09 Sep 2014

Get a brief Storage Spaces Status Overview via Powershell

One of the things I like with Powershell is the way you can handle object output and format conversations in a very easy and efficient way. In this example I’m going to show a Powershell script to generate a HTML report on the current Windows Storage Spaces Status. Although you can monitor the most relevant eventlogs like Cluster and Storage Spaces driver, it’s useful to have a single script, which generates a brief overview about the Windows Storage Space status and it’s configuration.

The current script leverages the SES and Storage CMDLETS of Windows Server 2012 R2 and reports the following information:

  • Report Generation Time, Reported Node
  • Storage Pools
  • Storage Enclosures
  • Virtual Disks incl. Storage Tiers
  • Physical Disks to Enclosure Mapping
  • MPIO Path Information per physical Disk
  • Storage Spaces Driver Events

I’m using the script to document deployments and to have a comfortable way identifying failed components by their location and serial number. It also allows to send the report directly via Email.

Let’s have a look at the results..

As you can see in the example below, everything looks cosy 🙂

 

 

The colours change depending on the status of the components. The next example shows a degraded Storage Pool as well as the degraded underlying Spaces because of a disk failure (loss).

 

The script also reports MPIO Path information for every physical disk within the Storage Pool(s).

 

Where to get a copy of the script

You can download a copy of the script on TechNet.

How to use it

Requirements:

  • Server 2012 R2
  • Administrative privileges on the remote node (storage node)
  • WinRM allowed

Here’s an example on how to use it.

.\GetStorageReport.ps1 -StorageNode SOFSN01 -IncludeMPIO -IncludeEvents -OpenFileAfterCreation

For more information use

Get-Help .\CreateStorageReport.ps1 -Full

 

If you have any comments or feedback, please use the TechNet Q+A or ping me on Twitter

Other helpful scripts

Storage Health Test Script by Jose Barreto