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Windows Server Storage Spaces Troubleshooting Guide

Troubleshoot Storage Spaces problems by checking physical disks, pools, virtual disks, health status and recent storage changes.

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!Issue

Troubleshoot Storage Spaces problems by checking physical disks, pools, virtual disks, health status and recent storage changes.

Solution

01 Check physical disks

Recommendations

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.

01

Check physical disks

02

Check storage pools

Use Get-StoragePool to identify degraded or read-only pools and compare with the expected configuration.

03

Check virtual disks

Review Get-VirtualDisk output for health and resiliency status.

04

Check enclosure and connectivity

Investigate disk, HBA, enclosure or SAS connectivity issues when multiple disks show problems at once.

05

Review events

Correlate Storage Spaces events with hardware and System logs before replacing components.

06

Validate recovery

Confirm pool, virtual disk and volume health after corrective action and ensure backups are current.

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