Storage Spaces Event 302: Majority of the pool drives hosting space meta-data for storage space failed a space meta-data update
Event Details
| Product: | Microsoft Windows Operating System |
| Event ID: | 302 |
| Source: | StorageSpaces-Driver |
| Version: | Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012; Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
| Level: | Error |
| Message: | Majority of the pool drives hosting space meta-data for storage space %1 failed a space meta-data update, which caused the storage pool to go in failed state. Return Code: %2 |
Summary
This topic describes how to troubleshoot failures that occurred when writing storage space configuration to physical drives in a Storage Spaces storage pool.
Causes
The majority of the pool drives hosting space metadata for a storage space can fail a metadata update for the following reasons:
- Physical drives might fail requests with device IO errors
- Insufficient number of physical drives have online storage space metadata
- Insufficient memory resources
Resolutions
To resolve the problem:
- If there are missing drives, reconnect the missing drives.
- Verify physical drives are functional. Replace failed physical drives if necessary.