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file and print sharing resource is online but isn't responding to connection attempts

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Hello Experts,

I am facing issue with File Share over internet. I have a Server 2016 instance in AWS and I created few Shared Folders on that Server.

I am able to access those Shared Folder over public IP <\\Public IP\Share> from Server 2016 hosted in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud but unable to access the Shared Folder from Windows 10. I have enclosed the Windows Diagnostics Log here.

While troubleshooting the issue, I tried below steps but no luck. Please advice...

Allowed all traffics in AWS Security Group

Disabled Windows Firewall on Windows 2016 as well as Windows 10

Enabled SMB 1.0/CIFS Client on Windows 10

Tried to Telnet on port 445 but it was a failure

Disabled StrictNameChecking and SMB2Protocol on Server 2016. I used below commands:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration –EnableStrictNameChecking $False

Set-SmbServerConfiguration –EnableSMB2Protocol $False

Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Networking
Date:          10-08-2018 6.55.26 PM
Event ID:      4000
Task Category: Diagnosis Success
Level:         Information
Keywords:      (70368744177664),Core Events
User:          LOCAL SERVICE
Computer:      XXXXXXX
Description:
The Network Diagnostics Framework has completed the diagnosis phase of operation. The following repair option was offered: 

Helper Class Name: TransportConnection

Root Cause:  file and print sharing resource (IP Address) is online but isn't responding to connection attempts.

The remote computer isn’t responding to connections on port 445, possibly due to firewall or security policy settings, or because it might be temporarily unavailable. Windows couldn’t find any problems with the firewall on your computer.  

Root Cause Guid: {767897d8-7825-4413-ad95-d2ab2ca37281} 

Repair option: Contact the service provider or owner of the remote system for further assistance, or try again later 

RepairGuid: {36e90720-4fb8-4f74-a98f-f3ecce18873f} 

Seconds required for repair: 0 

Security context required for repair: 0

Interface:  ({00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000})
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Networking" Guid="{36C23E18-0E66-11D9-BBEB-505054503030}" />
    <EventID>4000</EventID>
    <Version>1</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>4</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x4000400000000001</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-08-10T13:25:26.607601500Z" />
    <EventRecordID>10620</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="{21855325-F05A-49E6-9D3B-593DCC7488C0}" />
    <Execution ProcessID="4380" ThreadID="9552" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>xxxxxxx</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="RootCause"> file and print sharing resource (IP Address) is online but isn't responding to connection attempts.

The remote computer isn’t responding to connections on port 445, possibly due to firewall or security policy settings, or because it might be temporarily unavailable. Windows couldn’t find any problems with the firewall on your computer. </Data>
    <Data Name="RootCauseGUID">{767897D8-7825-4413-AD95-D2AB2CA37281}</Data>
    <Data Name="RepairOption">Contact the service provider or owner of the remote system for further assistance, or try again later</Data>
    <Data Name="RepairGUID">{36E90720-4FB8-4F74-A98F-F3ECCE18873F}</Data>
    <Data Name="SecondsRequired">0</Data>
    <Data Name="SIDTypeRequired">0</Data>
    <Data Name="HelperClassName">TransportConnection</Data>
    <Data Name="InterfaceDesc">
    </Data>
    <Data Name="InterfaceGUID">{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>


Thanks & Regards, Prosenjit Sen.


Storport.sys BSOD on Windows Server 2012 R2

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I recently purchased a Server that houses 45 4TB drives to use as my backup to disk solution. I installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard so that I could take advantage of Microsoft's Storage Spaces. I have configured the Storage Pool with Dual Parity with 3 hot spares. I have also updated every thing to the most current firmware, drivers and Windows Updates that I could find but I am still getting the BSOD. I am using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3 to backup my file server to this server. It will run for anywhere between 12 to 31 hours transferring 1.5 to 3TB and then my server will Blue Screen and every time it Blue Screens it says it is caused by the storport.sys Driver. I've found articles talking about the storport.sys driver causing nonpaged pool leaks but that was for Windows Server 2008 R2, I can't find anything for Windows Server 2012 R2. If you need additional information just let me know and I will provide it. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

ReFS test with corrupt data. Does it work?

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Has anybody here actually tested the resiliency features of ReFS with example files exhibiting corruption?  I am doing some testing right now and would like to compare notes with others.

How to make domain administrator as the owner for every file/folder on specific folder?

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Hi,

I can't seem find a way how to do this setup.

The creator of the object is always the owner of the file.

The only way that I can change the ownership of the object that was created by a normal user was to change the ownership is to go properties>security>advance and change it to domain administrator.

Is there a way to do this automatically even if a new object is created on that folder?

