Rebalancing Storage Spaces?
I know that storage spaces doesn't automatically rebalance when you add / remove drives. Is there any way through powershell to manually rebalance?I don't know if it matters but i'm using ReFS in a...
View Articlefile server getting offline
hi,i have windows 7 clients & windows 2008 r2 file server. i have noticed that user are getting file server offline inbetween & connect back online within 30 seconds.. please help what should...
View ArticleUSB Drive Read Only
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit on an Intel HP Pavilion dv6. I have a PNY 16 GB USB drive that is now useless because it has somehow become "read only". Did this happen with bitlocker?...
View ArticleWindows Backup Failed in server 2008r2
The Operation was stopped , detailed Error: the process cannot access the file because it is used by another process.Ram Prakash Sharma
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 ArticleCreated group to prevent deletion; users have a problem saving files and...
I have a customer who had a chronic problem in past with files coming up missing. I set up a file system auditing process that runs nightly, but the email report is frequently not read. I decided to...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 - ReFS - Can not delete file with invaild name
I have a file, its name is ÿÿÿÿ.out its in a network share. its causing the backups to fail on it because its invalid. in the past on NTFS i would just run chkdsk and then it would fix something like...
View ArticleFile server 2003 compatibility with server 2012 r2
I have a file server that is running Storage server 2003 r2, and I just added an application server running server 2012 r2. I am unable to connect to the shared printers or folders on the storage...
View ArticleProgram For Logging Hard Disk Activity
Hey Everyone,I am having an issue with a server in which the Hard disks keep failing, within the last year 3 of them have died.I am in need of a program that can record logs of the hard drive activity...
View ArticleStorage Space Size vs Pool Size
Hi All:I just finished installing WS2012R2E and getting all my clients connected, transferring them from my aging WHS V1All seems to be working well but I'm scratching my head on the fact that the...
View ArticleCannot Optimize Tiered Storage
On my file server when I try to Optimize the tiered storage I get this:PS C:\Windows\system32> Optimize-Volume -DriveLetter D -TierOptimize Optimize-Volume : A general error occurred that is not...
View ArticleCan't view DFSR Health Reports in IE 10 or IE11
As a part of monitoring our DFSR infrastructure, I generate health reports on a weekly basis and have them emailed to me. The DFSR reports require IE in order to be viewed. On top of that, they...
View Article2008 Server raid 5 failed but which disk?
Hi All,I have a dynamic raid 5 array on a 2008 Server box that had a disk go bad. The array is currently in a degrade state and I would like to replace the failed disk. Now the question is how the...
View ArticleFiles still exist after the copying is disrupted
I have a problem when the large file copy from the laptop to the external USB HDD or NAS (via CIFS share). When the copy is disrupted (either the network is down or the power outrage to my external...
View ArticleConfused about CSV IO and performance counters in a scale out file server
Hi all,A quick question about CSV IO paths when using in a SOFS.I've been reading through the following article about performance monitoring CSV volumes....
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2012 R2 Data Deduplication - Unoptimize single directory - part 2
This is a continuation of a similar post from Shaun TPG. I am attempting to un-dedup files that I recently added to my "excluded" parameters in my Dedup job settings (.pst's). I excluded both "pst"...
View ArticleFile/Folder permissions for a scanned drive
I am trying to figure out how to set this up. I have a root folder I created called "scans" with the permissions below:http://tinypic.com/r/iw7zsx/8I have a login script which creates the directory for...
View ArticleIntermittent access to Server 2008R2 file servers that seems to happen due to...
I have a network of Server 2008R2 servers consisting of Windows 7 X64 SP1 Pro / Enterprise clients. Every once in a while, a huge chunk of computers on my network will all freeze. During this...
View ArticleBranchCache Prehashing
I'm trying to prehash content information now that I have a content server running Server 2012 R2 using the Publish-BCFileContent command. Judging by articles I've found you can run the command against...
View ArticleHow to know from which server files and folders have been deleted in...
How to know from which server files and folders have been deleted in ConflictAndDeleted Folder of DFSR?When I check in ConflictAndDeleted folder of DFSR I wondering how we can see from which server it...
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