Implement Data Deduplication

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/powershell-direct https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/overview

Install the Data Deduplication Install-WindowsFeature FS-Data-Deduplication Data-Deduplication-IncludeAllSubFeature

Enable dedup on a volume Enable-DedupVolume -Volume Z: -UsageType Default

Modify the volume dedup policy Set-DedupVolume -Volume Z: -MinimumFileAgeDays 3

Manually invoke optimization for the dedup volume Start-DedupJob --Volume Z: -Type Optimization -Memory 50

Obtained job details Update-DedupStatus | fl #Verify info is up to date Get-DedupStatus

Extra Management options Expand-DedupStatus Get-Command -module Deduplication Get-Command -noun DedupSchedule

Remove Dedup, verify adequate storage is available Start-DedupJob -Volume d: -Type Unoptimized