How to create a Storage Pool using PowerShell

In this post, I want to show you how to create a Storage Pool with Powershell; the cmdlet that I will use is: New-StoragePool

To create a Storage Pool with PowerShell, use the New-StoregePool cmdlet with the following syntax:

New-StoragePool `
    -FriendlyName <String> `
    -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName <String[]> `
    -PhysicalDisks <CimInstance[]>

To obtain the correct designations for the storage subsystem and the physical disk, use these cmdlets: Get-StorageSubsystem and Get-PhysicalDisk

Get-StorageSubSystem

Get-PhysicalDisk `
    | Sort-Object Friendlyname

The following command generates a list of all the physical disks in the system available for pooling and assigns it to the variable $disks and then creates a new storage pool, specifying the $disk variable to the -PhysicalDisk parameter. Run the PowerShell console as administrator, and then type:

$disks = Get-PhysicalDisk `
    -CanPool $true

New-StoragePool `
    -FriendlyName "StoragePool-01" `
    -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName "Storage Spaces on vDC01-N" `
    -PhysicalDisks $disks

The New-Storage Pool cmdlet also accepts the following options, which are not available in the Server Manager wizard.

-EnclosureAwareDefault
- This enables the pool to use additional information provided by the enclosure.
- Type: Boolean.
-ProvisioningTypeDefault
- Specifies the type of provisioning to be used to create virtual disks from this pool.
- Type: ProvisioningType Parameter.
- Sets: Unknown, Thin, Fixed.
-ResiliencySettingNameDefault
- Specifies the resiliency setting that the system should use by default when creating virtual disks from the pool.
- Type: String Parameter .
- Sets: Simple, Mirror, Parity.

If you want to know more about the New-StoragePool cmdlet, check out this link.