Experienced Windows administrators are familiar with numerous tools that help them manage hard drives, partitions, and filesystems. The portfolio extends from the Microsoft Management Console (MMC)-based Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) and command-line tools to the Server Manager and Windows Admin Center. For more complex storage systems, you have tools such as iSCSICLI for configuring built-in Internet small computer systems interface (iSCSI) initiators or the multipath I/O control panel (MPIO CPL) graphical configuration applet for storage multipathing. These tools are perfectly suitable for individual tasks, but when it comes to configuring a large number of servers or migrating complex storage landscapes, the tools quickly reach their limits. The syntax is not consistent, output depends on the operating system language set, and graphical interfaces do not support automation. In precisely such cases administrators…
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ADMIN Network & Security (Digital) - 1 Issue, September/October 2022