{"id":765,"date":"2015-08-20T03:57:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T03:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/?p=765"},"modified":"2015-08-20T03:57:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T03:57:11","slug":"unable-to-remove-failed-disk-error-when-configuring-a-redundant-storage-space-in-windows-server-2012-r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"Unable to remove failed disk error when configuring a Redundant Storage Space in Windows Server 2012 R2 by David Papkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"david<\/a>This post by David Papkin \u00a0is\u00a0Unable to remove failed disk error when configuring a Redundant Storage Space in Windows Server 2012 R2\u00a0and you have to replace it by adding another disk to the storage pool.<\/p>\n

1) \u00a0PS C:\\Users\\administrator.ADATUM> get-physicalDisk<\/strong><\/p>\n

FriendlyName CanPool OperationalStatus HealthStatus Usage Size
\n———— ——- —————– ———— —– —-
\nPhysicalDisk-1 False Lost Communication Warning Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk0 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 127 GB
\nPhysicalDisk1 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 127 GB
\nPhysicalDisk3 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk5 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk7 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk4 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk2 True OK Healthy Auto-Select 32 GB
\nPhysicalDisk8 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB<\/p>\n

PS C:\\Users\\… \u00a0>$Disk = Get-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName <\/b>PhysicalDisk-1
\nPS C:\\Users\\administrator.ADATUM> Remove-PhysicalDisk -PhysicalDisks $Disk -StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool1<\/p>\n

Confirm
\nAre you sure you want to perform this action?
\nRemoving a physical disk will cause problems with the fault tolerance capabilities of the following storage pool:
\nStoragePool1″.
\nY] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is “Y”): Y
\nemove-PhysicalDisk : The virtual disk could not complete the operation because its health or operational status does\u00a0not permit it line:1 char:1
\nRemove-PhysicalDisk -PhysicalDisks $Disk -StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool1
\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\n+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (StorageWMI:ROOT\/Microsoft\/…_StorageCmdlets) [Remove-PhysicalDisk\u00a0], CimException
\n+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : StorageWMI 50003,Remove-PhysicalDisk<\/p>\n

2) Retire the disk you want to remove<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName PhysicalDisk-1 -Usage Retired<\/p>\n

3) Repair virtual disk “mirrored disk”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Repair-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName “mirrored disk”<\/p>\n

4) Remove the disk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remove-PhysicalDisk -PhysicalDisks $Disk -StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool1<\/p>\n

PS C:\\Users\\administrator.ADATUM> get-physicalDisk<\/p>\n

FriendlyName CanPool OperationalStatus HealthStatus Usage Size
\n———— ——- —————– ———— —– —-
\nPhysicalDisk0 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 127 GB
\nPhysicalDisk1 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 127 GB
\nPhysicalDisk3 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk5 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk7 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk4 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB
\nPhysicalDisk2 True OK Healthy Auto-Select 32 GB
\nPhysicalDisk8 False OK Healthy Auto-Select 31.25 GB<\/p>\n

https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn782852.aspx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/josebda\/archive\/2013\/07\/31\/windows-server-2012-r2-storage-step-by-step-with-storage-spaces-smb-scale-out-and-shared-vhdx-physical.aspx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/2014\/01\/18\/server-20122012-r2-storage-spaces-creating-storage-pools\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This concludes this post by David Papkin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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