Error replacing StoragePool disk - not supported

Question

I can't replace hard disks in my existing StoragePool, it fails when adding new disks.

My question seems similar to this one, but that can't be the answer, because I've been using it for over a year now and just want to change some of my disks.

I had the following drives in the pool

FriendlyName         HealthStatus MediaType BusType Usage       Size
------------         ------------ --------- ------- -----       ----
WDNVME256GB-1        Healthy      SCM       NVMe    Auto-Select 233 GB
WDNVME256GB-2        Healthy      SCM       NVMe    Auto-Select 233 GB
ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 2 795 GB
ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 2 795 GB
ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 2 795 GB
ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 2 795 GB
ATA WDC WD40EFRX-68W Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 3 726 GB
7SHKSN5W             Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 7 452 GB
7SHKSXWW             Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 7 452 GB
ATA WDC WD60EFRX-68M Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 5 589 GB
ATA WDC WD60EFRX-68L Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 5 589 GB
ATA WDC WD60EFRX-68L Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 5 589 GB
ATA WDC WD60EFRX-68L Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 5 589 GB
ATA WDC WD60EFRX-68L Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 5 589 GB
ATA SAMSUNG MZ7KM1T9 Healthy      SSD       SATA    Auto-Select 1 788 GB
ATA SAMSUNG MZ7KM1T9 Healthy      SSD       SATA    Auto-Select 1 788 GB
ATA SAMSUNG MZ7TE256 Healthy      SSD       SATA    Auto-Select 238 GB
ATA INTEL SSDSC2BX20 Healthy      SSD       SATA    Auto-Select 186 GB

First I marked three of the 3TB disks as retired and after the data was moved (Checked via Get-StorageJob) I removed three disks from the pool without error message. Then I plugged in the three new hard drives and tried to add the disks to the pool.

$disks
    FriendlyName         HealthStatus MediaType BusType Usage       Size
    ------------         ------------ --------- ------- -----       ----
    ATA HGST HUH721212AL Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 11 176GB
    ATA HGST HUH721212AL Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 11 176GB
    ATA HGST HUH721212AL Healthy      HDD       SAS     Auto-Select 11 176GB

    Add-PhysicalDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool10 -PhysicalDisks $disks

But here I get the error message that the operation is not supported.

Add-PhysicalDisk : One or more physical disks are not supported by this operation.

Extended information:
One or more physical disks encountered an error during addition to the storage pool.

I can't find any further information and can't find the reason why adding a bigger disk is not supported.

Server: MS Server 2016 / Controller: LSI 9211-8I - IT mode (already changed the controller)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '19 at 18:49

The cause of this message is the different LogicalSector Size - my new disks use 4k (native), all other disks have either a size of 512b (native) or 4k (512e mode)

According to the "Software-Defined Storage Design Considerations Guide" this is not supported...

you can’t add 4K native disks to a pool that uses 512 byte sectors for virtual disks, so if you think you might ever add a 4K native disk to the pool (such as when replacing a failed disk), create your pools with 4 KB logical sectors, even if you don’t yet have any 4K native disks.

Error replacing StoragePool disk - not supported

1 Answers1