Dear: support

I just create fail over claster in server A and Server B. I want to create iSCSI virtual disk both of this server but I cannot create.

question: can i create iSCSI virtual disk in claster server A and B ?

Hello,

Im new in working with file clusters...

What is the difference between a share folder created in the cluster manager and File Share Resource.

File share resource: File server (role) -> Right click -> Add Resource -> More Resources -> File Share

File Share: Add file share -> SMB Share -> Create share

Both a clustered.  

Thank you

Good Morning guys

I have very serious problem in a user roaming profile.

I have redirection policy for users' desktop and documents.

I deleted the local copy of one profile and made the user to log in, but the surprise that an old version was loaded and he missed files for the last 3 months.

I changed the profile security at the server to discover the profile files and they were really for more that 3 months.

It's clear that the the profile was not updated from the local profile to the Server for this period.

Is there any chance to recover the new files ???

Hi,

First of all, I would like to start from beginning. I installed File Server Resource Manager in our Windows Server 2008 R2. We were especially using it for Quota Management. And we aren't using C drive but instead F drive (different volume) for quota management.

Suddenly one day, it stopped working therefore, I assumed that maybe if I restart it would have worked but unlike Linux which usually works, it didn't work. Now I can't get my File Server Resource Manager to start.The error which I get can be seen below:-

File Server Resource Manager Service error: Unexpected error.

Operation:
   Checking the File Server Resource Manager global configuration store.
   Starting File Server Resource Manager Service.

Error-specific details:
   Error: CGlobalStoreManager::Install(), 0x80070005, Access is denied.

I did some research and there were very limited results but none of them worked.

I tried going into System Volume Information on both C drive and F drive. I tried going insideSRM folder removing quota.xml and readding but to no avail. Finally, I removed theFile Server Role and reinstalled but it didn't really work. I still have the same problem.

I have windows 7 and I also have Windows Virtual PC with a Windows XP virtual machine installed on my system.

I would like to setup a folder on my windows 7 operating system and have my XP virtual machine see that folder.

How can I do this?

I enabled hidden system files, and they appeared. Seems like DFS marks them with this attribute to prevent accidental deletion? I did run the following commandattrib -r -h -s [path to the folder] to no avail.

I have 2 servers replicating to each other. With all of the data residing on Server1, which replicates to Server2. Server1 is Server 2008; Server2 is Server 2008 R2.

Thanks in advance!

I have two clustered nodes accessing a shared Intel JBOD.  In the JBOD I have 4 SSD's (200GB Each) and 8 HDD's (300GB Each).  I created two virtual disks (CSV1, Mirror, Fixed provisioning, 1.25 TB).  I also have a small Quorum Virtual disk (CSV1, Mirror, Fixed, 6GB).  Everything works perfect and the cluster passed the validation.  All hardware is on the supported list including the drives.  If I physically remove a drive the storage pool will show as degraded and both virtual disks will show as incomplete (as expected).  Everything continues to function normally.  My problem is that an automatic parallel rebuild never takes place.  I have 381GB of free space on the pool which is larger than any of the physical drives.  I set the RetireMissingPhysicalDisks flag to Always which I understand should set the missing drive to retired and cause a rebuild of the space.  If I slide the drive back in everything goes back to healthy.  If there anything else that needs to be set to get the space to rebuild on its own? 

ObjectId                          : {1}\\Snowball\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storag
                                    e/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.ObjectId=
                                    "{a63c5689-b1ef-41f7-b772-f001c4b2c1a3}:SP:
                                    {4095f566-b8d9-11e3-8130-a0369f3308c2}"
PassThroughClass                  :
PassThroughIds                    :
PassThroughNamespace              :
PassThroughServer                 :
UniqueId                          : {4095f566-b8d9-11e3-8130-a0369f3308c2}
AllocatedSize                     : 2782065065984
ClearOnDeallocate                 : False
EnclosureAwareDefault             : False
FriendlyName                      : StoragePool1
HealthStatus                      : Warning
IsClustered                       : True
IsPowerProtected                  : False
IsPrimordial                      : False
IsReadOnly                        : False
LogicalSectorSize                 : 4096
Name                              :
OperationalStatus                 : Degraded
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription             :
PhysicalSectorSize                : 4096
ProvisioningTypeDefault           : Fixed
ReadOnlyReason                    : None
RepairPolicy                      : Parallel
ResiliencySettingNameDefault      : Mirror
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks        : Always
Size                              : 3191160700928
SupportedProvisioningTypes        : Fixed
SupportsDeduplication             : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds   : {70}
Usage                             : Other
Version                           : Windows Server 2012 R2
WriteCacheSizeDefault             : Auto
WriteCacheSizeMax                 : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin                 : 0
PSComputerName                    :
FileSystem                        : Unknown

I was experimenting with Windows Server 2012 R2 ability to use a SSD drive in a storage pool for write-back cache.

