Details on Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2
We are planning to move our file server from a Server 2008 cluster (running on an outdated SAN) to a Server 2008 R2 cluster attached to a new SAN.The FSMT looks like the best way to accomplish this,...
View ArticleiSCSI target portal connection failed
I have a new install of 2008r2 full updated, im trying to redirect a scsi tape drive to a hyper-v running windows 2003, i have starwind tape redirect, as part of the setup i need to setup iSCSI on the...
View ArticleHow to extent FSRM Storage Reports limit of 100 files to more on 2008 R2
I have a File Server in Windows 2008 R2, in the Storage Report only shows 100 statistics for filesand displays the followingmessage."More than the maximum number of files per group matched the report...
View ArticleHow to extent FSRM Storage Reports limit of 100 files to more on 2003
Hi. On our fileservers we have Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2. In “File server resource manager” we would like to run a storage report. We are interested in the report “Files by File...
View ArticleServer 2003 R2 FSRM Report Limits
When I run a report from FSRM, for example a duplicate file report, I get the following message: More than the maximum number of files per group matched the report criteria. Only the top 10 files are...
View ArticleFolder Permissions problem
I have a user that is unable to change permissions on a folder that he has full access to. I have verified his share and NTFS permissions. He is trying to give a new user modify permissions to a...
View ArticleFile server migration from domain A to domain B.
Dear FriendsFor some reason we are planing to migrate our file server FS1 which is member of domain A to new domain B.FS1 consist more thane 400 root folder and 1000+ sub folders, I am looking a...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Disk Failure Notifications
Hi there,I work with backup & recovery systems on a daily basis & am always seeing disk failures - it comes with the turf, high data turn over means more wear & tear... Now Server 2012 I'm...
View ArticleDFSR backlog spikes
I set up a DFS system for my company about five years ago, and until recently it’s been working flawlessly and without any issues. We have one domain with four sites, and in each site there are two...
View ArticleRemoving multiple DFS projects in Win2k3 by command prompt?
Hi, I need to delete some of DFS projects everyday counting to almost 100 manually one by one from the same DFS central location. my server is Win2k3. Is there any quick/automated way to do that?...
View Articlewindows server 2012 file and printer sharing not persistent
Problem: The file and printer sharing setting is automatically turn off after restarting the server, which caused clients experiencing slowness in opening MS Word documents (2 to 5 minutes).When in...
View Article"The IO operation at logical block affress xxxxxxx for Diskx was retired" and...
Hello,I am running Windows Server 2012 Standard on a HP Proliant DL380 Gen8 with internal Storage on a Smart Array p420i Controller.This server has been in production since Nov 2011 as a Hyper-V Host....
View ArticleFollowing the move of data to a new server, workstations have errors from...
I recently moved some data from a Server 2003 to a new Server 2008 R2 using Robocopy. The data moved completed without errors and after creating the shares on the new server all users started to access...
View ArticleMigrate from 2008 File Server Fail-Over Cluster to Server 2012 Scale-Out File...
Migrate from 2008 File Server Fail-Over Cluster to Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Cluster Shared Volumes We've migrated from a 2008 SP2 x86 fail-over cluster to a Server 2012 Failover...
View ArticleSoftware Deployment GPO
I am trying to deploy a new MSI (Adobe Flash 11.7) through GPO. The software resides on the in the D:\Deployment\Application\Adobe Flash 11.7 folder. The NTFS permissions give full access to SYSTEM...
View ArticleFSRM on Windows Server 2012 MMC crash
HII think I found a bug. On a fresh windows 2012 Server with installed updates and installed FileServer Resource Manager, the MMC crash after click on "Configure...
View ArticleSearch index limits in Windows Server 2012?
In Windows Server 2008 it was recommended to not index more than one million files. We found that to be a reliable recommendation because we had stability problems when we tried to do more. Has that...
View ArticleWindows - Special/advanced permissions - Windows 2003 >> Windows 2008/2012
HiWe recently migrated file server from a Windows 2003 to Windows 2012. We used Secure Copy from Dell (Quest) and it worked pretty well.But, we had some problem with special and advanced rights. It...
View ArticleFile Server Permissions
We'll be moving to AD soon, and are testing various things currently. Before I go testing this I figured the answer would be pretty easy. We are currently building a file server for testing. In the...
View ArticleError removing physical disk marked as Retired
I have Server 2012 with one storage pool and one virtual disk. The virtual disk uses layout parity and thin provisioning. It contained 4 physical disks. One of the physical disks failed. It was pulled...
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