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Storage Replica in Waiting for destination status

Hello, Colleagues, please help me with the storage replica. I have two VM: one srv 2016 (source) another srv 2019 (destination). Trying to configure storage replica between them. Test passed successfully, but when trying to configure partnership…

Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2021-06-11T20:18:15.69+00:00
Konstantin Blokhinov 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-03-24T11:51:55.64+00:00
Muhammad Imran Khan - ITD 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Windows Server 2019 S2D cluster shows nealy all disks "lost communication" on one host

Hello everybody, A customer has a 4-node Windows Server 2019 cluster using S2D. On one host, one disk failed and was replaced. However, now all (!) other disks of this host, both the SSD caches and the volume HDDs, show as "Lost…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,027 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2022-10-26T16:11:06.993+00:00
Stefan Falk 171 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T13:36:16.61+00:00
Dariusz Włodarczyk 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Where are MS Teams voice mails stored when using a group mailbox? Are they stored in the OneDrive of the user that accesses them?

Where are MS Teams voice mails stored when using a group mailbox? Are they stored in the OneDrive of the user that accesses them? Are they only stored as an email or are they stored as data somewhere?

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
10,894 questions
OneDrive
OneDrive
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
1,321 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
Microsoft Teams Phone
Microsoft Teams Phone
Teams Phone enables call-control and Private Branch Exchange (PBX) capabilities in the Microsoft 365 cloud with Microsoft Teams.
300 questions
asked 2023-12-19T16:49:28.7+00:00
Olivia MacKenzie (MLCSU) 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-23T03:43:34.75+00:00
Antonio Gonzalez Craig 5 Reputation points
2 answers

No Disks Suitable For Cluster Disks Were Found

I would like to preface this with the fact that I had success in performing the process below on a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster with no issues. We are currently in the process of geoclustering ( I know, it's an old term ) a few of our SQL clusters…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,027 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2022-03-02T13:03:18.247+00:00
Christopher Garry 41 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-20T06:52:42.9466667+00:00
Pradeep Kumar 0 Reputation points
1 answer

SQL FCI cluster with 2 nodes and one cloud witness and storage is S2D, total database is over 70TB

hi folks: We are a VLDB shot with over 70TB using SQL FCI with 2 nodes plus a cloud witness. The pain is around patching. Every time after patching, before reboot the node, we have to put into disk maintenance mode as per recommendation from MSFT. …

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
14,494 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,027 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2025-02-19T05:43:25.5366667+00:00
Shi, Hui 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-02-20T01:27:10.2933333+00:00
LiHongMSFT-4306 31,551 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to take S2D disks out of maintenance mode

We have a three-node storage space direct hyper-converged cluster running Windows Server 2022 and we are having difficulty taking the disks out of maintenance mode after the server was patched. The following command does nothing: Get-StorageFaultDomain…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2025-01-27T16:28:54.8166667+00:00
ppinfrageek 141 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-19T16:07:31.0433333+00:00
ppinfrageek 141 Reputation points
1 answer

ReFS Disk Turned RAW After Update on Windows Server 2012 R2

Hi, I'm having some trouble with Windows Server 2012 R2. I know this version is out of support, but after updating it, our disk that was in ReFS has been converted to RAW data. I've read that this issue might be caused by an update, but I have checked…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,654 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2025-02-12T14:36:27.9966667+00:00
RFN 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-14T07:43:07.7133333+00:00
Ian Xue-MSFT 41,711 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

My phone got stolen, now I can't sign in in my collage accounts becuase of the authenticor app. The account is added in my personal account but when I try to activate my collage account it ask me to put the number in the app but I can't. What can I do?

My phone got stolen and now i try to log in in an other device. I can not log in my university accounts because of the authenticator app. Every time I try to log in they send me the number to put it in the app but the app don't recieve the signal because…

Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center
A suite of Microsoft systems management products that offer solutions for managing datacenter resources, private clouds, and client devices.
1,077 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
Microsoft Intune Configuration
Microsoft Intune Configuration
Microsoft Intune: A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.Configuration: The process of arranging or setting up computer systems, hardware, or software.
2,071 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager
asked 2025-01-19T21:19:47.4033333+00:00
Mike Quinteros 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-10T06:47:55.82+00:00
JayceYang 1,571 Reputation points Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Query on NFS-Client

Hi All, I have a storage account created in Azure, and under Data Storage, I have NFS file shares. Is it possible to mount these NFS file shares on Windows Servers? On one of my Windows servers, I have enabled the NFS client using the following command,…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,055 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,476 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,145 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2025-02-07T04:03:41.35+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 12,686 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-09T15:29:23.9833333+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 12,686 Reputation points
5 answers

Cannot add drive using Failover Cluster Manager - no disks suitable for cluster disks were found

