Creates a new Storage Space with a SSD and a HDD Tier for my Hyper-V Server

Create_new_Storage_Space.ps1

#requires -Version 3.0 -Modules Storage

# Get all Physical Disks
<#
		.SYNOPSIS
		Create a new Storage Space for my Hyper-V Server
	
		.DESCRIPTION
		Creates a new Storage Space with a SSD and a HDD Tier for my Hyper-V Server
	
		.EXAMPLE
		PS C:\> 
	
		.NOTES
		In this case we have
		2 Physical Disks with 6TB each and we mirror all Data,
		2 SSD Devices with 119GB each for Pining, Speed and WriteBack Caching
#>

$PhysicalDisks = (Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $True | Where-Object -Property MediaType -NE -Value UnSpecified)

# Create the new Storage Pool
$null = (New-StoragePool -PhysicalDisks $PhysicalDisks -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName 'Windows Storage*' -FriendlyName 'LocalData')

# Put all SSD Drives in a new Tier
$SSD_Tier = (New-StorageTier -StoragePoolFriendlyName 'LocalData' -FriendlyName SSD_Tier -MediaType SSD)

# Put all Disk in a new Tier
$HDD_Tier = (New-StorageTier -StoragePoolFriendlyName 'LocalData' -FriendlyName HDD_Tier -MediaType HDD)

<#
		Create a new Disk with the following data:
		5.4TB of Harddisks
		60GB of Speed Space on the SSDs
		55GB of Writeback Cache on the SSDs
#>
$null = (New-VirtualDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName 'LocalData' -FriendlyName TieredSpace -StorageTiers @($SSD_Tier, $HDD_Tier) -StorageTierSizes @(60GB, 5.4TB) -ResiliencySettingName Mirror -WriteCacheSize 55GB)

# Bring the new Disk we created online and initialize it
$null = (Get-Disk |
	Where-Object -Property BusType -EQ -Value Spaces |
	Where-Object -Property PartitionStyle -EQ -Value 'RAW' |
Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT)

# Create a new Drive on the new newly created Disk
$null = (Get-Disk |
	Where-Object -Property BusType -EQ -Value Spaces |
	New-Partition -UseMaximumSize -DriveLetter Z |
Format-Volume -FileSystem ReFS -NewFileSystemLabel 'DATA' -Confirm:$False)