Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

Managing Storage Replica

Storage Replica (SR) is a feature of Windows Server 2019 that replicates storage volumes to other systems. SR is only available with the Windows Server 2019 Datacentre edition.

Getting ready

This recipe makes use of additional disk volumes on SRV1 and SRV2. In the Managing physical disks and disk volumes recipe, you added two additional disks to SRV1. In this recipe, you need to have two additional disks added to SRV2 that form the basis for storage replication. This recipe requires two additional hard disks for SRV2—you can use the Add-DiskstoSrv1+2.ps1 script to create the disks used in this and other recipes in this chapter. You can find the script on this book's GitHub repository (https://github.com/DoctorDNS/PowerShellCookBook2019/blob/master/Chapter%2004%20-%20Managing%20Storage/Add-DiskstoSRV1%2B2.ps1 ...