Jan 12 2022 07:06 AM - edited Jan 12 2022 08:27 PM
After Windows Update last night, Windows Server 2019 wouldn't mount a storage space volume as ReFS (it appears as RAW). The error in the ReFS event log is "ReFS failed to mount the volume. Version 1.2 doesn't match expected value 3.4" No issues that I can see at the storage space level (it is a mirrored disk). The volume was working fine before Windows Update and the reboot. Another ReFS volume still works fine after the update.
Any clues? I could not find this error mentioned anywhere else. Thanks.
Apr 17 2023 06:46 AM
Many thanks!
Disabling the hotplug in VMWare fixes the issue immediately
without the need of any reboot,
and even if updates are already installed.
For those wondering how to disable Hotplug: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1012225
Apr 28 2023 12:54 AM
Hi
We Got on one server ReFS volume appears RAW for critical Mission Data. There is no Update program to uninstall the update as shown below screenshot. would mind helping Us how to solve this issue?
Apr 28 2023 10:41 AM
@Hunduma_Merzo
so did you do anything to that system or disk before it became RAW ?
eg temporarily attach the disk to a server running a later OS version?
Does the ReFS event log (Applications and services, Microsoft, Windows, ReFS) say anything?
4.4TB physical disk on a physical server
or is it a VM ?
What OS version ?
Apr 28 2023 10:47 AM
You are showing the installed applications list...
On the left, click View Installed Updates.
Jul 08 2023 04:55 AM
Thanks for the link and for taking the time to reply here a year after the post. Sorting by date to find a more current fix (and stumbling upon the VM specific notes) saved my butt.
The online tech community is what actually keeps the world going around.
Jul 10 2023 03:35 AM - edited Jul 10 2023 09:26 AM
Jul 10 2023 03:35 AM - edited Jul 10 2023 09:26 AM
"Is there a way to upgrade REFS to a version that is supported by the patch? "
Any in-place upgrade (starting from Windows Server 2016) will upgrade all attached write-able disks to the latest ReFS Version without formatting or data loss. However, the Exchange Team do not support in-place upgrades of the OS. This is certainly due to the dependencies of .net / PowerShell that would change. Also, IIS services, but the latter often upgrade well.
If you would like to prevent the upgrade set the drive to read-only via PowerShell or diskpart.
This can be needed if you are just testing the upgrade and would like to revert. Once upgraded you cannot downgrade. Also, there is no tool (afaik) to execute a manual upgrade without reformatting.
Jul 10 2023 03:50 AM
Jul 10 2023 09:24 AM - edited Jul 10 2023 09:27 AM
Jul 10 2023 09:24 AM - edited Jul 10 2023 09:27 AM
@stephc_msft True Stephen, for ReFS 1.x there is no upgrade path. Sorry for the confusion. My intention was ReFS 3.x or later which has upgrade paths, so to motivate people to use ReFS where appropriate.
Further information about the differences:
Windows ReFS versions · GitHub
Resilient File System (ReFS) overview | Microsoft Learn
edited my post, hope it is more precise now. Thanks for double-checking.
Jul 10 2023 03:09 PM
Jul 11 2023 05:44 AM
Sep 04 2023 02:06 PM - edited Sep 04 2023 02:42 PM
Sep 04 2023 02:06 PM - edited Sep 04 2023 02:42 PM
Server 2012 R2 on HP Micro Gen8 server. Absolutely awful hardware as far as boot is concerned! (it can only boot from internal USB if one used ODD bay for SSD, MBR only, just awful)
Could not upgrade to either 2019 or 2022 because setup would throw all sorts of error on reboot & always revert back to original OS, 2012 R2
I did not want to do clean install, because could not be bothered to re-configure the all the bits on the server
Took the SSD out, converted to vhd, used Virtualbox, disabled plenty of hardware related services, run Server 2022 upgrade, worked fine.
Converted vhd back to SSD, server boots fine
But ofcourse the existing Storage Spaces with ReFS are showing as RAW
Not huge amount of data, < 2 Tb
What is now the quickest way to access it?
Seb
Sep 05 2023 03:10 AM
Sep 05 2023 03:18 AM
msinfo32, storage, scsi gives only Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller
Controller is set to AHCI in BIOS
Seb
Sep 05 2023 03:37 AM
Sep 05 2023 04:03 AM
Sep 05 2023 04:26 AM
Sep 05 2023 04:34 AM
Sep 05 2023 10:00 AM - edited Sep 06 2023 10:22 AM
Booting from MBR WinPE USB created by ADK 8.100.26020 can see the Storage Spaces volume & access it just fine. So just (as per https://superuser.com/questions/696004/copying-a-directory-by-retaining-its-permission )
xcopy c:\source_folder_name e:\destination_folder_name /O /X /E /H /K /C
robocopy F:\ H:\ /MIR /LOG:c:\temp\ReFS-mirror-log.txt
to USB 3 attached 2Tb drive does the job of saving the data.
And once rebooted FreeFileSync back onto newly formatted ReFS 3.x
But is is INSANE that WinPE from (by now) abandonware version Win 8.1 CAN read ReFS 1.2, but full Server 2022 cannot do that
At least provide RO capability!!! in worse case
Seb
Sep 07 2023 01:07 AM
Sep 07 2023 11:21 AM