Microsoft windows storage server 2012 wss 2012 is a platform for network attached storage nas appliances and iscsi storage systems.
Windows storage server 2012 disk capacity.
No problems thus far but explorer in windows server 2012 r2 was not reporting the increased space and was still showing the 125gb total size.
To create windows server 2012 r2 storage space you need to install disks on your server system we can use source disks to name them and then we put source disks into storage pool makes them look like a large disk.
The results reveal several issues that apply to all versions of windows earlier than and including windows 7 with service pack 1 and windows server 2008 r2 with service pack 1.
Refs was initially added to windows server 2012 only with the aim of gradual migration to consumer systems in future versions.
When we want to create new disks or partitions we take virtual disks from the pool with capacity we want and we can make partitions in the virtual disk.
To create a storage space you must first create one or more storage pools.
Basically underlying thin provisioned disk on vsphere 5 5 was extended by additional 5gb from 125 to 130gb and expanded using disk management from within the os as per the normal routine.
It turns out that sometimes windows server is unable to automatically identify new uninitialized storage.
Windows storage server 2012.
The initial versions removed some ntfs features such as disk quotas alternate data streams and extended attributes.
This was achieved as of windows 8 1.
To find the issue run the following powershell command.
Sometimes you may find extend volume option is grey out when you want to extend c drive in windows.
For information about how to create a clustered storage space see deploy a storage spaces cluster on windows server 2012 r2.
Windows server 2012 disk management has a great change on windows server 2003 extend volume shrink volume and windows storage space are added to server manager for better managing server 2012 disk space we ll have detail guide on how to use extend volume shrink volume and unallocated space.
To manage as a single server windows server 2012 has new storage capabilities and features for everyone.
A storage pool is a collection of physical disks.
This storage then appears as unspecified which cannot be used for a virtual disk.