Hi, is it possible to mount a VHD file on windows server 2008 (not R2)?  I created a VHD on a network share using disk management utility using a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and I need to mount the VHD on a server with Windows Server 2008.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

-sul.

Hello,

My System Volume Information folder on my Win 2008 R2 is over 300GB, total partition size is 3.7 TB. I'm using this partition to store third party backup software files. maybe a 100 files, that is all what this drive has. When I tried to delete some older System Volume Information files, nothing happens. I do not get permission denied or anything!! How can I reduce the size of this folder? Shadow copies is disabled on all partitions.

Using "contoso" as a substitute for the real name.....

I managed to set up a DFS root of the form \\contoso\users that is showing up like any share would in windows explorer when I browse\\contoso\ and I can happily use it for my folder redirection e.g.\\contoso\users\grebel

However...  I corrected a minor issue with it.

I had set it up on a DC and included the DC as namespace server when the DFS root only had a single, unclustered destination (\\files01\users). I added\\files-01 as the namespace server and removed the DCas a namespace server.  I have then tried setting up more DFS shares with the same characteristics. 

I am now setting up DFS shares directly from the 2012 R2 file server (files-01) that hosts them rather than the 2008 R1 domain controller I used for DFS configuration last time.  All shares are domainv2 without access-based-enumeration and with identical security on shares (everyone=full) and directories (default security).

All the subsequent shares are visible only in \\contoso.local\ and not in \\contoso\ the file server that hosts them all is\\files01 in the Contoso domain.

I cannot find any difference whatsoever between the DFS roots \\contoso\users and \\contoso\software or the configuration of their shares, files, etc.

But the icon for "software" is only visible in \\contoso.local\ and \\files01\

The icon for "users" is visible   in \\contoso\, \\contoso.local\ and \\files01\

\\contoso\software works the same as \\contoso\users but is simply not browsable via \\contoso\ in windows explorer. 

Do you a solution or have any pointers on how I make "software" visible in\\contoso\ ?  I can't find any clear documentation on the relationship between browsing and dfsn roots, sysvol, etc.

What characteristic controls whether a DFSroot is browsable in the \\domain\ as well as the \\FQDN\ ?  I assume it has to be DFSN, but can't find that change I need to make.

Thanks in advance....

Hi,

Currently Win2012 does not support indexing files which are de-duplicated (has a junction point) by the search service.

Does anyone know if this will be fixed at some point?

Do Win2012 R2 has the same bug?

Regards

Robert

Scanner scans for network location: \\ server1 \ scanner \ test \ 

client computers have shortcut to this network location, only if there is scanned and it is now at this location is not. see the client computer scanned file 
Only when you open a previously scanned file that is visible on the client computer, and then allowed to manually refresh the folder (f5) are the newly scanned files will be visible. 
What to do about against this problem?

Maybe is this the solution:

http://serverfault.com/questions/242306/windows-file-share-why-sometimes-newly-created-files-arent-visible-for-some-pe

As stated in the title...

What are the minimum required NTFS permissions on a shared folder on a server to allow a user from a remote PC to encrypt files in that folder?

Full or Modify?

We had a cryptlocker incident recently and while the infected PC I think tried to encrypt the files on the server it couldn't. Our users do not have admin rights on their PCs and could only have "Modify" as their highest possible permission on any server share.

I've found conflicting articles one stating you n "Modify" but another article stating the reason you got "Access Denied" was that you needed "Full Control"

I intend to test but to save time I thought I'd ask.

Thanks

RS

I'm replicating between two servers in two sites (Server A - Server 2012 R2 STD, Server B - Server 2008 R2) over a VPN (Sonicwall Firewall).  Though the initial replication seems to be happening it is very slow (the folder in question is less than 3GB).  I'm seeing these in the event viewer every few minutes:

The DFS Replication service is stopping communication with partner PPIFTC for replication group FTC due to an error. The service will retry the connection periodically.

Additional Information:

Error: 1726 (The remote procedure call failed.)

and then....

The DFS Replication service successfully established an inbound connection with partner PPIFTC for replication group FTC.

