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DFSR Propagation Tests Fail
I run propagation tests/reports from each DFSR servers once a week to insure the health of our DFSR environment. Recently the propagation reports keep coming back with errors, and it's the same error...
View ArticleServer 2008R2 DFSR failing to replicate in one direction
Hello,I am attempting to configure two servers (both Server 2008R2) to use DFSR to synchronize the contents of a shared folder. I have configured the replication group, and files from SiteA have been...
View ArticleABE wont work Server 2008 R2
In my work we have a Server 2008 R2 functional wit Active directory and DNS service. We are having some problems with the visibility of folders on the network, We gave permission to user for specific...
View Articlehow to Modify NTFS permissions on 230Million+ files
I need to modify ntfs permissions on a filer share (root directory) which contains more than 230million files. i tried multiple options using "icacls" but no use, after some time the permission windows...
View ArticleEFS not decrypting file (access is not issue)
A few months back I encrypted a text file. I tested it then, no problems. Now when I attempt to decrypt the file nothing seems to happen. I can encrypt/decrypt all I want, no trouble there. However,...
View Article2008R2 BranchCache file/content server - how to set file system location &...
Hi - It looks to me like the PublicationCache location, configurable via "netsh branchcache set publicationcache directory=<directory>", is where hashes generated for files within a...
View ArticleMoving SAN data - MSCS disks went down
Hi We last week moved data from a HP EVA SAN to a HP 3PAR SAN and we ran into a little problem....or not so very small actually.The problem we had was with a SQL MS-cluster and when was preparing for...
View Articleaccess permission
We have a Windows 2008 server that we primarily use as a file server in a workgroup setting. We have the following network share“J:\saved_forms” We have about 100 users (e.g., User1-User100).We...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager 2012 - Fails to generate storage report - Event...
Installed file server resource manager roll on new 2012 file server. When I attempt to run a dup report on the local volume, I received an error message: "the report generation task failed with the...
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How to handle morphed folders?
Hey everyone;I was having issues with one of our DC's not getting a replica of the SYSVOL folder. I still don't think it replicates correctly even though I tried the burflags solution, etc. Anyways,...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2: Files in Shared folder being locked by system process
Hello,I'm running into an issue with a Windows 2008 R2 (with SP1) server sharing a folder.Recently, I've started having problems with some of the files in one of the fileshares getting locked. I was...
View ArticleUnable to modify disk quota after initial creation
Operating system: Server 2012Server: Stand-aloneAfter I've created an initial quota to report on volume percentage usage, I'm not able to modify the settings. When I click "OK" to save my...
View ArticleQuota management span-in in FSRM failed to open in Windows 2008 R2 file server
Hi There,I have a file server running on Windows 2008 R2. I have to define a quota in one of the folders.But when I try to open the Quota Management span-in I get an error message asking me to check...
View ArticleLarge file server/windows share not showing recent changes for some...
Hi, we have an ongoing issue where some of our computer is not seeing recently created files on our main file server, and it can take up to an hour for them to appear. While other computer are able to...
View ArticleHow to find when file was set to read-only on Server 2003?
Hi,I have enabled directory/file auditing on a Windows 2003 server. There is a Microsoft Access database that repeatedly gets set to read-only which keeps users from being able to access it.I've gone...
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 ArticleFile Secure Delete for server
I have a network that consists of a windows 2008 r2 server with windows 7 clients. Is there a utility that when a user deletes a file from a network share it becomes securely deleted?
View ArticleBSOD due to access violation in dfsc
Our new (not yet production) file server (W2k12) crashed last night due to an access violation in dfsc.sys. Afaik it happened the first time, but I am not totally sure. I also was unable to find out...
View ArticleServer Hard Drive Errors
I'm in charge of a large number of servers, using a variety of different hard drives. Recently, several of them have been reporting hard drive related errors with event codes 11 and 55. Running CHKDSK...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 server stops responding to SMB2 Command: NegotiateProtocol
Hi We have a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601) serving as file server. Clients are Windows XP and Windows 7.The files are being served happily and all of a sudden the server...
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