Cannot copy admx files to PolicyDefinitions folder - Permission Denied
Bear with me as I am very new to Server 2008/2012...I have built a VM network with a 2008 R2 and have downloaded the 2012/Win8 admx files. I am trying to copy them into the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup - 0x80042407, seriously?
I installed server 2008 on a test server with 4x250GB drives in a RAID5 array. Windows was installed on a 60GB partition, the rest of the array was left as free space. After installing updates and...
View Article2012 storage pool
Hello. I have an HP DL380 G6 server running Windows 2012 Server. The server has the following disks available (no raid/array configured):2x136GB SAS 15k8x72GB SAS 15k4x500GB SAS 7.2kUsing the raid...
View ArticleIs it a safe to install DFS namespace service to an Active Directory Server?
Hi All,Is it safe and/or best practice to install a DFS namespace server to a server that runs an Active directory services?I have read a blog in which, as much as possible, active directory server...
View ArticleFile Servers in Multiple locations
HI All, We have seven sites and each location have the Windows 2003 File Servers, Tape drive and offsite Backup service. So what is the best practice to reduce the cost and give better solutions to...
View ArticleDFSR with two members, both in Initial replication state?
We have in total 3 servers replicating a given folder, one server has its replication in a completely broken state because of some DB error on its volume.Now, out of two servers for the above...
View ArticleDesign Centralize File Service
Hi All, We have 6 Branch office locations and a centralized Datacenter and DR Site. File Services which are currently residing in Branch office locations, need to be centralized. I like to setup all...
View ArticleLocal share ask password
Hi all,I have two servers:SERVER1 - W2K8R2 Running solution of record security cams. SERVER2 - W2KR2 Windows shared, storage recorded files. SERVER2 will died, and I'll transfer all recorded files to...
View ArticleCannot Create Anything New on Root of Network Drive - Server 2008 R2 SP1
This is an odd recurring problem:Suddenly, users were not able to make any changes to Excel documents on the root of a specific network drive. They would get a "Document not saved." error. So, I...
View ArticleDFS -
I need to change the primary server on my DFS replication members. Windows 2008 R2
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Files "Locked for editing" by "Another user" or incorrect user
Hi,I have an issue on my Windows 2008 server whereby we get this message opening files, mostly Excel SpreadsheetsUsing Computer Management on the server we can see who has the file open and close it...
View ArticleDeleting conflicted/deleted folder in DFS
Hello,My DFS seems to be running correctly on the 3 servers. However, on some of the larger folders (100GB+), there are a very large number of files in the deleted/conflicted folder in the DFSPrivate...
View ArticleDFSR doesn't start replication
Hello. I've got some strange problem with DFSR. We have two servers with Windows 2012R2 and the disk about 12Tb for replication. About a week ago initial replication was working fine. But suddenly it...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 - Extend Partition .. space not showing available
Good morning all -- have a question about extending a volume on Server 2008 R2. The volume is an iSCSI target using the Microsoft iSCSI initiator -- the iSCSI device is a Dell MD3000i.The volume was...
View ArticleDFS Stopped intial replication - This member is waiting for initial...
I created a new replication group and it replicated 180GB of 250GB from Server A (10.1.1.x) to Server B (10.2.2.x). Then it just stopped. I ran a health report and it gives me this message:"This member...
View ArticleVery poor Random IO performance of 24 HDD Mirror-2 CSV on Win2012 R2 (Solved)
We already have a 2 separate Win2012 Mirror-2 Storage Clusters (in production) and had noted that performance was very poor.We were looking to upgrade to Win2012R2 and storage tiering, we wanted to...
View ArticleMigrating from traditional fileserver share to namespaces
Hello,I have a very large (9 TB) volume on my fileserver that I would like break up to smaller volumes using namespaces.On the root of this large volume is a folder called "Projects" that is shared....
View ArticleFSRM Quota Management
I have a question about Quota Management.I had everything setup correct with Quota Management for user home folder storage limitation, and it worked fine w/o problems. However, recently I noticed that...
View ArticleDo I need a server os? Do I need Active Directory?
Hello all! I just moved into a new place and am preparing to setup my network. I have around 2-3 desktops 2-3 laptops, 1 tablet and 1 phone. Then of course there will be guests as well.I am trying to...
View ArticleFolder Permissions Update
I have created a new shared folder with Everyone set to full control.Secondly, I created a Group to allow access to that folder and added it to the Security tab with Full Control to that folder.My...
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