jsta Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 When trying to move a server folder to the pool, it doesn't display the DrivePool disk. It shows all the physical disks. I searched and didn't see anything noted or posted regarding this in 2012 or 2016 Essentials. It's otherwise working fine. Has anybody else come across this, or a way to "fix" it? So it looks like you can't move existing system-generated "Server Folders" to GPT partitions. You can move existing system-generated folders to an MBR disk. You can create a new share on a GPT disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jsta Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 It appears that this was resolved with a Windows patch? Thought I already had all patches installed, but apparently not. Installed patches yesterday morning, and now it lets me move the pre-configured "Server Folders" to the DrivePool GPT disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Well, that is a weird bug, but I'm glad to hear that you were able to resolve the issue! By chance, do you know the KB number of the update that fixed this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jsta Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Actually looks like I installed the patches Friday, but I digress. Who knows which individual patch it may have been, since MS moved to the cumulative patch model. KB3201845 is the one that installed Friday. Nothing in the notes really relates to the issue though. Who knows... maybe it was just Windows being Windows and the reboot cleared it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Both are entirely possible, and neither is great... If t he issue comes back, let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jsta Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 So it's been more than 2 years but... 2016 Essentials is again unable to "see" the GPT DrivePool disk with certain actions. Poking around server health, it reported a number of my "serverfolders" as missing, but they do exist and are accessible. Oddly, not all of them are reported as missing. If I "recreate the folder" it creates it on the D: drive without giving me a choice. I can then try to "move" the folder, but it only allows me to select the C: drive as a new location. If I try to "create new folder" it does allow me to add to the DrivePool disk. I imagine a Windows issue, but it's bazaar. Not sure a reboot clears it up, as the server was just rebooted yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Umfriend Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I am new to WSE2016 but I have noticed this too. I think it happened more when I ran bitlocker. In any case, typically, with me, the dashboard finds them a bit later and the health message disappears. More often than not, closing and restarting the dashboard itself suffices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Restarting the "Windows server" services may help too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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When trying to move a server folder to the pool, it doesn't display the DrivePool disk.
It shows all the physical disks.
I searched and didn't see anything noted or posted regarding this in 2012 or 2016 Essentials.
It's otherwise working fine.
Has anybody else come across this, or a way to "fix" it?
So it looks like you can't move existing system-generated "Server Folders" to GPT partitions.
You can move existing system-generated folders to an MBR disk.
You can create a new share on a GPT disk.
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