Can't format ReFS partition

[Guest /u/rmeman]

Trying to migrate out of an older Exchange server but I'm stuck with a DB issue and I need to move it to ReFS. It's on Windows 2012 R2, yes, I know it's EOL, but if you have any other advice except to upgrade ( which is where I'm trying to get ), let's hear it!

 

I'm trying to format a partition under Windows 2012 R2 with REFS but it keeps on saying that the format did not complete successfully

 

I also tried via powershell and it fails as well.

 

[iCODE]PS C:\Users\administrator.GG> Get-Disk 4 | New-Partition -UseMaximumSize -DriveLetter H | Format-Volume -FileSystem REFS -AllocationUnitSize 65536 -NewFileSystemLabel "Volume1" -SetIntegrityStreams $false Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Warning, all data on the volume will be lost! [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): Y Format-Volume : One or more parameter values passed to the method were invalid. At line:1 char:61 + Get-Disk 4 | New-Partition -UseMaximumSize -DriveLetter H | Format-Volume -FileS ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (MSFT_Volume (Ob...3-a4aa-80c2...):ROOT/Microsoft/...age/MSFT_Volume) [ Format-Volume], CimException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 4,Format-Volume [/iCODE]

 

Any clues ?

 

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