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Storage Management Provider - Missing Files in SDK

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Symptoms

During Storage Management Provider (SMP) development, when using the tool Convert-MofToProvider.exe to generate provider stub, the tool returns the following error: 

storagewmi_provider.mof(28): failed to find inlude file: "msft_storagereliabilitycounter.mof"

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Cause

A file storagewmi_provider.mof is missing from Windows 8 SDK.

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Resolution

Download the missing file storagewmi_provider.mof and place the file under the same directory of other SMP MOF files before attempting provider stub generation.

To download the storagewmi_provider.mof file, click the following Microsoft Download Center website:

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/5/A/75A4BF53-106F-44E0-900A-67ABD49A11EF/msft_storagereliabilitycounter.mof.


Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/5/D/E5DEED97-B850-4F9A-B660-4AAABE55A931/msft_filestoragetier.mof

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/5/D/E5DEED97-B850-4F9A-B660-4AAABE55A931/msft_storageenclosure.mof
Note: Developers must place these files under the same directory of other SMP MOF files before attempting provider stub generation.

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More Information

For a full list of files required in SMP development, please refer to Development Resource Checklist section in the following MSDN whitepaper:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh975391.aspx

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Article Info
Article ID : 2758680
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 7/1/2015
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