Set MPIO Policy via PowerShell for Storage Spaces

Here is a small script to set the MPIO Policy via Powershell according to Microsofts Best Practices for Storage Spaces as seen here https://technet.microsoft.com/library/0923b851-eb0a-48ee-bfcb-d584363be668

It will set the Global MPIO policy to Least Block and then change the MPIO Policy for all SSD’s to Round Robin. Though, it’s possible that mpclaim.exe will use a different DiskID from what Powershell/Device Manager is using.
So the script has a built-in feature to adjust the DiskId if needed, though you have to verify and set the value manually before running the script! 

 

2 thoughts on “Set MPIO Policy via PowerShell for Storage Spaces”

  1. Tjena Marcus. Bra post. Hittade ett sätt att räkna ut MPIO disk ID dynamiskt.
    /Simon

    $ssds | %{
    # Get disk uniqueid
    Write-Output “Physical Disk Unique ID:”
    $UniqueID = $_.UniqueId

    $MPIODisk = (gwmi -Namespace root\wmi -Class mpio_disk_info).driveinfo | ?{$_.SerialNumber -eq $UniqueID}

    Write-Output “MPIO Disk:”
    $MPIODiskID = $MPIODisk.Name.Replace(“MPIO Disk”,””)
    $MPIODiskID
    $ArgumentList = “-l -d $MPIODisk 2”
    start-process “c:\windows\system32\mpclaim.exe” -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -Wait
    }

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