Long file names
Hello all, I realize the 255 character limit still exists in 2008 R2, but what I dont' understand is how windows will sometimes allow files with names longer than supported?Consider this...
View ArticleHow to calculate the disk failure level for a 3-way mirror pool?
On another post in this forum, the following information regarding a 3-way mirroring storage pool is given:Pool requires a quorum of 50% plus drives to be present to survive. with 3 way mirror - we...
View ArticleDeleting Old Windows Backups
I am running a Windows Server 2008 machine with Windows Backup Service installed. I do a full (not incremental) backup every night. I realized that when the drive is full it deletes recent backups, and...
View ArticlePowerShell Script to Enable Auditing on a Share Folder
DearsI have more than 100 share folders in my company, I have enabled auditing to monitor users when they delete any files in share folders in Continue add users, because it will take time, my question...
View ArticleCreate a client access point using powershell on 2012 Cluster
Hello,I would like to be able to create a new CAP(Client Access Point) using powershell. I'm not 100% sure how to do this, I'm kind of confused between these commands Add-ClusterResource...
View ArticleFile access
Dear Forum,I have a root folder - shared permissions read, sub folders shared permissions read - NTFS fulla folder called Management should be only access by management.i disabled inheritance - full...
View ArticleThe server hangs everytime when Microsoft iSCSI service started
Basic server information as below:-1) Model- HP DL380 G52) Memory- 4GB3) CPU- Quad Xeon X54304) HDD- 146GB x 8 (Raid 5)5) OS- Storage Server 2003 64bit6) Network -HP Network Team Please help, the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 r2 File service and Storage File opened by "another user"
When I was using Windows server 2003 it show files opened by "user's name" but after changing to windows server 2008 r2 it only shows File opened by "another user" this is a hug problem in our...
View ArticleDFS namespace
Hi,We actually have a file server on Windows Server 2012 with DFS namespace configured on VM (VMWare). The system and its its shares have been working properly for 1 week.AD is actually on Win Svr 2008...
View ArticleWork folders - certificates with .local domain
Hello,We'd like to deploy Work folders in our domain.local environment. Technet states that the certificate name should be the public URL workfolders.domainname and that for every file server a SAN...
View ArticleCap size of directory windows sever 2008 standard
Hi,Is there a way to cap the size of directories in Windows Server 2008 Standard? The application is a shared web hosting environment, I don't want users to be able to monopolize the entire server's...
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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...
View Articleabnormal MPIO delay and explorer delay toleration.
Hi, We have a win2008r2 server with MPIO installed. The host has two iSCSI path to a dual-controller SAN storage. We are trying to test the LUN trespass latency by doing a explorer copy operation....
View ArticleUnable to track disk usage on Server 2008 standard 32bit domain controller
Hi One of the drives on a domain controller has a disk space issue. Last Thursday a domain controller on our network could not be accessed either remotely or locally - I could log on with the domain...
View ArticleSharing folders issue - immediate subfolers to parent cannot be listed...
Hello everyone, On MS Server 2012 I would like to share a folder with my domain users and they should be able to list all immediate subfolders but only able to browse those that have been granted...
View ArticleHow to correctly rename a redirected home drive
Hello. I'm aware of the fact that when users' home directories are redirected to a network share, the folders are renamed to 'Documents' for when a client has logged on with a Windows 7 machine.My...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 backup schedule wizard not showing volumes
Hi folks,We have a Dell PowerEdge R620 server running Windows server 2008SP2 and are running into issues when attempting to configure a Windows Backup schedule either by running the Backup Schedule...
View ArticleFiles becoming read only when normally are not.
We are experiencing file access issues in our foxpro application. The errors appear to be random and have been occurring on multiple files. We use free tables. This application has ran for years...
View ArticleDPM Backups Fail on File Server, (ID 2033 Details: The System Cannot Find the...
I've found a few treads and posts related to this error, but none of the answers seem to work. I have DPM 2010 U7 server backing up my file server (Server 2008 R2). The backup of the D: Drive(which...
View ArticleFSRM Quotas - Directory Rename on Win2K12/Win2K12R2
On Win2K12 & Win2K12Rs [but not Win2K8R2], renaming a directory can result in the File Server Resource Manager no longer being able to display or manage quotas on sub-directories under the...
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