Storage replica- Windows server 2016 TP4

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  Please don't bother with TP4 - TP5 came out yesterday, and should be used for all evaluation. Also, use this content for testing and deployment: http://aka.ms/storagereplica. If you are still having issues after doing things, I'll be here

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  Ned Pyle [MSFT] | Principal Program Manager for Storage Replica, DFS Replication, Scale-out File Server, SMB, other stuff

  • Proposed as answer by VR38DETTMVP Friday, April 29, 2016 5:11 PM
  • Marked as answer by Mary Dong Friday, May 6, 2016 7:34 AM

  Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:57 PM
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  Hi Ned,

  Thanks for your response.

  I will get TP5 installed in my test environment and start my evaluation.

  In one of your ignite 2015 session you said that Storage replica is only available in Datacenter edition, is it still applicable in TP5?

  Thanks,

  Nilesh

  Friday, April 29, 2016 1:45 PM
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  Hello,

  I am facing issues while evaluating storage replica feature.

  I have installed windows server 2016 TP4 on a vmware virtual machine, and I am trying to create a SRPartnership using my local disks on a VM (I don't have LUNS attached to the VM). Also when i try to add these local disks into a failover cluster manager, these disks does not come online.

  Has anyone configured storage replica with local disks?

  I am referring below articles for evaluation purpose.

  https://blog.starwindsoftware.com/how-to-configure-storage-replication-using-windows-server-2016-part-1

  https://blog.starwindsoftware.com/how-to-configure-storage-replication-using-windows-server-2016-part-2

  Thanks,

  Nilesh

  
  

  Just what Ned said: update to TP5 with everything.

  P.S. Back to your question (as an owner of the content you quote): you'll need cluster-aware disks and locals are not going to work unless Cluster Manager will accept them. We'll update our guides for TP5 soon, just started with Storage Spaces Direct as Storage Replica didn't change much in terms of mgmt (S2Ds did).

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  Hi Ned,

  Thanks for your response.

  I will get TP5 installed in my test environment and start my evaluation.

  In one of your ignite 2015 session you said that Storage replica is only available in Datacenter edition, is it still applicable in TP5?

  Thanks,

  Nilesh

  S2D and SR are both "Datacenter" features only.

  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-server-2016/

  Windows Server 2016 Editions

  	Datacenter Edition	Standard Edition
  Core functionality of Windows Server
  OSEs/Hyper-V containers*	Unlimited	2
  Windows Server containers	Unlimited	Unlimited
  Nano Server
  New storage features including Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica**
  New Shielded Virtual Machines
  New networking stack**
  Licensing Model***	Core + CAL	Core + CAL
  Price<sup style="font-size:0.875em;">+</sup>	$6,155	$882

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  Anton Kolomyeytsev [MVP]

  StarWind Software Chief Architect

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  • Marked as answer by Mary Dong Friday, May 6, 2016 7:34 AM

  Friday, April 29, 2016 5:14 PM
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  Correct (Anton is 100% right)

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  Ned Pyle [MSFT] | Principal Program Manager for Storage Replica, DFS Replication, Scale-out File Server, SMB, other stuff

  Friday, April 29, 2016 6:04 PM
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  Thanks Anton,

  I got the answer, so Local disks are not going to work as clustered disks and Storage replica is a feature of Data center edition only. So there is no change in Failover Cluster feature in Windows server 2016 standard edition, everything remains same as Failover Cluster feature in windows server 2012?

  Thanks!

  • Marked as answer by Mary Dong Friday, May 6, 2016 7:33 AM

  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 9:50 AM