-------------------------------------------

Here are all my troubleshooting steps (keep in mind that our VPN is going through a SonicWall <--I increased the TCP timeout to 24 hours):

-Increased TCP Timeout to 24 hours 

-Added the following values on both sending and receiving members and rebooted server

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Value =DisableTaskOffload

Type = DWORD

Data = 1

Value =EnableTCPChimney

Type = DWORD

Data = 0

Value =EnableTCPA

Type = DWORD

Data = 0

Value =EnableRSS

Type = DWORD

Data = 0

---------------------------------more troubleshooting--------------------------

-Disabled AntiVirus on both members

-Made sure DFSR TCP ports 135 & 5722 are open

-Installed all hotfixes for 2008 R2 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968429) and rebooted

-Ran NETSTAT –ANOBP TCP and the DFS executable results are listed below:

Sending Member:

[DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:53            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       1692

[DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:54669        10.x.x.x:5722          TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:54673        10.x.x.x:5722          ESTABLISHED     1656

 [DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:64773        10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     1692

[DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:64787        10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     1656

 [DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:64795        10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     2104

Receiving Member:

[DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:56683        10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     7472

 [DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:57625        10.x.x.x:54886         ESTABLISHED     2808

[DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61759        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61760        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61763        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61764        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61770        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61771        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61774        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61775        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61776        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61777        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61778        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61779        10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0

  TCP    10.x.x.x:61784        10.x.x.x:52757         ESTABLISHED     7472

[DFSRs.exe]

  TCP    10.x.x.x:63661        10.x.x.x:63781         ESTABLISHED     4880

------------------------------more troubleshooting--------------------------

-Increased Staging to 32GB

-Opened the ADSIedit.msc console to verify the "Authenticated Users" is set with the default READ permission on the following object:

a. The computer object of the DFS server

b. The DFSR-LocalSettings object under the DFS server computer object

-Ranping <var>10.x.x.x</var> -f -l 1472 and got replies back from both servers

-AD replication is successful on all partners

-Nslookup is working so DNS is working

-Updated NIC drivers on both servers

- I ran the following to set the Primary Member:

dfsradmin Membership Set /RGName:<replication group name> /RFName:<replicated folder name> /MemName:<primary member> /IsPrimary:True

Then Dfsrdiag Pollad /Member:<member name>

I'm seeing these errors in the dfsr logs:

20141014 19:28:17.746 9116 SRTR   957 [WARN] SERVER_EstablishSession Failed to establish a replicated folder session. connId:{45C8C309-4EDD-459A-A0BB-4C5FACD97D44} csId:{7AC7917F-F96F-411B-A4D8-6BB303B3C813} Error:
+ [Error:9051(0x235b) UpstreamTransport::EstablishSession upstreamtransport.cpp:808 9116 C The content set is not ready]
+ [Error:9051(0x235b) OutConnection::EstablishSession outconnection.cpp:532 9116 C The content set is not ready]
+ [Error:9051(0x235b) OutConnection::EstablishSession outconnection.cpp:471 9116 C The content set is not ready]

---------------------------------------more troubleshooting-----------------------------

I've done a lot of research on the Internet and most of it is pointing to the same stuff I've tried.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?  Maybe I need to look somewhere else on the server side or firewall side? 

I tried replicating from a 2012 R2 server to another 2012 server and am getting the same events in the event log so maybe it's not a server issue. 

Some other things I'm wondering:

-Could it be the speed of the NICs?  Server A is a 2012 Server that has Hyper-V installed.  NIC teaming was initially setup and since Hyper-V is installed the NIC is a "vEthernet (Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver Virtual Switch) running at a speed of 10.0Gbps whereas Server B is running a single NIC at 1.0Gbps

-Could occasional ping timeout's cause the issue?  From time to time I get a timeout but it's not as often as the events I'm seeing.  I'm getting 53ms pings.  The folder is only 3 GB so it shouldn't take that long to replicate but it's been days.  The schedule I have set for replication is mostly all day except for our backup times which start at 11pm-5am.  Throughout the rest of the time I have it set anywhere from 4Mbps to 64 Kbps.  Server A is on a 5mb circuit and Server B is on a 10mb circuit. 

I have a strange situation where I have 2 users both setup exactly the same with admin rights on a 2003 (32 bit) server through an AD group membership, but one can do everything as expected but the other can't.

