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December 21, 2015 by Charity Shelbourne // 1 Comments

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IhaveaWindows10workstaonathomewhichhasaeredstoragespacewith2SSDand6HDD.Ihavea
mirroredvirtualdiskusingbothersandIusethisforregularstorage,lesharing,andrunningmyvirtual
machines.
Aeredstoragespaceisonethatmixesa"fast"setofSSDanda"slow"setofspinningdiskstocreatea
storagespacethatisbothbig_and_fast.IfyouareunfamiliarwithTieredStorageSpaces,herearea
coupleofgreatblogpostshereandhereonthetopic.
IhadoriginallycreatedthisstoragespacewhenIwasrunningWindows2012R2withtheGUI,buteven
thoughthereisnoGUI(anditsnotsupported)theeredstoragespaceworkslikeachamponWindows
10.WhileeredstoragespacesarenotsupportedonWindows10(seriously,eredspacesareintendedfor
serveronly)allthecommandsbelowarethesameacrosstheclientandserverOS.
Duetosomeconstraintsduringtheinialbuildprocessendedupwithamismatched(sizewise)SSDsinthe
faster.IfoundanotherofmysmallSSDsonsaleandIwantedtorecovermybigSSDforrepurposing.
Thetaskinfrontofmewassimple,swapthedisks.IwasoutofSATAportsonmysystemsoImadethe
foolhardymoveofsimplyunpluggingtheSSDtobeReplacedandplugginginthenewSSD.Naturallythis
causedmymirroredstoragespacetogointoadegradedstate.
Note: The MSFT documentation on storage spaces is _very_ clear. DONT DO THIS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
We really, really, really want to have the new disk in place before removing the old one.

AsIstarteddoingsomeresearchonhowtoxmymess,Ifoundsomegooddocumentsonhowtorepaira
eredstoragespaceusingtheGUI.OnlyproblemwasthatIhadnoGUItodothisasIamrunningaclient
OSnow.IcouldhaverebuiltmymachineasaserverOSandxedthespacethatway,butIthoughtIdsee
whatPowerShellcoulddo.
ItturnsoutthatWindows10PowerShellincludesallthestoragespacecommandsneededtocreate,
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modify,andmanageaeredstoragespace.Thiswasgoodnews,exceptthattherewasliletono
documentaonon_how_toactuallydotherepair.IniallyItriedaddingthedrivetothepoolasnormal
withtheaddphysicadiskcommand.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> getvirtualdisk

FriendlyName ResiliencySettingName OperationalStatus HealthStatus IsManualAttach

NTFS

Mirror

Degraded

Warning

Size

False

5.68 TB

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetPhysicalDisk

FriendlyName

SerialNumber

ATA Samsung SSD 840

CanPool OperationalStatus HealthStatus Usage

S1DBNSAF925671Y True

OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 232.89 GB

Disk1

WDWMAZA3795023 False OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 1.82 TB

Disk2

WDWCAZA5713932 False OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 1.82 TB

SSD3

Size

False Lost Communication Warning

AutoSelect 446.5 GB

Disk3

WDWCAVY5436882 False OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 1.82 TB

Disk4

WDWCAZA5724921 False OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 1.82 TB

Disk5

WDWCAVY5805593 False OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 1.82 TB

Disk6

WDWMAZA3791851 False OK

Healthy

AutoSelect 1.82 TB

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SSD2

S1DBNSCF810110W False OK

Healthy

Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB S1DBNSAF925533D False OK

AutoSelect 232.25 GB
Healthy

AutoSelect 232.89 GB

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $SSD3 = GetPhysicalDisk SerialNumber S1DBNSAF925671Y

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> AddPhysicalDisk StoragePoolFriendlyName pool1 Usage HotSpare PhysicalDisks
$SSD3
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> RepairVirtualDisk FriendlyName ntfs
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetStorageJob

Name ElapsedTime JobState PercentComplete IsBackgroundTask

Repair 00:00:00

Completed 100

False

Ithoughtthatitwasoddthattherepairjobnishedsoquickly.Sureenoughthevirtualdiskwassllin
degradedstate.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> getvirtualdisk

FriendlyName ResiliencySettingName OperationalStatus HealthStatus IsManualAttach

NTFS

Mirror

Degraded

Warning

False

Size

5.68 TB

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Itriedtothinkaboutwhatmighthavegonewrongwiththerepairandstartedlookingatthedetailsofthe
physicaldiskwhenInocedthatthemediatypeofmySSDwaslistedasunspecied
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetPhysicalDisk SerialNumber S1DBNSAF925671Y|fl
ObjectId

