Cannot create separate storage pool on Windows 2019 Failover cluster.
Hello I am trying to get rid of S2D on our failover cluster and came across the inability to create separate storage pools (without using S2D) on Windows 2016/2019. Every time you set up a Failover Cluster, even without adding eligible disks to storage, it still sets up the Clustered Windows Storage subsystem and assigns all available disks to it. So, you have all the disks, but if you try to create a storage pool, it will fail. Tried to create all storage pools before forming the cluster - to no avail, the pools were created, but any attempt to create a virtual disk instantly fails. I tried to use Set-ClusterS2DDisk to stop the storage subsystem from using those disks - to no avail. Tried to unregister the Clustered Windows Storage subsystem - it's not possible. I have absolutely no idea what to do now. So, is there a way to set up a failover cluster without using S2D?
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter host and Windows Server 2019 Standard Virtual Machine / Activation
Hello everyone. I have a question about VM activation with Ws 2019 DC host. Can I activate Windows Server 2019 Standard Guest VM on Windows Server 2019 Datacenter host with Datacenter key? Or I need to convert VM OS from Standard edition to Datacenter?