Issue with Deduplicated files and Mac OSX 10.9.2
Running a Windows 2012 R2 DFS with Deduplication enabled on the storage drives. Both Macs and PCs regularly interact with the system with no issues.However with Apple's rollout of 10.9.2 SMB2 'fix'...
View ArticleRecover corrupted .bkf file by SysTools BKF Repair.
Hi All,My .bkf file corrupted due to power failure, and now i bought SysTools BKF Repair to retrieve the data from .bkf files. Theare are a few catalogs, say Catalog 1 and Catalog 2, in the corrupted...
View ArticleSOFS, CSV available space changes daily, strange behavour
Hi, I have a a SOFS cluster which is working nicely, around 120 VM, running from 8 CSV volumes.but I have noticed that the disk usage goes up and down during the day, one CSV only had 5% free when I...
View ArticleThe IO operation at logical block address # for Disk # was retried
Hello everyone,A warning appears in the system log: === Log Name: System Source: disk Date: 2/20/2013 1:00:28 PM Event ID: 153 Task Category: None Level: Warning...
View ArticleCannot use Offline Files with DFS share: "Access denied" error for...
Hello,I have an infrastructure that uses DFS to move files to different sites and we are using a GPO to define Offline Files for users at those sites. Whenever we try to initiate a manual sync, an...
View ArticleProcedure to migrate workgroup server to domain?
Hi, One of my satellite offices has been working with a server 2008 file server as a workgroup. The administrator has created local accounts on the server for all of the users.We are about to embark...
View ArticleStrange Defrag error 0x80070057
Hello everyone,I am observing a strange issue with defrag on Windows Server 2012 R2. There is a hardware RAID volume using deduplication in VDI mode and containing some virtual machines. Deduplication...
View ArticleDFS control from Commandline
I couldn't find this anywhere.Is there a way to change the Referral Status on a DFS folder target, from a command-line? I.e., from enabled to disabled or vice versa.
View ArticleCan't access HKEY_LOCAL_ROOT
It was literally working 10 minutes ago, then it stopped. I looked at my HKEY_LOCAL_ROOT key, and administrators did have full read/write access, so I check my account and I am an administrator. The...
View Articlethere is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation
When I try to expand the disk on my windows 2008 server I get this error: there is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation any suggestion are greatly appreciated Thanks AL
View ArticleSMB file transfer issue on windows 8
Issue: When I transfer the file from UNIX OS to Windows Server 2012 (SMB 2.0 or 3.0) system using SMB (Samba), the file gets transfer but contains of file dose not (Only empty file size of 0 KB gets...
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Cannot utilise or Extend extra 700gb of 3TB HDD
I have a 3TB WD HDD.But my C:\ Drive is only 2tb and I have another 746.52GB of of unallocated space.I have tried to convert my drive to GPT to see if this works but can't, It's greyed out and in...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 rejected negotiation request from Windows Server 2012
Hi, I have a Server 2012 R2, ServerR2, hosts a shared folder, say \\ServerR2\Shared. One of my Server 2012, ServerA, cannot access that folder, and the SMBServer/Operational log shows:The server...
View ArticleHow to reduce virtual memory
Hi,I am using server 2008 R2 enterprise edition on IBM System X 3650 M4 server. There are 6 Ncomputing L300 thin clients connected to server. we have installed 3 SAS hard disks of 300 GB. RAID 5...
View ArticleSimple Space with one HD and one SSD - Split status
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...
View ArticleWhich folder was last modified?
Hello,We copied user data to new server from the old server. There was a two servers with similar folder name. And unfortunately, we copied the data from the wrong server. Both servers are running...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleDetecting and Clearing SCSI reservations in Windows 2003 & 2008 servers
We are having issues with some of the Windows 2003 & 2008 servers with high SCSI reservations which is highlighted as a concern for the performance issues with the Storage array. Can someone...
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