Most of the info is here and here Technet, but for easy step by step, follow below:
- Open PowerShell
- Identify the disks you want to remove using:
Get-PhysicalDisk | select FriendlyName, SerialNumber, UniqueID
This will list all the disks and their UniqueID (which you'll use later to retire/remove - Mark the disks you want to Upgrade/Remove to Retire (this will set those disks to read-only)
Set-PhysicalDisk -UniqueID xxxxxxxxxxx –Usage Retired
where xxxxxxx is the UniqueID from (2) - Add the same number of disks you retired to the drive pool, either via the GUI or PowerShell.
Add-PhysicalDisk –StoragePool $Pool -PhysicalDisks -UniqueID xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -Usage Automatic
- Get the Storage Pool Name:
Get-StoragePool
- Repair the Storage Pool:
Repair-VirtualDisk –FriendlyName NameOfYourStoragePool
- Check on the status of the repair:
Get-StorageJob
- Once job is complete, you can remove the drive from the Storage Pool via the GUI or PowerShell
Remove-PhysicalDisk –StoragePool StoragePoolName -PhysicalDisks -UniqueID xxxxxxxxxxxx