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You need to change the way you patch S2D Clusters

WEBMicrosoft’s explanation for this is: “In the May 8, 2018, cumulative update, a change was introduced to add SMB Resilient Handles for the Storage Spaces Direct intra-cluster SMB network sessions. This was done to improve resiliency to transient network failures and improve how RoCE handles network congestion. Adding these …

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Perform better Storage Spaces Direct maintenance with these …

WEBStorage Spaces Direct, Powershell. Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is an incredibly powerful technology, and makes up a huge part of the new AzureStack HCI Solution, however performing maintenance on it can catch out new players. One of the biggest causes of failures while performing maintenance on S2D hosts and clusters, is …

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Get a pretty view of your S2D Storage Pools

WEBAbout Ben Thomas. Ben Thomas is a highly skilled and experienced Solutions Advisor working at Datacom Systems Ltd for the past decade, where he has gained a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field. Ben is well-respected within the industry and has been recognized for his contributions as a Microsoft MVP and Veeam …

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Testing DFS Replication with Powershell

WEBDFS Replication (DFS-R) is a fantastic tool in any sysadmins belt when it comes to creating highly redundant and scalable file shares. And yet anyone who has used it, knows that monitoring it can be difficult at the best of times. Windows Server 2012 introduced several Powershell commands for DFS-R which help discover partnerships …

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Identifying storage intensive VMs in Hyper-V 2016 Clusters

WEBWe’ve all had the case where there was a volume running hot on your cluster and you spend ages wrestling with perf counters to try to find that VM that’s causing your storage to burn. Well let me introduce you to a magical new command in Windows Server 2016 Get-StorageQoSFlow This miracle command can give you insights on all the …

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Extending SConfig in Azure Stack HCI 20H2

WEBNow, because this needs the new SConfig Module, it’s only compatible with the new Azure Stack HCI 20H2 OS (for now). The module is published to the PSGallery, so it can be installed like any other module. Install-Module -Name xSConfig. Once it’s installed, you can access it any time by leaving the default SConfig menu (option 15) and

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