The storage pool consists of one 1.5TB disk and one 120 GB SSD drive. After a server reboot the pool shows an error status with a caution symbol on the SSD drive.

In the health screen of the properties on the SSD drive it shows Health status: Warning and Operational status: Split.

The status of the 1.5tb disk shows Health status: Healthy and Operational Status: OK.

I can't find any reference to a Operational status: Split.

Does anyone know what the "split" status indicates and how or if it can be corrected?

PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-physicaldisk

FriendlyName        CanPool             OperationalStatus   HealthStatus        Usage                              Size
------------        -------             -----------------   ------------        -----                              ----
PhysicalDisk2       False               Split               Warning             Auto-Select                      111 GB
PhysicalDisk0       False               OK                  Healthy             Auto-Select                     1.36 TB
PhysicalDisk3       False               OK                  Healthy             Auto-Select                     1.82 TB
PhysicalDisk1       False               OK                  Healthy             Auto-Select                     2.73 TB
PhysicalDisk4       False               OK                  Healthy             Auto-Select                     2.73 TB
PhysicalDisk5       False               OK                  Healthy             Auto-Select                     1.41 TB

PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-storagepool

FriendlyName            OperationalStatus       HealthStatus            IsPrimordial            IsReadOnly
------------            -----------------       ------------            ------------            ----------
Pool-1                  Degraded                Warning                 False                   False
Primordial              OK                      Healthy                 True                    False


PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-storagepool pool-1

FriendlyName            OperationalStatus       HealthStatus            IsPrimordial            IsReadOnly
------------            -----------------       ------------            ------------            ----------
Pool-1                  Degraded                Warning                 False                   False


PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-storagepool pool-1 |get-physicaldisk

FriendlyName        CanPool             OperationalStatus   HealthStatus        Usage                              Size
------------        -------             -----------------   ------------        -----                              ----
PhysicalDisk2       False               Split               Warning             Auto-Select                      111 GB
PhysicalDisk0       False               OK                  Healthy             Auto-Select                     1.36 TB

Thanks

LauraJ

We are planning to move our file server from a Server 2008 cluster (running on an outdated SAN) to a Server 2008 R2 cluster attached to a new SAN.

The FSMT looks like the best way to accomplish this, but I have a few questions.

1. The docs don't mention 2008 R2 in any functional descriptions, but the requirements on the download link at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10268 mention 2008 R2. Does this version of the tool work with 2008 R2? If so, are there any restrictions or features that are unavailable?

2. The existing file servers are old and tend to get slowed down periodically by a combination of heavy use, security software, and automated vulnerability scans. The docs do mention graceful rollback, but is there any mechanism for retrying copies due to slow/dropped connections?

3. We cannot have a single point of failure, so DFS will have to be clustered. Can the DFS root server run on the same cluster as the source or target file servers? Target would be preferable since we intend to decommission the source cluster. (We are in a restricted environment where adding machines takes a great deal of time.)

Hi people,

I have a Public shared folder, of which I would like to limit users the ability to save or create folder at the root of the P (drive). Windows 2012 Standard 64bit.

E.g.

N:\ (root) - Users permission to view

N:\Folder A\ - Users permission to view, create, modify and delete

N:\Folder B\ - Users permission to view, create, modify and delete

N:\Folder C\ - Users permission to view, create, modify and delete

.

.

.

etc.

Is this possible?

Thank you,

Paul

I'm running windows 2008 r2. I have some drives that were mapped by Active Directory GPO. The drives now state Disconnected network drive. When I click on one drive it states the location is not available. The other drive opens the location although both state Disconnected. If I right-click and select disconnect it states This network connection does not exist. I have removed the reg entries from Map Network Drive MRU and MountPoints2. Under MountPoint2 there are a lot of {-2d4.....} entries. I did not remove them only the ones that specifically stated the drives in question. I also tried the net use delete. When I type net use the only drive that shows is the new mapped drive with a different drive letter which I have no problem with.

Is there something I'm missing?

Here is a DFS-R Health Check utility i wrote, so i though i would post a quick note about it.

http://networkadminkb.com/Utilities/Descriptions/DFS-R%20Health%20Check.aspx

If you have a large DFS-R implementation to support, you know trying to find a free utility that can quickly generate a single health report on many servers at once is nearly impossible.  (i couldn't find a single free utility).  Microsoft has their Health Reporting tool that can be ran from the command line and GUI, but it will only report on one replication group at a time.  If you have 100s of these, that's 100s of reports to generate and review.

