What does HRESULT 0x80E70012 (ERROR_SPACES_DRIVE_OPERATIONAL_STATE_INVALID) mean?

 
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ERROR_SPACES_DRIVE_OPERATIONAL_STATE_INVALID

Health and operational state answer different questions

ERROR_SPACES_DRIVE_OPERATIONAL_STATE_INVALID means a physical disk cannot participate in the requested operation while it is in its current operational state. A disk may still report a broadly healthy condition while also being Removing from Pool, Starting, Stopping, Lost Communication, or involved in another transition.

Forcing the next action without understanding that state can conflict with retirement, repair, reset, or metadata synchronization. The correct response depends on the exact OperationalStatus, HealthStatus, and Usage values, not on this HRESULT alone.

Identify and finish the existing transition

  • Query Get-PhysicalDisk with health, operational status, usage, and cannot-pool reason.
  • Check whether a remove, reset, repair, or storage job is still active.
  • Restore connectivity before clearing a Lost Communication state.
  • Confirm that a retired disk's data has been repaired elsewhere before removal.
  • Use Reset-PhysicalDisk only for the documented recovery scenario.
  • Correlate state changes with StorageSpaces-Driver operational events.

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