Storage Spaces Direct Step by Step: Part 1 Core Cluster
How to deploy S2D on a 4-node cluster. Perform each step in preparation to manage and support the core cluster in a production environment. Part 1 of 4.
Clearing Disks on Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct
Clear out old storage pools, virtual disks and meta data left behind on hard drives on Storage Spaces Direct infrastructures.
Ansible to Manage Windows Servers – Step by Step
How to manage Windows Servers using Ansible. Deploy a Ansible controlling node on CentOS 7, and configure Windows Server 2016 for management. Create Ansible playbook examples with custom Powershell Ansible modules.
Configuring Storage Spaces Direct – Step by Step
Configuring Storage Spaces Direct on a 4-node cluster. Build the storage pool and tiers automatically. Scan all nodes in the system, and load every disk into a pool with the status CanPool equal to True, then create both Mirror and Parity Storage Tiers automatically.
Storage Spaces Direct on Windows Server Core
How to setup Windows Server Core with Storage Spaces Direct.
Expanding Virtual HDs managed by Windows Failover Cluster
How to expand a VHD or VHDx Virtual Hard Drive of Windows Cluster Services hosts.
Storage Spaces Direct Step by Step: Part 2 Troubleshooting
Testing guidelines for S2D cluster network and storage components in a common configuration. Instructions on health monitoring included. Part 2 of 4.
Storage Spaces Direct Step by Step: Part 3 Network Infrastructure
Deploying S2D on a 4-node cluster. QoS & Hyper-V virtual adaptors. Switch Enabled Teaming virtual switch & SMB Multipath infrastructure. Part 3 of 4.
Configure Windows Cluster Quorum Witness
Clusters with an even number of members are vulnerable to "Split Brain". The best solution for this is to create a disk or share quorum member.
Configure Storage Spaces Direct on a Virtual Lab – Step by Step
How to configure a Storage Spaces Direct cluster and a hyper-converged Hyper-V on a virtual lab with four storage VMs. The Virtual Lab created becomes a base infrastructure to build into a complete hybrid cloud environment. In this KB article, we configure a relatively raw virtual lab into a robust storage environment.