So i decided to write a quick utility that can monitor all of our 50+ DFS-R servers/100s of replication groups and create a single report.  I can check that report daily and take action to get more information if something is abnormal, otherwise i can ignore it.  I also wrote it so it will discover new replication groups/servers automatically, so there is not much to configure.  As long as you give it the the central hub in a DFS-R replication topology, it will discover all partners from that hub.  If you have mulitple hubs, specify all of the hubs in a single text file.

The first time i ran it, it mmediately told me about 3 problems i didn't know i had, because i hadn't checked on those replication groups in months.  Luckily, they were just minor errors, but being proactive is what this utiltiy is to be used for.  If it reports a problem, you still need to review the issue, and come up with a solution on your own...its a free utility after all.

Its simple and easy to use.  Give it a try.  Comments are welcome.

Hi all,

I'm getting a really strange error when running the following sample code in powershell to add a replicated folder to an already existing replication group.

Both servers are virtual and running Server 2012 r2.

$GroupName = "FILES_SA"
$FolderName = "DEPT_Share"
$PrimaryComputer = "PrimaryServer.ad.domain.com"
$SecondaryComputer = "SecondaryServer.ad.domain.com"
$ContentPath = "M:\DEPT\SHARE"

New-DfsReplicatedFolder -GroupName $GroupName -FolderName $FolderName
Set-DfsrMembership -GroupName $GroupName -FolderName $FolderName -ComputerName $PrimaryComputer -ContentPath $ContentPath -PrimaryMember $true -Force
Set-DfsrMembership -GroupName $GroupName -FolderName $FolderName -ComputerName $SecondaryComputer -ContentPath $ContentPath -PrimaryMember $false -Force

When it gets to the last command I get the following error:

Set-DfsrMembership : Could not edit the DFSR membership with domain: ; replication group: "FILES_SA"; replicated folder: "DEPT_Share"; computer: 
SecondaryServer.ad.domain.com; GUID: None specified. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect
At C:\Users\username-admin\Desktop\Untitled2.ps1:9 char:1+ Set-DfsrMembership -GroupName $GroupName -FolderName $FolderName -ComputerName $ ...+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (DFSR membership...None specified.:String) [Set-DfsrMembership], DfsrException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Set-DfsrMembership.OMException,Microsoft.DistributedFileSystemReplication.Commands.SetDfsrMembershipCommand

I have tried to run this command using dfsradmin and get the same error.  Additionally using the GUI for this last stop results in the same error.

The only work-around I have found is to remove the replicated folder from the replication group and manually re-add it with the GUI (Specifying all the same paths.)

From what searching I've done everything says that the path has an illegal character in it, which it very clearly doesn't.  I've also tried with other folder paths with the same result.

Any ideas?

Hello

We are running DFS namespace on Windows 2008 R2 based servers. We have a requirement to do a replication of 800 Gb data between two regions as the data is required to be accessed from both the locations.  Instead of doing DFS replication of  such huge data, can we copy the data on a USB Harddisk, copy it at the remote location and do the DFS replication  - so that only the data that were changed during the transition will get copied over, instead of the whole. Is that workable?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

RKD

Hi Folks,

Having the following error when trying to create my first replication group in our domain.

Update folder security. Error - FS-02 (Subjects): Security cannot be set on the replicated folder. The administrative shared folder does not exist.

We have two server 2012 R2 VM's.  One has been in production for a while, the other is brand new.  Each one has dfs replication installed.  The disks administrative shares are accessible from each server to the other via \\fs-02\f$ and \\fs-03\f$

Permissions appear to be identical on each share on each server.  

Any sugestions on where to focus my efforts?

Hi All,

Looking for some general advice or documentation on recommend approaches to file storage.  If you were in our position how would you approach adding more rubustness into our setup?

We currently run a single 2012 R2 VM with around 6TB of user files and data.  We deduplicate the volume and use quota's.

We need a solution that provides better redundancy that a single VM.  If that VM goes offline how do we maintain user access to the files.

We use DFS to publish file shares to users and machines.

Solutions I have researched with potential draw backs:

1. Create a guest VM cluster and use a Continuosly Available File Share (not SOFS)
    - This would leave us without support for de-duplication. (we get around 50% savings atm and space is tight)
2. Create a second VM and add it as secondary DFS folder targets, configure replication between the two servers
    -  Is this the prefered enterprise approach to share avialability?  How will hosting user shares (documents etc...) cope in a replication environment.

Note: we have run a physical clustered file server in the past with great results except for the ~5 mins downtime when failover occurs.

Any thoughts on where I should be focusing my efforts?

Thanks