Shadow Copies are working but not showing in previous versions for 1...
Hi,I'm having an issue on Windows 2008R2 where a single drive is making shadow copies yet I am not seeing anything in previous versions. I can revert the full drive but not restore/browse the previous...
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I am domain user for a Domain and a member of adminitrator group of 2 DFS Server, I am not able to create DFS replication group getting error " The replication group cannot be created, there are...
View ArticleProper way to give permissions to subfolder, but not any folders above it
I need to give someone permissions to a folder that is buried about 4 layers deep on a file share, to which they can't have permissions to the folders/files above that specific folder. I can give them...
View ArticleIn DFS, How to make servers LEAST COST for different subnets.
Hello, We setup DFS in our domain (SERVER1) and we replicated the DFS namespace into a server which is also a member of the domain but it is on a DIFFERENT SUBNET (let's call this server SERVER2). How...
View ArticleServer backup failing because SPSearch4 VSS Writer
I have just installed Small Business Server 2011 and I installed SP1 for 2008 R2 today. I cannot succeed with Windows Server Backup Backup Once operation. This is the first time I am trying to run...
View ArticleCan't access shared folders on win 2012 R2 with Android phone
Hello, this is my first post here so I don't know if I choose the right category......But anyway, my problem is like thisI‘ve got a win 2012 r2 server(192.168.1.10), installed with essential...
View ArticleHow to increase the c drive storage valume from excisting D drive
i tried to increase my storage c drive volume frm d drive , i have tried to change from disk management , on the disk mngmt it not showing the shrink option ,
View ArticleDFS random error when Secondary DC off
Hi to all!Need you help to resolve some issues with DFS. My structure is 3 domain controller.1)Primary 2008 R22) Secondary 2003 R23) 2008 R2on Primary have DFS enabled and physically files allocated...
View ArticleWebfolders / Webdav URL
I have a website that works fine with the WebDAV redirector.When "Web Folders" were supported, there used to be a FOLDER= parameter in the URL, that would allow a (domain) user browsing an HTML site to...
View ArticleSet/re-set active DFS share for all computers in a site
we have groups of computers in two sites that are configured to access files in DFS replicated shares, replicated between servers within each of the two sites.The other day, I happened to look at the...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 unable to access local DFS Namespaces \\localserver\share
Our primary DFS server is unable to access DFS shares on itself. \\localserver\share. All clients (Windows 7) and all other servers can access the namespaces on\\localserver\share and the affected...
View ArticleChanging Boot Partition via Windows
Hello, I am have a back-up server running Windows Server 2008 R2. This server has 8 partitions, 7 that are exactly the same than the others servers and one that will look for the servers and if one of...
View ArticleWhat is the affect of restarting the DFS Namespace Service? (Will users be...
Please advise.. Thank You
View ArticleRicoh Aficio MP C2051 Scan to Folder - Windows Server 2012 Error:...
I have recently upgraded a clients servers to Windows Server 2012 & since doing so have lost the ability to scan to folder.Both servers are domain controllers and previously on a 2008 domain...
View Articleexperience slow file server performance
Hi all,currently we are expecting some strange problems with our fileserver. It is a Windows Server 2012 server with newest hardware. After one to two weeks uptime, Windows 7 clients cannot load their...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration error:The directory name is invalid
Randomly when people open files on our DFS file servers with ABE enabled they receive an error (The directory name is invalid). Disabling ABE seems to resolve the issue but we would like to keep ABE...
View ArticleCreating a RAM/memory based iSCSI virtual disk on Window Server 2012 R2 64-bit
In the past, with Wintarget on WS03 and with the Windows iSCSI Target 3.3 on WS08R2 I have been able to create RAMDISK based virtual iSCSI disks using the the RAMDISK:<size in MB> notation in the...
View ArticleSMB2/3 stack unstable/crashing on Server 2012 - no errors in eventlogs...
One of my clients is experiencing the following issue with their Windows Server 2012 fileserver (so far it has happened twice in a timeframe of several months):Access to fileshares hosted on the server...
View ArticleRobocopy not copying ACLs
Take following directory:D:\Directory\Sub\D: has explicit permissions and are passed to sub directories.D:\Directory\ has inherited and explicit permissions.D:\Directory\Sub\ only has inherited...
View ArticleDFSR log flooded
Hey,I have something weird going on in my dfsr logs, some weeks ago one of the members has crashed. I have disabled every replicated folder for that particular member, waited some refreshed the config...
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