Replacing a disk in Windows Storage Spaces

1. Open Husky Assistant, and on the Storage Management page, click Set up your storage to open the Storage Spaces page. In Windows you can open the Settings page and click Storage > Manage Storage Spaces.
   
   You can also locate and open the Windows Server Manager by searching for the application in Windows.

   Open Husky Assistant, and on the Storage Management page, click Manual storage setup to start the Windows Server Manager. In the left panel of the Windows Server Manager, click File and Storage Services to open the Servers page.

2. On the Servers page, check for any drive warnings for the storage space and the physical drives in the File ans Storage Services overview.

   Note that a drive will still be visible in the overview even though it has been physically removed from the machine.

3. Open your Husky IVO unit and remove the physical disk, taking care to remove the correct disk.

4. Insert a replacement disk and close your Husky IVO unit.

When you have inserted a replacement disk into your Husky IVO unit, you must register the new drive in Windows Storage Spaces.

1. Open Husky Assistant, and on the Storage Management page, click Set up your storage to open the Storage Spaces page. In Windows you can open the Settings page and click Storage > Manage Storage Spaces.
   
   You can also locate and open the Windows Server Manager by searching for the application in Windows.

2. On the Manage Storage Spaces page, in the Physical Disks area, click Tasks and select Add Physical Disk… from the dropdown list.

3. In the Add Physical Disk form, select the newly added disk and define the allocation method.

4. Click OK to add the replacement disk to the storage pool.
   The new drive will be displayed on the list of physical drives, along with the failed drive you just physically removed.

After adding the replacement disk to the storage pool, you can retire the failed, faulty, or failing disk from the pool.

1. 1. On your Windows desktop, search for “PowerShell” to locate the PowerShell application. Right-click the PowerShell application and select Run as Administrator to open a PowerShell session with administrator privileges.

2. In the PowerShell session, enter and run the following command to obtain the failed disk’s unique identifier:

   Get-PhysicalDisk | Select VirtualDiskName, FriendlyName, OperationalStatus, UniqueID

3. In the PowerShell output listed on the screen, locate the disk with the Operational Status of Lost Communication and note the disk’s unique ID.

4. In the PowerShell session, enter the following command to remove the disk from the storage pool:

   Set-PhysicalDisk -UniqueID "<UniqueID>" -Usage Retired

   where “<UniqueID>” is the unique identifier of the failed disk you noted in step 3 above.

   Remember to include the curly brackets (also known as braces or curly braces)

5. In the PowerShell session, enter and run the following command to verify that the failed disk has been removed:

   Get-PhysicalDisk | Select FriendlyName, UniqueID, OperationalStatus, Usage

After retiring the failed, faulty, or failing disk, you must remove the disk from the storage pool.

1. Open Husky Assistant, and on the Storage Management page, click Set up your storage to open the Storage Spaces page. In Windows you can open the Settings page and click Storage > Manage Storage Spaces.
   
   You can also locate and open the Windows Server Manager by searching for the application in Windows.

2. On the Manage Storage Spaces page, in the Physical Disks area, right-click the failed disk and select Remove Disk.

   Windows will repair the virtual disk and remove the faulty, retired disk when possible.

Please refrain from using the virtual disk during the operation.