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Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType XXXX -UniqueId abcdefgh --- Reverts after restart.

Justin Fox 6 Reputation points
2020-12-30T22:35:10.207+00:00

I'm trying to setup a 2-node WFC with S2D. My disks show as mediatype unspecified. When I run the Set-PhysicalDisk command to set the disks to SSD, this works. But after a restart, the mediatype returns to 'Unspecified'.

I'm using Windows Server 2019 Datacenter on VMware vSphere 6.7.

How can I get this change to hold even after a restart?

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  1. Xiaowei He 9,911 Reputation points
    2021-01-04T08:50:36.793+00:00

    Hi,

    I noticed we use VMWare, then do we connect the pass-through disks to the VMs?

    As far as I know, the MediaType should be recognized automatically, if we used pass-through disks, please check if it is supported to connected the SSD physical disk to VMWare VM directly.

    Best Regards,
    Anne

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  2. Yusuf Anis 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-12-22T13:25:20.2466667+00:00

    While you change the MediaType, it switches back after restart.

    But if the disks are added to the pool, it remains like that after restart..

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  3. Yusuf Anis 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-12-22T13:26:21.76+00:00

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    Once you add the disk to StorageSpaces, it remains like that.

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