What does HRESULT 0xC0380018 (ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES) mean?

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ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES a disk in the volume layout provides extents to more than one plex.

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Constant	Type	OS
STATUS_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES	NTSTATUS	Windows

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ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES

ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES (0xC0380018) is a Windows Volume Manager HRESULT. A disk is assigned to more than one plex in the proposed volume layout.

What to check for ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES

Check the planned volume topology and the disk list passed to the operation.
Avoid assigning the same physical disk to multiple redundancy copies.
Validate the configuration with the intended capacity and failure-domain design before creating the volume.

REM Diagnostic context: ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_USED_BY_MULTIPLE_PLEXES
diskpart
list disk
select disk <number>
detail disk
list partition

Do not use clean to diagnose a layout problem: it removes partition information from the selected disk.

This result reference: Microsoft: Basic and Dynamic Disks.

This result reference: Microsoft: DiskPart command reference.

This result reference: Microsoft: Convert a disk type to Dynamic or Basic.

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