The one that can't is trying to execute a program is a command prompt and keeps getting access denied or invalid directory when trying to cd into the folder.   I double and tripled check the permissions and they are correct, this person should have full admin.  In fact I did a effective permissions through explorer and it states full rights.  Along those lines this person can also access the folder in question through explorer just not a command prompt. 

Has anyone seen this before ? and if so what can be done about it.

Thanks

I had a problem with creating and/or importing VHDX files to iSCSI Target server.  While using Server Manager in the iSCSI wizard to create the target, the wizard would fail the following when trying to create the VHDX file.

WS-management service cannot process the request the wmi service or the wmi provider returned an unknown error 0x80041004

While looking through the events in WMI-Activity, I would see the following errors generated, even when I ran the wizard on the local host server:

Id = {B7CD9665-F333-0001-2C99-CDB733F3CF01}; ClientMachine = XXXXX; User = XXXXX\Administrator; ClientProcessId = 680; Component = Unknown; Operation = Start IWbemServices::ExecMethod - root\wmi : WT_Disk::ImportWTDisk; ResultCode = 0x80041004; PossibleCause = Unknown

or

Id = {B7CD9665-F333-0002-7497-CDB733F3CF01}; ClientMachine = XXXXX; User = XXXXX\Administrator; ClientProcessId = 452; Component = Unknown; Operation = Start IWbemServices::ExecMethod - root\wmi : WT_Disk::CreateVhdWTDisk; ResultCode = 0x80041004; PossibleCause = Unknown

Within Server Manager, the event reported would be:

The Microsoft iSCSI Target Server service could not create the virtual disk using device V:\iscsivirtualdisks\testvhd.vhdx. The operation failed with error code 2147749892.

I could not create or import any VHDX files using the wizard at all.  I had no problems creating them using DISKPART or even through using the Disk Management.

To attempt to resolve the issue, I removed the following patches:

KB2995388
KB3000061

I then proceeded to remove the following Roles:

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
Windows Standard-Based Storage Management (SMI-S)

I re-applied KB2995388 and did "not" install KB3000061, and now the wizard works perfectly and there are no more errors generated in WMI-Activity.  Something either with those roles or in KB3000061 is causing a problem with WT_Disk::CreateVhdWTDisk and WT_Disk::ImportWTDisk...

I worked on this for two days to try to get it back online (which it is now), and am quite afraid to try re-adding KB3000061 or those other roles again until I know for certain what the cause is.

any insight would be really helpful!

We've been using redirected files for our documents and desktop folders. The built-in offline files feature of Windows 7 is not the most reliable. People have to remember to manually sync their files before they leave and when they return. Sometimes their status appears as offline when they are in the office. Right clicking on the green Sync Center icon and choosing 'Sync All' usually does nothing. Users have to highlight the contents of their documents folder, right click, and choose sync selected files. Then, the icon will spin and sync. This technology has been around for over a decade, yet it does not always run automatically in the background when it should. Some users see the icon spin when they log into the computer, but who is really watching for this?

How are you handling this feature of Windows? Are you using a third party sync tool instead? Is there a setting we should change?

hello,

i'm currently running a network composed of 6 six computers and 1 server

the server is running windows server 2008 R2, it's a domain controller and I've also got xampp installed on it for two web sites (xibo and another).

the 6 six computers are all linked to the domain and they each auto log in to their own account (pc1, pc2, pc3,...)

on these computers are installed games that need to download update some even have weekly updates, if all of the computer download their own updates it kills the internet speed.

so what i'm looking to do is to centralize the updates on to one computer what would be the server I've installed the games on the server and the other computers

all i need now is a system, script, service, synchronize, proxy, role or any other way to update the games files on the other computers
i would rather that this is done when the computers start up

I've already tried launching the games from a network drive on the other computers but i can't launch them multiple times 

another thing that i would like is that they only update the files (copy whats needed) that way it will take less time to do and to limit the use of the network

any solution are welcomed

if this is in the wrong section please just say
i was also not sure weather to put it in this section or this one 
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=itmanager

Hello,

I have a problem with replication of SYSVOL folder on one of my DC.