Thanks,

Stephen

Data Integrity Scan Doesn't Work

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When I run the Data Integrity Scan manually within the Task Scheduler, it runs and completes immediately without doing anything even though I know there are corrupt files in the volume.  The following are the event log entries.  Notice that most of my files are skipped.  Why doesn't the scan attempt to fix corrupted files?

Integrity is both enabled and enforced for all of the several hundred files.  The ReFS storage space is a two-way mirror.  Both drives are attached via SATA and the motherboard BIOS SATA Configuration is AHCI.

Information:

Started checking data integrity.

 

Information:

Disk scan started on \\?\PhysicalDrive9 (\\?\Disk{ecb98218-784e-47d5-b316-941ae9595eb4})

 

Error:

Volume metadata scrub operation failed.

Volume name: I:

Metadata reference: 0x204

Range offset: 0x0

Range length (in bytes): 0x0

Bytes repaired: 0x0

Bytes not repaired: 0x3000

Status: The specified copy of the requested data could not be read.

 

Error:

Files were skipped during the volume scan.

Files skipped: 310

Volume name: I:\ (\??\Volume{53d99c4e-9ad6-11e8-8448-0cc47ad896dd}\)

First skipped file name: I:

HResult: The specified copy of the requested data could not be read.

 

Information:

Volume scan completed on I:\ (\??\Volume{53d99c4e-9ad6-11e8-8448-0cc47ad896dd}\)

Bytes repaired: 0x0

Bytes not repaired: 0x3000

HResult: The operation completed successfully.

 

Information:

Disk scan completed on \\?\PhysicalDrive9 (\\?\Disk{ecb98218-784e-47d5-b316-941ae9595eb4})

 

Information:

Completed data integrity check.





Windows 10 system - Open file session on file server

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 I we have windows 2008 file server - where one of windows 10 system - even is should down - it shows open file session on file server. Is their any update of patch for windows 10 which can fix this issue

\\ UNC path vs. DFSN path

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so on the LAN we use \\domain.local\namespace for my docs and a shared folder. My docs are made available off line, shared docs are not.

servers are 2012r2 and 2016 and clients are windows 7 to windows 10.

Problem:

occasionally we gets complaints from users who can't use DFSN path to the shared folder, they have to use the UNC path i.e.,\\servername\share etc. We see this on the LAN and over VPN and haven't been able to figure it out.

Any ideas?

Backup and Restore Quotas - FSRM

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We are copying all our shares to a different drive on Windows Server 2012 R2.

Once this is done, we will be making the drive the same letter of the previous drive. During this process, the old drive letter will be unavailable and this will cause all shares to disconnect and remove all quotas we currently have in place is FSRM.

I have found out how to import all the shares.

Is there a was i can do a backup and restore of fsrm quotas and file screens? (note...this not for the templates)
I was using powershell Get-FSRMQuota, which allows me to view the quotas but not to export them, and if i am able to export them, then how do i import afterwars


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Bandwidth for single SMB operation

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Hi!

I have two servers Win 2016 with network adapters 10Gbs (with RSS support, but without RDMA). If run 4-5 file operations in parallel (copying a few very large files), then the total speed will be 8-9Gbs. If  run a single operation - about 2. Question: what limits the speed of a single operation? Where to see, what to try to tune?

Thanks

Alex


WBR, Alex

Windows Search missing files when searching from parent but not subfolder

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We have recently moved a file server from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 and are experience very bad Windows Search results. I have Windows Search installed on the file server and have indexed the contents (over 1 million files). What I have found is if I search for our specific test file in the parent directory it will not return all the results. For example we search "withdraw" and it missing things like "withdraw v3", "withdraw v2", and other variations. 

However if I go into a subfolder that the file may be in (or within child folders of that subfolder) then it finds it. Some of these files I am talking about could be 6 levels deep on the file system.

I have already tried rebuilding the index and third party search tools find it without any issues. Is there some sort of limitation I am not aware about?

The server is 2012 R2 and the workstations are Windows 7 Pro. We do use DFS but I have tried mapping a drive to the share directly and it does the same.


Server 2012 R2 Network share - search / indexing issue

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Hello,

I have a network share the was moved from a Server 2008 R2 to a Server2012 R2 system. The issue is searching the network files on the new system. I can open 2 explorer windows, one to the old share, one to the new share and search, as an example, *.pdf. On the new share it will list, again for example, 4,000 files, when I search the old share the search returns 165,000 files. Indexing is on, the desired folders are selected, and I have already rebuilt the index several times. This has had absolutely no effect on the issue. **I will not rebuild it again because it takes 36-72 hours to complete** during this time all searching is disabled. This folder is search by multiple users daily. **If "rebuild the index" is your solution please don't bother posting.** For some workstation systems if they check the "Don't use index to search..." box in search options, search in the new network share will list 165,000 files. This does not work for all systems (only seems to work for Windows 10 systems). These folders have 2-way file replication enabled so they should be exact copies. It seems automatic indexing is not adding all of the files. Here is the question, how do Iforce windows to index specific folders and files. I have seen this issue reported in several posts across various Microsoft forums but I have not found a working solution.

