Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Fifth Edition

7

Managing Storage

This chapter covers the following recipes:

• Managing Disks
• Managing File Systems
• Exploring PowerShell Providers and the FileSystem Provider
• Managing Storage Replica
• Deploying Storage Spaces

Introduction

Windows Server 2022 provides a range of features that allow access to various storage and storage devices. Windows supports spinning disks, USB memory sticks, and SSD devices (including NVMe SSD devices). These storage options provide you with great flexibility.

Before using a storage device to hold files, you need to create partitions or volumes on the device and then format these drives/volumes. Before formatting, you need to initialize a disk and define which partitioning method to use. You have two choices:

• Master Boot ...