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SCSI Mode Sense commands don't work for NVMe drives in Windows Server 2012 R2 or earlier versions

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You use NVMe drives on a computer that's running Windows Server 2012 R2 or an earlier system version.
  • The NVMe drives are installed by using the StorNVMe.sys Windows built-in driver.
  • The drives don't support volatile write caching.

In this scenario, the functionality that depends on SCSI Mode Sense commands (such as creating a raid) don't work.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, upgrade the operating system to Windows Server 2016.

Or, check with the hardware vendor for appropriate third-party disk drivers.

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More Information

For all usages except mirror boot volumes (that use a mirror volume to host the operating system), dynamic disks are deprecated. For data that requires resiliency against drive failure, use Storage Spaces. Storage Spaces is a resilient storage virtualization solution.

For more information, see Virtual Disk Service and Windows Storage Management API.

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Article Info
Article ID : 4025473
Revision : 8
Created on : 6/20/2017
Published on : 6/20/2017
Exists online : False
Views : 144