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System Partition goes offline on Windows Server 2008 and Windows server 2008 R2 after installing some 3rd Party Disk or Storage Management Software.
Issue 1:Â Â
“Hyper-V Role Cannot be installed "Failure configuring windows features"
Symptoms
When installing Hyper-V Role you may get the following error:
 "Failure configuring windows featuresÂ
  Reverting changes
  Do not turn off your computer"
Under CBS.log look for the followingÂ
Process output: [l:100 [100]"The boot configuration data store could not be opened.The system cannot find the file specified."][gle=0x80004005]
Issue 2:Â Â
“Failed to prepare storage for testing on node Node1 status 87â€
Symptoms
When you run Cluster validation; Storage validation fails, under Cluster Validation Reports we can see the following error:
Â
  List all disks visible to one or more nodes (including non-cluster disks).
  Prepare storage for testing
  Preparing storage for testing on node Node1.contoso.com
  Preparing storage for testing on node Node1
  Failed to prepare storage for testing on node Node1 status 87
  Failed to prepare storage for testing on node Node1 status 87
Issue: 3:Â
“The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The system cannot find the file specified.â€
Symptoms
When you run Bcdedit /enum all you get the following error
“The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The system cannot find the file specified.â€Â
Look for the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000
If we check under HKLM you will not find the key BCD00000000
Cause
If some 3rd party storage Disk or Storage Management software is installed it may bring all the volume without drive letter offlineÂ
Generally 100 MB partition is system partition which contains Boot configuration Database and does not have a drive letter assigned.
Resolution
From command prompt
C:\>Diskpart
C:\Diskpart> List volume
C:\Diskpart> Select volume 1 (Considering this is 100 MB system partition)
c:\Diskpart> Online volume
C:\Diskpart> exit
ORÂ
From the Disk Management console assign the drive letter to the 100MB partition it should bring the disk online.
To access Disk Management, open command promptÂ
C:\>Diskmgmt.msc
Select the 100 MB volume; Right click on the volume Change drive letter & Path; Assign a drive letter.
Assigning the drive letter will ensure the volume is not offline again after a reboot.
The volumes may go offline if AUTOMOUNT is disabled either while using a 3rd party storage software or if the user manually disabled the AUTOMOUNT for the volume. To check this type the following command after running diskpart in the administrator command promptÂ
DISKPART> automount
Automatic mounting of new volumes is disabled.
To enable AUTOMOUNT run the following command
DISKPART> automount enable
Reboot the server and the volume will not go offline.Â
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APPLIES TO
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 Standard
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