Azure Local – Design the infrastructure

I have seen many designs of Azure Local stacks that have encountered issues that could have been prevented if the design was changed to follow some best practices. I wanted to share some of the things I have come across that should never have been built the way it was. I have also included some …
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Azure Local – Failover cluster – Storage Space Direct – Reinstall node in cluster

Applies to: Azure Local 21H2, 22H2 (And 23H2 and newer if repair-node does not work) – Windows Server with failover cluster and Storage Space Direct (S2D) I had a case where I needed to reinstall nodes in a cluster. It was hard for me to find all the pieces to the puzzle so I have …
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Azure Local – Failover cluster – Storage Space Direct – The device does not recognize the command

Event Log: SystemEvent ID: 1793Error: 0x16Hint: SyncPoolFailureApplies to: Azure Local 22H2, Azure Local 23H2, Azure Local 24H2, Azure Local (future releases), Windows Server Failover cluster. Windows Server with Storage Spaces Direct. I was working for a customer with an Azure Local 22H2 stack what we were preparing to upgrade to 23H2. Before upgrade, we wanted …
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