I am creating a new SQL cluster to replace out old cluster. I created a new, two server cluster running Server 2022. I am told I need to add the disk to the cluster before I can install our SQL server software. I created a new volume in our PowerStore.…

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
14,494 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-02-20T16:28:13.2166667+00:00
Doug V 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-07T13:28:26.2966667+00:00
Reeser, Ron - HPW 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Unhealthy and Detached storage space

Hi, reposted from https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-files/unhealthy-and-detached-storage-space/a2d2107c-ea17-410d-94b9-91bfdd62d48d?messageId=97fde877-a2a0-4151-be8c-51c495e642f7 Also posted here:…

Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2023-08-09T08:56:49.1533333+00:00
Patrick 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-01-06T13:24:26.3733333+00:00
Patrick 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Storage Spaces Tiering Performance Problem

I'm seeing very poor performance from Tiered Storage Spaces, hoping someone can help idendity what I am doing wrong. I have 2x256GB SSDs and 2x2TB HDDs. Individual drives perform as expected My previous experience is that a two drive tiered…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,855 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-21T00:09:17.6266667+00:00
Rob Cowlthorp 20 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-24T07:44:03.4266667+00:00
Ian Xue-MSFT 41,711 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Type of Storage that can be used as Cluster Shared Volume?

Dear Colleagues, Good day! May I Inquire with regards to Windows Server Failover Clustering. We are planning to Cluster a 2 Node MSSQL Server. It requires Cluster Shared Volume, asking if what type of storage we can use for the setup? Are the following…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
4,055 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,648 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,027 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-21T15:06:59.56+00:00
JR Murillo 60 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-22T04:25:10.6366667+00:00
JR Murillo 60 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Does S2D accept different CPU RAM Disk spec?

if I deploy this moment, I may want to add new node to join into hci, is it possible? add new node, to life migrate and decommission the old hardware

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-19T03:33:40.0266667+00:00
Ming Cheung 60 Reputation points
accepted 2024-12-19T07:27:40.9066667+00:00
Ming Cheung 60 Reputation points
2 answers

Changing default download and storage location for Windows updates

I recently discovered that my C drive is nearly full, while my D drive has much more space. However, even though I've set my default download and storage location to the D drive, my Windows updates still go to the C drive. Is there a way to permanently…

Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-01-31T06:01:53.1033333+00:00
Boy Boy 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-18T15:02:48.36+00:00
Anthony Jv Cortez 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Raid 1 Showing as double drives but half the storage?

Dell R720XD 1 SSD Raid 0 ( shows correctly works correctly ) 2 4Tb Spinners in Raid 1 ( where my issue is ) Windows Server 2025 ( I know its not officially supported so dont bother ) Alright so to the issue now. I installed windows server 2025…

Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-12T00:18:42.3+00:00
CloudX 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-13T08:04:56.51+00:00
Daisy Zhou 32,461 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers

SSD issues

Hi, this is quite strange. I have a NVME m.2 SSD which is initialised and recognised in windows as D: Games. I was able to write files to it, but I am no longer able to. Not too sure what happened here but when I went to troubleshoot it, I opened my…

Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-09T16:54:13.2866667+00:00
Zhiyang Feng 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-11T03:07:12.2033333+00:00
Ian Xue-MSFT 41,711 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Why moving a basic disk from Windows 2019 to Windows 11 showing as Dynamic?

Hello everyone, I was upgrading my server from Windows 2019 to Windows 2022, my data drive is on an ISCSI, when I transferred the ISCSI disks to Windows 2022, it is showing as Foreign "Dynamic". My questions are: 1 - why does is say Dynamic…

Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-06T04:58:36.45+00:00
janeIT 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-08T23:39:00.7166667+00:00
Jing Zhou 7,760 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
0 answers

Need a helpful tip about WPA file's data result?

Hi, can I get an estimation of this result while it was displayed in a Shutdown Trace for all drives in the device? And for all three iterations of the Reboot Cycle? The issue at question is discussed…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
12,074 questions
Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows Performance Toolkit
A collection of Microsoft performance monitoring tools that produce in-depth performance profiles of Windows operating systems and applications.
114 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2024-12-07T10:38:47.17+00:00
Claus Debanker 101 Reputation points
5 answers

NAS server keeps blocking some user IP addresses.

Our client has a NAS server which is being accessed by users but the NAS keeps blocking some IPs with error repeatative bad password. Then they have to unblock it from the NAS and then they get access. While I have checked the user's password is…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,726 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,950 questions
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,407 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
563 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
669 questions
asked 2022-07-23T00:02:13.073+00:00
Anish Debnath 81 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-06T12:17:39.8766667+00:00
david dors 0 Reputation points