Filename reverts to older name all by itself
We have a Windows 2008 R2 server, being used as a file server only.To my knowledge, it is properly patched, etc., as a virtual server, via our Server support group. We have a drive mapping to an area...
View ArticleNFS : NTFS Rights added : Everyone and domain users
Hi,I got a Windows 2012 R2 with Server for NFS role installed. My user mapping is very simple because I have only one user who has to access my NFS Share from his iSeries. My NFS Share is defined with...
View ArticleDFS Issues on a paticular volume on a individual server
We have 4 servers, we wanted to setup DFS between our two file shares and ran into problems, in order to troubleshoot this i ended up making sure DFS was working on the other servers, it does, DFS...
View ArticleFull permission but unable to create file on network share
Hi all,We have a file server running Server 2003 R2 which has multiple shares configured.On one of the shares, there is one user who cannot create files on a share, even though they have full control...
View ArticleStorageSpaces - how to resize virtual disk
Hi All,is there any way how to resize virtual disk within Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012? I have 4TB (Thin provisioned) virtual disk which contains only 400GB of data and I would like to shrink...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 File Server best practice and design considerations
Hi All,Can anyone here share some best practice for building Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server for 1000+ users ?initially the home drive H:\ will be 2 TB NTFS and the file share S:\ drive will be 4 TB...
View ArticleShared Folder Becomes Unshared
Running Windows 7 Pro (x64) and also have an external drive plugged into it. In this external drive we have a folder that we share out to the employees at that location. Every so often after the...
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WMI Bug with Scale out file server
Think I've uncovered a WMI bug with Scale out file server. The issue manifests itself in the fact that SOFS utilizes a DNS name pointing to multiple nodes. The problem is that certain calls seem to...
View ArticleDFS Namespace Folder creation error: File Already Exists
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...
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 ArticleIf I decommission as server in DFS will it delete the files on the other...
Hello Everyone,So this question may have been answered before, but I am not 100% sure. I am getting ready to decommission a Windows 2003 server box. The question is, when I go to decommission the...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration causing slow downs on File Server
I am looking for ideas here.We have a 2012 r2 file server that has a share with Access Based Enumeration turned on. This has been going on forever, what happens is if around 6 or more people try to...
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"Next" button grayed out in Extend Volume Wizard
Greetings,I'm kind of stumped, I've never seen this before. I've seen where the "Extend Volume" option is grayed out, but never have I seen where you can get into the Wizard, but not continue.Here is...
View ArticleAccess Denied:You will need to provide administrator permission to change...
Access Denied:You will need to provide administrator permission to change these attributes
View ArticleMissing GUID in "Cumulative Replica Sets", "Replica Sets"
Hello expertsI have a problem. We are 4 DC in our environment. Few days ago i found my DCs not replicating SYSVOL share. Then i was googling and found...
View ArticleDFS replication - backlog increasing - incoherence beetween bandwidth use &...
Hello,we have a 3 servers (physical) DFS setup over VPN connections (dedicated to server-to-server connection)Most of the changes are made on 1 server (A) and are replicated to the 2 others (B &...
View ArticleOfflineFiles
Hi, Please see the details of the issue I have. Back ground: Client: Dell Latitude E7440 – Windows 8 Enterprise File Servers: Windows Server 2012 clustered Active Directory domain functional level:...
View ArticleHow can I recover data from an external USB NTFS formatted hard drive?
I inadvertently added an external USB drive to my Windows Home Server Storage Hard Drives. Now it appears there is no data on the disk. How can I recover the data? I tried using PC Tools™ File Recover...
View ArticleDisk usage
Hi guys,I got a strange issue on a server. The C drive is for the system. The D drive contain the file for the file server (13Gb) and is a volume of 600Gb C and D are two disks RAID mirroring. The E...
View ArticleNew files and folders on a Linux client mounting a Windows 2012 Server for...
Problem statementWhen I mount a Windows NFS service file share using UUUA and set the Owner and Group, and set the SetGID bit on the parent folder in a hierarchy. New Files and folders inside and...
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