In Event viewer, i have an 5012 event with error 6026 (The connection is invalid)

In log file of dfsr :

20141029 09:46:30.538 4232 INCO  6837 [WARN] InConnection::ReConnectAsync Failed to connect, (attempts: 135) connId:{068D5F2E-03D7-40E5-A21F-4CFA82748FF5} Error:
+    [Error:9027(0x2343) InConnection::ConnectNetwork inconnection.cpp:5783 4232 C Une défaillance a été signalée par le partenaire distant.]
+    [Error:9027(0x2343) DownstreamTransport::EstablishConnection downstreamtransport.cpp:4123 4232 C Une défaillance a été signalée par le partenaire distant.]
+    [Error:9027(0x2343) DownstreamTransport::EstablishConnection downstreamtransport.cpp:4045 4232 C Une défaillance a été signalée par le partenaire distant.]
+    [Error:9026(0x2342) DownstreamTransport::EstablishConnection downstreamtransport.cpp:4045 4232 C La connexion n’est pas valide.]
20141029 09:47:06.030 4456 CREG  1449 Config::RegReader::IsSysVolCommitFlagSet key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DFSR\Parameters\SysVols\Demoting SysVols valueName:'SysVol Information is Committed' result:0
20141029 09:47:06.030 4456 FCFG   832 Configuration::PollAdConfigNow Connection with AD is still active. adServer:DISCDAD31.ad-mairie.domain.fr dsServer:DISCDAD31.ad-mairie.domain.fr

AND

20141029 09:47:06.061 4456 CFAD  5658 [WARN] Config::AdSnapshot::GetSysVolCxtions [SYSVOL] Inbound connection object is inconsistent for missing partner object. dn:CN=DISCDAD31,CN=NTDS Settings,CN=HDVCDAD31,CN=Servers,CN=HDV,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad-mairie,DC=domain,DC=fr, partner:CN=NTDS Settings,CN=DISCDAD31,CN=Servers,CN=DB-Atelier-Marquis,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad-mairie,DC=domain,DC=fr
20141029 09:47:06.061 4456 CFAD  5684 [WARN] Config::AdSnapshot::GetSysVolCxtions [SYSVOL] Outbound connection object is inconsistent for missing partner object. dn:CN=HDVCDAD31,CN=NTDS Settings,CN=DISCDAD31,CN=Servers,CN=DB-Atelier-Marquis,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad-mairie,DC=domain,DC=fr, partner:CN=NTDS Settings,CN=DISCDAD31,CN=Servers,CN=DB-Atelier-Marquis,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=ad-mairie,DC=domain,DC=fr

I have 8 DC, all on 2008R2 SP1 with same update.

Thanks for your help !

Hi Dear All,

I have two domain at two diffrent location i have configured dfs between both domain.

but problem is that i have creted two folder but i unable to see daat in one folder

i mean data not replicating in one folder.

event error 1 The DFS Replication service encountered an error communicating with partner LON2 for replication group hmxmedia.com\cgi\fromlondontopune. 

event error 2 

The File Replication Service has detected that the replica set "DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)" is in JRNL_WRAP_ERROR. 

 Replica set name is    : "DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)" 
 Replica root path is   : "c:\windows\sysvol\domain" 
 Replica root volume is : "\\.\C:" 
 A Replica set hits JRNL_WRAP_ERROR when the record that it is trying to read from the NTFS USN journal is not found.  This can occur because of one of the following reasons. 

 [1] Volume "\\.\C:" has been formatted. 
 [2] The NTFS USN journal on volume "\\.\C:" has been deleted. 
 [3] The NTFS USN journal on volume "\\.\C:" has been truncated. Chkdsk can truncate the journal if it finds corrupt entries at the end of the journal. 
 [4] File Replication Service was not running on this computer for a long time. 
 [5] File Replication Service could not keep up with the rate of Disk IO activity on "\\.\C:". 
 Setting the "Enable Journal Wrap Automatic Restore" registry parameter to 1 will cause the following recovery steps to be taken to 

plz help me and let me know

Madhukar

91 8149134481

Hi Techies,

I need to deploy a Branch Cache Solution for one of the client’s remote office. Users in the remote office need to access 3 files shares from two different locations (parent or main office). Below are the complete setup details:-

1. Branch Office:-

a) Number of Users: 50

b) Local Servers: Yes (Domain Controller and File Server)

c) Client Operating System:Windows 7 Enterprise

d) Local File Server O.S (For Branch Cache):Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard x64

e) Clustered: NO

2. Main Office 1:-

a) File Server O.S(For Content server):Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard x64

b) Clustered: NO

3. Main Office 2:

a) File Server O.S (For Content Server):-Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x64

b) Clustered: YES

4.Network Bandwidth: The branch office is connected to the main offices through4 MBPS MPLS cloud link.

