Storage Spaces pool physical disk resize not reflected after Azure managed disk expansion

Petcu, Dragos 0 Reputation points
2026-07-15T15:39:09.9166667+00:00

Environment:

  • OS: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (21H2)
  • VM type: SQL Server IaaS VM (Storage Spaces used for SQL Data/Log volumes)
  • Affected pool: SQLVMStoragePool2
  • Affected virtual disk: SQLVMVirtualDisk2
  • Affected volume: G: (SQLVMLOG)

Issue Summary: I resized an Azure managed data disk from 256GB to 512GB via the Azure Portal. The disk is a physical member of a Windows Storage Spaces pool (SQLVMStoragePool2) backing the G: (SQLVMLOG) volume used by SQL Server.

Goal: Extend the G: (SQLVMLOG) volume to make use of the additional 256GB that was added via the Azure disk resize.

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
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  1. TP 163.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2026-07-15T19:31:40.16+00:00

    Hi,

    From your description it sounds like you expanded the size of one of the managed disks instead of using Configure drive capability under Storage -- Management tab on the SQL virtual machine resource for your VM. For reference, below screenshot highlights button for expanding Data drive (I understand you are trying to expand Log):

    User's image

    Please confirm the technique you used.

    If you did not use the screen as shown above you will need to manually add new managed disk (e.g. P15) to VM in Azure portal. Next inside of VM use Server Manager -- File and Storage Services to add the new physical disk to the existing Storage Pool you want to increase, then once that's finished right-click on the existing virtual disk and choose Extend Virtual Disk. Finally open Disk Management, right-click on the SQLVMLOG (G:) volume and choose Extend Volume. You can do this without restarting the VM.

    As always before making any significant changes to VM I recommend you make sure you have good backup and take snapshots of existing disks.

    Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

    Thanks.

    -TP

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