Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) or Scale-Out File Server - do we have a way to recover s2d pool after resizing physical disks currently attached to VMs?

Question

Do we have a way to recover s2d pool and virtual disks/shares after resizing physical disks attached to Azure VM?

Answer 1

Hello @Kimberly Bautista ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to answer your question.

As you may be aware that it is Not supported, resizing the underlying storage used by Storage Spaces Direct. If you are running Storage Spaces Direct in a virtualized storage environment, including in Azure, resizing or changing the characteristics of the storage devices used by the virtual machines isn't supported and will cause data to become inaccessible. Instead, follow the instructions in the Add servers or drives section to add additional capacity before expanding volumes.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/manage/extend-volumes#familiarity-with-volumes-in-storage-spaces

Another good article i found online explaining the inefficient and optimal ways of extending S2D pool on azure extending-a-s2d-storage-spaces-direct-pool-on-azure-and-increase-your-iops

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