I am not allowed to upload screenshots or I would have.

How would we get Shadowcopy to send notification of status - e.g. successful shadowcopy - with some stats. Either email or event log alerts would do.

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Hi,

How would we get Shadowcopy to send notification of status - e.g. successful shadowcopy - with some stats.  Either email or event log alerts would do. 

Any alerts or reports?

thanks,

Server 2016 Work Folders and Windows 10 1803 Sync Question

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We've just deployed Work Folders in our organisation and so far we're loving it. It solves a lot of issues and enhances our user's experience.

I have a question about .ini files. 

We have essentially created a work folder on their laptops containing C:\Users\Username\Work Folders\...

  • Documents
  • Desktop
  • Downloads

We've used GP to redirect their associated folders to this new location using folder redirection. This allows remote workers to save and open files without the files going over the WAN everytime as we've set it to always be available whilst offline. 

One big problem we have at the moment is with the sync icons. When I look at File Explorer, it'll show Desktop, Downloads and Documents with a BLUE Sync Arrows. If I click on those folders, everything is green ticks. This simple GUI glitch throws the user into thinking it's not synchronising correctly. My understanding of this behaviour is a result of the desktop.ini file. Work Folders ignore .ini .tmp files. So if a user has those, then the top level folder shows as continuously syncing, even though it's not. 

Now, I'm new to this feature and as far as I understand, it has been about since Windows Server 2012 R2. Does this always happen? Is it normal behaviour to show the top level folders with the blue sync arrows, even though everything inside has synced or is it a relatively new GUI bug that affects Windows 10 1803?

You can replicate this behaviour simply by adding a .ini file inside a work folder. The top-level folder will show the syncing icons. The sync control panel will show green - syncronised. 

Does anybody have a workaround so I don't throw the users experience off? I'm getting support calls because they think it' not syncing.

Thank you

Shared Access

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Hi All, 

I had a windows 7 machine built to share a folder on my workgroup network. I slowly grew my network and begun getting an error that there was too many simultaneous connections. 

I was told to upgrade to server 2016 STD so i purchased it and have it installed and running still as a workgroup and have shared the folder but it still seems to be happening. Have i missed something ?? 

They are all windows machine either 7 or 10 and they are all using one users credentials to auth the shared folder. Should we be using seperate usernames and passwords to authenticate the shared folder?

thanks in advance 

Anthony

Workstation service wont start - error 2

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I'm running Windows 2008 server enterprise r2 and I got hit by a nasty virus that modified a bunch of my services and its dependencies.  Since then I'm having a problem getting the workstation service to start.  When I try to start it, it reports:

Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

I confirmed c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe & wkssvc.dll exist and have the proper dates (they match another 2008 install I have).

For DependOnService I have:

Browser, MRxSmb10, MRxSmb20, NSI

Any suggestions?

 


Windows 2016 storage server (NAS) iSCSI VHDX virtual disk - backup method?

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I have a Windows 2016 storage server (NAS) with a local iSCSI Target virtual disk that stores video files. I understand the .vhdx virtual disk is always open (shared). I also understand this "virtual disk" is not a true VM disk from a technical standpoint.

Consequently, a shadow copy or snapshot is not possible at the time of a backup. Hyper V is not installed on the NAS - I don't think its compatible with iSCSI virtual disks. What product, Microsoft or other can I utilize to backup the open shared iSCSI drive and when a restore is needed will allow one to drill down to the file(s) to be restored vs. restoring the entire iSCSI drive image? 

Thanks, 

Milty 


milty60

DFS Namespace Folder creation error: File Already Exists

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I am moving from a traditional File Server with Mapped Drives to DFS on a Windows Server 2012 R2. I created 2 namespaces with Folders below the Namespaces. I did move a folder from old server to the folder in the namespace and when I tried to add the folder it gives me an error that "The File Exists".

I moved the folder out of the namespace, still will not let me add 8 hours later. I decided to rename the folder to see if that helped but same error.

Why can I not created folder under namespace even though I moved and renamed the folder?