Based on the above environment, I need to deploy a Branch Cache solution and have few questions below:-

1. Can I have partner servers with different Operating systems (Server on remote site is 2012 R2 and Content Servers on Main offices are 2008 R2 both Standard and Enterprise respectively)

2. Is Branch Cache service Cluster aware as one of the above main office server is clustered for File services.

3. I know the recommendation for 50 clients is distributed cache model, but I do have a local File server in remote location. providing this which one is the best solution and effective one?

Regards,

Imran Khan

Symptom

There is a folder called System Volume Information in the root of each drive. (Figure 1)

Sometimes, you may find the size of System Volume Information folder is too large. However,it is not recommended to delete the files in it casually sincethe System Volume information folder iscreated by the Operating System and used by Windows for storing critical information related to the system configuration.

Figure 1.

Note:The System Volume Information folderis a hidden system folder on each drive by default, you can show the hidden files and folders before accessing it.

Cause                                                  

In general, the System Volume Information folder containsSystem Restore points, Distributed Link Tracking Service databases, Content Indexing Service databases, WinFS databases and information used by the Volume Snapshot Service.

If you enable shadow copies on a volume, more and more VSS snapshots will be created in the "System Volume Information" folder. Then the size of this folder will become too large.

Solution                                                                                           

You can follow the steps below to free up the space of System Volume Information folder safely:                                      

1. Delete the GUIDs files in System Volume Information folder using DiskShadow.exe.

1) Open a command prompt with administrator privilege, then type “DiskShadow.exe” at the command prompt.

2) Type “Delete shadows OLDEST <BackupStorageLocation>” at the command prompt.

3) Type “Exit” to exit DiskShadow.exe.

2. Changing the amount of disk space available to VSS

1) Right-click on the drive you want to configure, and click “Properties”.

2) Click “Shadow Copies” and then click “Settings”. (Figure 2)

Figure 2.

3) Choose “Use limit" and type the maximum size you want to set for the shadow copies, then click “Ok”. (Figure 3)

Figure 3.

Note: The extra shadow copies would be deleted in System Volume Information folder once youconfigure the Maximum size to a lower value than before.It will delete the older shadow copies firstly. Before you configure this setting, please make sure that you have enough space to create shadow copies.

More Information

What's the deal with the System Volume Information folder?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/20/55764.aspx

Backup Version and Space Management in Windows Server Backup

http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/22/backup-version-and-space-management-in-windows-server-backup.aspx

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When moving a file in the same NTFS volume on Server 2008 R2 the file permissions are the original one.

What I want is the file when moved to inherit the destination permissions. And I read here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310316 that it might be possible if I create a registry key MoveSecurityAttributes. But I created the key, the user logs of and on and when moving a file on same volume the original file permissions are in place, instead of the destination.

Is the KB obsolete? I tested this with Server 2008 R2 and 2012 to no success. Is there other registry keys in this versions of Windows ? 

How can I have the destination inherited permissions when I move a file in same NTFS volume ?

Ps: I found two similar threads

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/ef80f332-aaa1-42c2-b849-6c4d7d4b606b/moving-files-in-the-same-volume-permissions?forum=winserverfiles

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/87c14e1a-4a28-4a24-98fb-f308d0a4381a/filefolder-move-permissions-not-changed?forum=winserverfiles

Trying to restore shadow copies of files that have changed in error.

If on the file server (Windows 2008 r2) you drill down to the file that needs to be restored and right click "Restore previous version" no previous version show up.  However if you right click on the parent directory and right click "Restore previous version" you can then open up a previous version of the directory and copy/open the file from that window. 

Is there any reason why you cant just select the file with out having to go via the parent directory?