{1}\\NOTJJSB\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_PhysicalDisk.ObjectI
d="{4f1a09535b0d11e495d2806e6f6e6963}:PD:{47abc017986011e5963d
00224d9ad22b}"
PassThroughClass

PassThroughIds

PassThroughNamespace

PassThroughServer

UniqueId

: 0050430000000003

Description

FriendlyName
HealthStatus
Manufacturer
Model

: ATA Samsung SSD 840

: Healthy
: ATA
: Samsung SSD 840

OperationalStatus

: OK

PhysicalLocation

SerialNumber

: S1DBNSAF925671Y

AllocatedSize
BusType
CannotPoolReason

: 268435456
: RAID
: In a Pool

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CanPool

: False

DeviceId

:8

EnclosureNumber

FirmwareVersion

: EXT0

IsIndicationEnabled

IsPartial

: False

LogicalSectorSize
MediaType

: 512
: Unspecified

OtherCannotPoolReasonDescription :
PartNumber

PhysicalSectorSize
Size
SlotNumber

: 512
: 249376538624
:

SoftwareVersion

SpindleSpeed

: Unknown

SupportedUsages
UniqueIdFormat
Usage
PSComputerName
ClassName

: {AutoSelect, ManualSelect, Hot Spare, Retired}

: EUI64
: Hot Spare
:
: MSFT_PhysicalDisk

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ThismeansthatthestoragepoolhadnoideathiswasanSSD(eventhoughitwasinthename)andsoit
didntknowtouseittoreplacethefaileddriveintheSSD_Tier.EasyPeasyIheardmyselfmuerandI
manuallysetthemediatypetoSSDandretriedtherepairjob.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetPhysicalDisk SerialNumber S1DBNSAF925671Y|SetPhysicalDisk MediaType

SSD
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> RepairVirtualDisk FriendlyName ntfs
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetStorageJob

Name ElapsedTime JobState PercentComplete IsBackgroundTask

Repair 00:00:00

Completed 100

False

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> getvirtualdisk

FriendlyName ResiliencySettingName OperationalStatus HealthStatus IsManualAttach

NTFS

Mirror

Degraded

Warning

False

Size

5.68 TB

BLERG!!Sllnojoyontherepairjob.IwasscratchingmyheadandsearchingaroundwhenIcameacrossa
blogpostbyMVPCharbelNemnomabouthowtoreplaceafaultydiskinatwowayeredstoragespace.
http://charbelnemnom.com/2014/09/stepbystephowtoreplacefaultydiskintwoway
mirroredstoragetieredspacestoragespacesws2012r2/
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IlookedatthecommandsCharbelusedandnocedtheonlydierencebetweenwhathehaddoneandmy
failedaemptwasIspeciedhotspareasmyusagetype.Iippedtheusagetypetoautoselectandre
rantherepairjob.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetPhysicalDisk SerialNumber S1DBNSAF925671Y|SetPhysicalDisk Usage

AutoSelect
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> RepairVirtualDisk FriendlyName ntfs AsJob

Id

Name

PSJobTypeName State

183

CimJob90

CimJob

HasMoreData

Location

True

NOTJJSB

Running

Command

RepairVirtualDisk Fr

Andsureenough,itwasWORKING!
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> GetStorageJob

Name

Repair

ElapsedTime JobState PercentComplete IsBackgroundTask

00:10:48

Running 65

Regeneration 00:10:49

Running 66

False
True

Aerabout30minutesofrepair(boyareSSDs_fast_),IremovedthefailedSSDandhadahealthyvirtual
diskagain.J

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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $BadSSD = GetPhysicalDisk FriendlyName SSD3

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> RemovePhysicalDisk StoragePoolFriendlyName pool1 PhysicalDisks $BadSSD

Ilearnedseverallessonswiththisexercise.
1. Dont make the choice of just unplugging an existing drive and swapping in a new one if possible. The
MSFT documents are very clear on this point. Add the new drive first if possible
2. If I dont have an existing hotspare disk when a drive actually does go bad, I have to add that disk as
autoselect
3. Try to read the official MSFT documentation better the need to use autoselect is actually spelled out
here. J

Thanksforreadingandenjoyeredstoragespaces!
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Hello,
Several months ago, I wondered if Tiered Storage was possible on a Windows 10 computer and came to the
conclusion it was not. Now I will give it a try!
Thanks for the post.
Cheers,
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