3. Implementing Storage Spaces
Implementing a standalone Storage Spaces solution in your
environment basically involves doing two things:
You can perform the first step by using either Server Manager or
Windows PowerShell, as the following sections demonstrate. Additional
physical storage can be added at any time, either by installing more
internal disks in the server or by connecting external storage
enclosures to the server. Such additional physical storage can also be
added either before or after you install the File Server role
service.
You can use Server Manager to implement Storage Spaces on a
server running Windows Server 2012. To do this, launch the Add Roles
And Features Wizard from the Manage menu on the Server Manager
toolbar. Then select the File Server role service, which is located
under the File And iSCSI Services role services in the File And
Storage Services role as shown in Figure 3.
Note
Storage Services
The Storage Services role service of the File And Storage
Services role is always installed by default whenever you install
Windows Server 2012 on a server. This is because the Storage
Services role service provides storage-management functionality
that is needed by any other roles you might install on the
server.
4. Using Windows PowerShell
You can also use Windows PowerShell to implement Storage
Spaces on a server running Windows Server 2012. You can use the
Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet to display the install state of the
different role services of the File And Storage Services role on a
clean install of Windows Server 2012 as follows:
[X] File And Storage Services FileAndStorage-Services Installed
[ ] File and iSCSI Services File-Services Available
[ ] File Server FS-FileServer Available
[ ] BranchCache for Network Files FS-BranchCache Available
[ ] Data Deduplication FS-Data-Deduplication Available
[ ] DFS Namespaces FS-DFS-Namespace Available
[ ] DFS Replication FS-DFS-Replication Available
[ ] File Server Resource Manager FS-Resource-Manager Available
[ ] File Server VSS Agent Service FS-VSS-Agent Available
[ ] iSCSI Target Server FS-iSCSITarget-Server Available
[ ] iSCSI Target Storage Provider (... iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS Available
[ ] Server for NFS FS-NFS-Service Available
[X] Storage Services Storage-Services Installed
For example, you can use the following command to implement
Storage Spaces on server HOST7 by installing the File Server role
service:
Install-WindowsFeature -Name FS-FileServer -ComputerName HOST7 - Restart
Afterward, you can use the following command to verify
installation of the role service:
PS C:\> Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName HOST7 | where DisplayName -eq "File Server"
Display Name Name Install State
------------ ---- -------------
[X] File Server FS-FileServer Installed