Mapped Drive Showing Incorrect Storage Used

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My organization uses Windows Server 2008 R2 for our file server. Each user has a mapped drive with 10 GB of storage space, which is mapped to a folder within the file server. One user has a mapped drive which is showing as almost full (188 KB of storage space remaining). However, when I check on the file server itself, the folder is only 1.5 GB. I have tried remapping the drive on the user's computer, but it still shows up as nearly full. When checking the folder with WinDirStat, it also shows as only 1.5 GB. The OS of the user's computer is Windows 10 Pro. I've looked around, but cannot find any solutions for this problem. Any help would be appreciated!

Storage Spaces Direct S2D - Performance Storage Tier not created automatically after enabling S2D

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Hello everyone.

I have two nodes configuration for Storage Spaces Direct.

The servers were built following the R730xd Dell Matrix Compatibility with S2D with certified components, firmwares and drivers.

Everything goes fine with its configuration until I enabled S2D and checked the Storage Tiers created:It only created Capacity Storage Tier. My current configuration per server (both identical in every component) is:

- Cache: 4 x SSD Dell Enterprise 1.98 TB

- Storage: 8 x HDD Dell Enterprise 8 TB

The cache:storage ratio is 1:2 - the one suggested by Microsoft in this scenario.

Enabling S2D shows in the final validation report that the SSD's are marked as "Disk Used for Cache memory" with an asterisk. Also after creating the pool all the disk are selected and SSD's are marked as Journal, getting all the free space for themselves, and HDD's are marked as Auto-Select with almost all the free space available.

But after this I have checked the Storage Tiers created and only Capacity is showing. No Performance Storage Tier was created for the cache SSD's. I tried creating it manually but no free space is available for this storage tier when trying to create a new virtual disk.

PS C:\Users\xx> get-storagetier -friendlyname capacity, performance | fl *


Usage                  : Data
ProvisioningType       : Fixed
AllocationUnitSize     : Auto
MediaType              : HDD
FaultDomainAwareness   : StorageScaleUnit
ColumnIsolation        : PhysicalDisk
NumberOfColumns        : Auto
NumberOfGroups         : 1
ParityLayout           :
ObjectId               : {1}\\S2D_CLUSTER\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StorageTier.Object
                         806d0-73d2-4312-9a54-7238280672d4}:ST:{a39a3509-81e6-49f5-81a5-3e3228700390}{3da1103b-
                         4-8dc5-daab62bb5584}"
PassThroughClass       :
PassThroughIds         :
PassThroughNamespace   :
PassThroughServer      :
UniqueId               : {3da1103b-921a-4ef4-8dc5-daab62bb5584}
AllocatedSize          : 0
Description            :
FootprintOnPool        : 0
FriendlyName           : Capacity
Interleave             : 262144
NumberOfDataCopies     : 2
PhysicalDiskRedundancy : 1
ResiliencySettingName  : Mirror
Size                   : 0
PSComputerName         :
CimClass               : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StorageTier
CimInstanceProperties  : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties    : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties

Usage                  : Data
ProvisioningType       : Fixed
AllocationUnitSize     : Auto
MediaType              : SSD
FaultDomainAwareness   : StorageScaleUnit
ColumnIsolation        : PhysicalDisk
NumberOfColumns        : Auto
NumberOfGroups         : 1
ParityLayout           :
ObjectId               : {1}\\S2D_CLUSTER\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StorageTier.Object
                         806d0-73d2-4312-9a54-7238280672d4}:ST:{a39a3509-81e6-49f5-81a5-3e3228700390}{c31c5599-
                         6-ae68-dbcb568704df}"
PassThroughClass       :
PassThroughIds         :
PassThroughNamespace   :
PassThroughServer      :
UniqueId               : {c31c5599-f6e4-4b76-ae68-dbcb568704df}
AllocatedSize          : 0
Description            :
FootprintOnPool        : 0
FriendlyName           : Performance
Interleave             : 262144
NumberOfDataCopies     : 2
PhysicalDiskRedundancy : 1
ResiliencySettingName  : Mirror
Size                   : 0
PSComputerName         :
CimClass               : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StorageTier
CimInstanceProperties  : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties    : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties

Could anyone help me out with this issue?

Thanks in advance.

DFS Client Access Logging

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Hi all,

Had a question I was hoping you might be able to help me with - I've done some research but have come up empty handed. Is there a way to tell what clients are accessing files/folders through DFS. To give a backstory, we are in the process of doing a domain consolidations from a M&A. This company extensively used their DFS name space everywhere (application configuration, drive mappings, printer configurations for scanning, etc). Management does not want to keep the AD environment up serving DFS, since there is no easy way to move the name space to another domain I need to get rid of it in the AD that will be shutting down.

I'd like to have an idea of what devices are using the name space to access files, is there some kind of logging or utility I can use? For example with DNS, I would turn on DNS debug logging to see what devices are sending queries then go address those devices. Would like to do the same with DFS.

Any feedback is appreciated!

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