Symptoms

When you scan a Windows machine you encounter the error when scanning the disk volumes on the machine.


The Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP service is disabled. This service is required to read disk volumes on Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and newer operating systems.


Cause

The Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP service is required to access information about disk volumes on Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and newer operating systems when using PowerShell remoting.




More Information

The Windows machine agent uses the Get-Volume cmdlet to access this information. This cmdlet itself has the dependency on the Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP service. Microsoft Server Manager will also be affected if this service is disabled.

Resolution


  • Ensure that the Microsoft Storage Spaces SMP service is set to Manual start-up.


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  • Configure the agent settings to use a classic connection. This is not recommended.