investigate disk, HBA, enclosure or SAS connectivity issues when multiple disks show problems at once.
Review events
Correlate Storage Spaces events with hardware and System logs before replacing components.
Validate recovery
Confirm pool, virtual disk and volume health after corrective action and ensure backups are current.
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