Hi folks,
I'm having a really, really weird issue with using Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces + StarWind iSCSI (physical server).
I have two HDD in the server (well, 3 - OS is on another disk):
1.5 TB SAMSUNG-HD154UI
3.0 TB WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 (One of those Western Digital Red 'NAS' drives)
I've created two Storage Spaces on my server, identical configuration. 1 physical disk, 1 virtual disk, 1 NTFS volume - all default settings, de-duplication disabled. And mounted them to respective drive letters.
On the StarWind side, I have a iSCSI target and added the two Storage Spaces using 'Add Device' -> 'Virtual Hard Disk' -> 'Image File device' -> 'Create new virtual disk' and created vol1.img and vol2.img on the two disks.
The weird part? the 1.5 TB Storage Space works - the 3.0 TB doesn't. It simply get's marked with a red "!" and is marked as Non-Active. The 1.5 TB works perfect - and mounts correctly on my ESXi server.
If I create the 3TB volume without Storage Spaces, it works.
I've tried:
Recreating the Storage Spaces, different sizes, different names, different file systems, duplication enabled/disabled, different drive letters, new iSCSI target, moving the physical drive SATA port, crying a bit, hit my head on my desk while moving the drive, accidently cut myself with a screwdriver, made lasagna - with homemade pasta sauce and everything, and rebooted the machine about a zillion times.
What the .... am I'm missing here?
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