Windows 10: Rename Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10

How to: Rename Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10

How to Rename Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10


Information add more drives to the storage pool.

When you create a new storage pool, it is named Storage pool by default. You may want to rename the pool to any name you want. Especially if you created more than one storage pool.

This tutorial will show you how to rename a storage pool for storage spaces in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add drives to the storage pool.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Rename Storage Pool in Storage Spaces Settings
• Option Two: To Rename Storage Pool in PowerShell

OPTION ONE [/i] To Rename Storage Pool in Storage Spaces Settings
1. Open Settings, click/tap on the System icon, click/tap on Storage on the left side, and click/tap on the Manage Storage Spaces link on the right side. (see screenshot below)


Note You can also open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Storage Spaces icon instead.





2. Click/tap on the Change settings button, click/tap on Yes if prompted by UAC, and click/tap on the Rename pool link for the storage pool you want to change the name of. (see screenshot below)



3. Type a new name you want for the storage pool (ex: "Storage pool 2"), and click/tap on Rename pool. (see screenshot below)



4. The storage pool will now be renamed. (see screenshot below)







OPTION TWO [/i] To Rename Storage Pool in PowerShell
1. Open an elevated PowerShell.

2. Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Get-StoragePool




3. Make note of the current friendly name (ex: "Storage pool") of the storage pool you want to rename. (see screenshot above)

4. Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)


Note For more Set-StoragePool command usage options, see: Set-StoragePool - Windows IT Center


*Arrow Set-StoragePool -FriendlyName "CurrentName" -NewFriendlyName "NewName"



Note Substitute CurrentName in the command above with the actual current name (ex: "Storage pool") from step 3 above.

Substitute NewName in the command above with the actual new name (ex: "Storage pool 1") you want for the storage pool.

For example:

Set-StoragePool -FriendlyName "Storage pool" -NewFriendlyName "Storage Pool 1"





5. When finished, you can close the elevated PowerShell.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Create Storage Spaces Shortcut in Windows 10
• How to Create a New Pool and Storage Space in Windows 10
• How to Create a Storage Space for Storage Pool in Windows 10
• How to Change Storage Space in Storage Pool in Windows 10
• How to Delete a Storage Space from Storage Pool in Windows 10
• How to Add Drives to Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10
• How to Rename Physical Drive in Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10
• How to Remove Drive from Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10
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• How to Upgrade Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10
• How to Delete a Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10

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How to remove a bad drive in Windows 10 storage spaces pool

Could someone list the steps involved in replacing a bad drive from a Windows 10 storage spaces pool? I cannot find any info on the Microsoft support site that is specific to Windows 10. Also, could you list the steps to remove a 'good' drive and replace
it with another drive if the process is different?

 

Storage spaces recovery

For interest:

Move Storage Spaces from Windows 10 Pro to Windows Server 2016 Essentials

But I note:

What Windows build/edition are you using on your old PC, and what on your new?

More:
Can you move Storage Spaces pools between computers?

 

Windows 10 Storage Spaces

Question;

Have a RAID 0 storage pool in Windows 10. The storage pool has 952 GB of usable space, it currently has 6.06 GB of space used. I ran a system clean-up which wrote data to securely erase empty hard drive space. Now I get a warning that my storage pool is
full. I wrote a large group of files approximately 41 GB to the space to verify there wasn't an actual limitation. After all the files copied without issue I deleted them and noticed that the pool went from no capacity to 911 GB in use, the amount that was
written and then deleted.

I have searched but not come across this issue in any internet searches. Perhaps I am not searching for the correct terminology?

Any suggestions for correcting the storage spaces error without affecting the data on the pool? The reason of concern is that the drive has a SoildWorks vault space and I would prefer not to delete it and have to recreate it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

Storage pool

Hello,

Storage Spaces is a technology in Windows and Windows Server that can help protect your data from drive failures. It is conceptually similar to RAID, implemented in software. You can use Storage Spaces to group three or more drives together into a storage pool
and then use capacity from that pool to create Storage Spaces. These typically store extra copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.

In setting up a storage space, it's recommended that you use a hard drive that doesn't contain important files as the drive will be formatted to mirror the host drive.

For more information regarding Storage Spaces, read this
FAQ page.

Hope the information I provided helps.

 

Windows 10 Storage Spaces rebalancing

I'm sorry to hear that you've been having problems optimizing your storage pool and removing disks. We made some improvements to this functionality in the

Windows 10 November update, so I'd suggest that you install that, upgrade your pool (if necessary), and then try using the Storage Spaces Control Panel to optimize drive usage and/or remove physical disks.

Our latest Help content briefly covers the new Storage Spaces functionality:

Storage Spaces in Windows 10.

I hope this helps!

Jason Gerend - Senior Content Developer for Storage Spaces