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Nyobi
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May 01, 2023

Windows Storage Spaces with storagebuscache and basic disks

Hi


I have a standalone server which has different sized SSD(NVME) drives and HDDs(Jbod, 12TB) drives.

1 x 3.2 TB SSD NVME - a basic disk with a single volume with a couple of shares and data in the drive.

Plus new drives designated for a Storage Bus Cache - Storage Pool

4 x 12 TB SSD NVME

32 x 12TB HDD


I checked before running the commands and the single 3.2 TV SSD had "can pool" = "False".

After following the MS doco to enable-storagebuscache which successfuly created a new Storage pool with the designated 4TB NVME and the 32 HDDs and ignored the 3.2 TB basic disk. However I also lost access to the 3.2TB basic drive. ie its no longer accessible via disk management.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-storage-

bus-cache


I executed "disable-storagebuscache" and regained access to the basic disk, the data on the drive was unaffected. The basic disk wasn't added to the storagebuscache storage pool, however I still lose access to it each time I execute "enable-storagebuscache".

Does anyone know how I can ensure the basic drive is excluded from "enable-storagebuscache"?


Thanks

Nyobi

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