Free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 - Configuring Tiered Storage
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1. Check available Disks 
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Get-PhysicalDisk

Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $true | sort size, FriendlyName


2. Start a remote PS session with the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
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Enter-PSSession HyperV-1


3. Check and set the media type on all disks that will be tiered
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Get-StoragePool "Pool1 (Tiered)" | Get-PhysicalDisk | sort size,FriendlyName

$SSD = 1,2 | % {"PhysicalDisk$_"}

$HDD = 3..6 | % {"PhysicalDisk$_"}

Get-PhysicalDisk $SSD | Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType SSD

Get-PhysicalDisk $HDD | Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType HDD


4. Exit remote PS Session
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exit



5. Create a new Storage Pool in PowerShell (on the Hyper-V server)
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$disks = Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $true | sort size, FriendlyName

Get-StorageSubSystem

New-StoragePool -FriendlyName "Pool1 (Tiered)" -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName "*Spaces*" -PhysicalDisks $disks

Get-StoragePool "Pool1 (Tiered)" | Get-PhysicalDisk | select FriendlyName, Size, MediaType | sort Size, Friendlyname

$SSD = 1,2 | % {"PhysicalDisk$_"}

$HDD = 3..6 | % {"PhysicalDisk$_"}

Get-PhysicalDisk $SSD | Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType SSD

Get-PhysicalDisk $HDD | Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType HDD

$SSDt = Get-StoragePool "Pool1 (Tiered)" | New-StorageTier –FriendlyName SSDTier –MediaType SSD

$HDDt = Get-StoragePool "Pool1 (Tiered)" | New-StorageTier –FriendlyName HDDTier –MediaType HDD

$SSD_MaxSize = Get-StorageTierSupportedSize SSDTier -ResiliencySettingName Mirror | % {$_.TierSizeMax}

$HDD_MaxSize = Get-StorageTierSupportedSize HDDTier -ResiliencySettingName Mirror | % {$_.TierSizeMax}


6. Create a new Virtual Disk
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Get-StoragePool "Pool1 (Tiered)" | New-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "VD1 (Tiered)" -ResiliencySettingName Mirror -StorageTiers $SSDt,$HDDt -StorageTierSizes $SSD_MaxSize,$HDD_MaxSize


7. Create a new Volume
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Get-VirtualDisk –FriendlyName "VD1 (Tiered)" | Get-Disk | Initialize-Disk –Passthru | New-Partition –AssignDriveLetter –UseMaximumSize | Format-Volume

Get-Volume | sort DriveLetter