HOW TO: Create a Windows Server 2019 NAS / FileServer from the command line
Windows Server 2019 default install has no GUI or Desktop. How do you go about setting this thing up from the command line? In this post I give you the How To on how to setup a simple File Server to replace an old NAS device that was failing in my home lab. We're talking PowerShell to configure Storage Spaces, User Accounts, SMB Shares, Power Profiles and more!
Using the Storage Pools page in Server Manager to create storage spaces
First published on TECHNET on Dec 06, 2012 With Windows Server 2012, Server manager includes simple and easy to use, user interface that enables management of Windows Storage Spaces and other Storage Subsystems such as EMC Clariion VNX and Dell EqualLogic (but not limited to these) storage arrays with supporting SMI-S and SMP based Storage provider respectively.Updating Firmware for Disk Drives in Windows Server 2016 (TP4)
First published on TECHNET on Jan 25, 2016 Updating the firmware for disks has historically been a cumbersome task with a potential for downtime, which is why we're making improvements to Storage Spaces and Windows Server 2016 to enable you to more easily update disk firmware prior to placing a server in production.
Can't enable StorageBusCache on Server 2022 | New-StorageBusCacheStore produces "Generic Failure"
Trying to create a tiered storage space on Server 2022 Datacenter - 4x HDDs, 2x SDDs. The following command shows all the correct drives as CanPool, True: PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-PhysicalDisk Number FriendlyName SerialNumber MediaType CanPool OperationalStatus HealthStatus Usage Size ------ ------------ ------------ --------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ----- ---- 6 Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB 0025_38BA_1150_2DE1. SSD False OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 1 WDC WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 WD-WXB2DA1PYZJA HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 4 WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 1820A5802535 SSD True OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 0 WDC WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 WD-WX52D71DH899 HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 3 WDC WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 WD-WXB2DA1PYU0Z HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 5 WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 1820A5805134 SSD True OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 7 Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB 0025_3858_71B1_204B. SSD False OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B 2 WDC WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 WD-WX52D710HSJK HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select ...B But when I take the next step of Enable-StorageBusCache, the script invokes the New-StorageBusCacheStore cmdlet producing an exception when calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" leading to generic failure. I assume that this failure leads to the proceeding failures on down the line. ' New-StorageBusCacheStore : Exception calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" : "Generic failure " At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2409 char:13 + New-StorageBusCacheStore -Guid $cacheDevice.DeviceGuid + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-StorageBusCacheStore], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WMIMethodException,New-StorageBusCacheStore New-StorageBusBinding : No cache store found on cache device At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2941 char:17 + ... New-StorageBusBinding -CacheGuid $bindOrder[$nextCache] - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-StorageBusBinding], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotFound,New-StorageBusBinding New-StorageBusCacheStore : Exception calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" : "Generic failure " At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2409 char:13 + New-StorageBusCacheStore -Guid $cacheDevice.DeviceGuid + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-StorageBusCacheStore], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WMIMethodException,New-StorageBusCacheStore New-StorageBusBinding : No cache store found on cache device At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2941 char:17 + ... New-StorageBusBinding -CacheGuid $bindOrder[$nextCache] - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-StorageBusBinding], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotFound,New-StorageBusBinding New-StorageBusCacheStore : Exception calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" : "Generic failure " At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2409 char:13 + New-StorageBusCacheStore -Guid $cacheDevice.DeviceGuid + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-StorageBusCacheStore], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WMIMethodException,New-StorageBusCacheStore New-StorageBusBinding : No cache store found on cache device At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2941 char:17 + ... New-StorageBusBinding -CacheGuid $bindOrder[$nextCache] - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-StorageBusBinding], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotFound,New-StorageBusBinding New-StorageBusCacheStore : Exception calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" : "Generic failure " At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2409 char:13 + New-StorageBusCacheStore -Guid $cacheDevice.DeviceGuid + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-StorageBusCacheStore], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WMIMethodException,New-StorageBusCacheStore New-StorageBusBinding : No cache store found on cache device At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2941 char:17 + ... New-StorageBusBinding -CacheGuid $bindOrder[$nextCache] - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-StorageBusBinding], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotFound,New-StorageBusBinding New-StorageBusCacheStore : Exception calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" : "Generic failure " At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2409 char:13 + New-StorageBusCacheStore -Guid $cacheDevice.DeviceGuid + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-StorageBusCacheStore], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WMIMethodException,New-StorageBusCacheStore New-StorageBusBinding : No cache store found on cache device At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2941 char:17 + ... New-StorageBusBinding -CacheGuid $bindOrder[$nextCache] - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-StorageBusBinding], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotFound,New-StorageBusBinding New-StorageBusCacheStore : Exception calling "CreateSsdCacheStore" : "Generic failure " At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2409 char:13 + New-StorageBusCacheStore -Guid $cacheDevice.DeviceGuid + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-StorageBusCacheStore], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WMIMethodException,New-StorageBusCacheStore New-StorageBusBinding : No cache store found on cache device At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:2941 char:17 + ... New-StorageBusBinding -CacheGuid $bindOrder[$nextCache] - ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-StorageBusBinding], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotFound,New-StorageBusBinding Update-StorageBusCache : Storage Bus has unbound capacity devices, autoconfiguration of pool not possible At C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\StorageBusCache\StorageBusCache.psm1:1074 char:13 + Update-StorageBusCache + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Update-StorageBusCache], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Update-StorageBusCache ' This sucks and I have no idea what to do about it. I checked out the MSscript quote in the error codes, but it's well above my pay grade. Anyone know what this is all about? EDIT: Sorry the formatting above is a mess. I don't know why it's not interpreting line breaks properly. 😕Designing Software-Defined Storage with Windows Server – we’ve got a calculator and a doc for that
First published on TECHNET on Jul 13, 2015 Feast your eyeballs on our new Software-Defined Storage Design Calculator and Design Considerations Guide! Be amazed at how designing a storage solution with Windows Server, Storage Spaces, and SOFS (Scale-Out File Server) can be simultaneously simplified with a colorful spreadsheet and concurrently complexified with a detailed guide to everything you wanted to know about Storage Spaces design, but weren’t afraid to ask (we’ve been getting a lot of questions…).
