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Karl-WE
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Nov 18, 2020

[ISSUE] b20251 b20257 b20262 b20270 b20282 b20287 Formatting a volume fails

  affected builds (tested): b20251,b20257,b20262,b20270,b20282 remotely via Server Manager from b20201   initializing as GPT / reset / clean works fine. creating partition works ...
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Karl-WE
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Jan 27, 2021

YanranHao this will take some more time as Ned Pyle is currently investigating an SMB related issue in b20282. 

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Karl-WE
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Jan 29, 2021

helloYanranHao this is the state with b20287, it is unchanged

- upgraded to b20287
- have emptied the internal NvME drive 

- reset disk via Server Manager (selected drive)

- formatted it with Server Manager (see screenshot results)

 

 

- using WAC would work but you need to reset disk first because the disk in in an inconsistent state

- WAC as of 2012 preview cannot initialize disks (or reset disks) that are already as GPT or MBR initialized Prasidh_Arora,

 

- after "reset disk" in Server Manager WAC is able to initialize and format the disk properly, unlike Server Manager / diskpart etc.