formatting a volume within disk management causes instability and host crash
We have a 3-node 2012 Cluster that is currently non-production. We are using MPIO, the default Microsoft DSM, CSVs, Failover Clustering, an EMC VNX5400, and FCoE. The LUN is instantly recognized by...
View ArticleFiles are in READ ONLY mode
I have a file server 2003 with shared folders. I have " FULL CONTROL" on all the folders. However, when someone else saves a document in one of the folders, it opens in READ ONLY mode on my Windows 7...
View ArticleUnable to add Namespace server
I have 2 servers fs1 and fs2. When I try to add fs1 as a namespace server i receive this error "The namespace server \\FS1\Users cannot be added. The user name or password is incorrect". Odd... I'm...
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Create Folder / Files and then can't rename or save for 1-30 minutes
On all of our Windows 2008 R2 File Servers (Some more reproducible then others) on our user shares only when users create a file/folder they can not rename it right away they have to wait 1-30 minutes....
View ArticleSMB 3 Encryption and only x86 32 Windows 8.1U1
Has anyone else used the 32 bit x86 Windows 8.1U1 to map to a Windows 2012 R2 withSet-SmbServerConfiguration –EncryptData $True and Set-SmbServerConfiguration –RejectUnencryptedAccess $False ?I have...
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What does "C:0" in the path mean?
Hello,When I use the Resource Monitor to check the disk usage on our file server, I noticed the file path has "C:0\" or "C:1" at the front. The server is being used to store roaming profiles and...
View Articlewindows 2003 standard to 2008 r2 file server migration vmware esxi 5
I wanted to know if you have a windows 2003 standard esxi 5 vm file server with an additional D drive that holds all the files can you copy that "vdmk" of the D drive to the new windows 2008 r2 vm...
View ArticleFiles opening from Server Crashing
I have a server 2012 R2 running and a few windows 7 pro machines connected to it. File and storage services role is installed with one error 8193 and one warning 2511. My actual problem is I have a lot...
View ArticleMoving DFS folder target
Hi there,I have got a file-server with 4 2Tb drives with shared folders. All folders are presented in DFS namespace and synchronized with other DFS servers.I am going to create one huge dynamic disc...
View ArticleMoved to Server 2012 getting Access Database Corruption
We moved our company file shares to a new Windows 2012 server and are now having issues with Access databases becoming corrupted when accessed by multiple clients at the same time. Does anyone have...
View ArticleDFS-R Health Check
Here is a DFS-R Health Check utility i wrote, so i though i would post a quick note about it.http://networkadminkb.com/Utilities/Descriptions/DFS-R%20Health%20Check.aspxIf you have a large DFS-R...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleMany events for ID 14554 appearing in System event log
I have two 2008 R2 domain controllers and one new 2012 R2 server I just promoted to DC a few days ago. One of the 2K8R2 servers holds all the FSMO roles. The new 2K12R2 DC is also an additional...
View Article2003 server cannot access all files on 2012 r2
We Copied files from 2003 EE SP2 using secure copy version 7 to a 2012 R2 server. When opening from a server 2003 computer opening files one level below the root folder it gives an error message of...
View ArticleDFS Not replicating Txt files only
Hi, Looking for some advice on a DFS replication issue.Scenario:2 x win 2003 r2 server1 x win 2008 R2 serverSimple 3 way replication group. When i add a something.txt file it doesnt replicate, if i add...
View ArticleDefault Data Deduplication Optimisation job with "StopWhenSystemBusy" does...
I have configured Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2012 R2 and enabled on a volume.Data Deduplication creates a default Optimisation task called "BackgroundOptimization".I have placed files on my...
View ArticleData Recovery
Hoping you can help with a situation we are in at the moment. I have accidently ropocopied /mir over the wrong partition on Our Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 server. There was important data on that...
View ArticleWhy DFSR primary server is still on "Uninitialized" status?
Hi, I created a DFSR replication group and my primary server is still on "Uninitialized" status after 2 days. The second server (member) in in "Waiting for initial replication" status. There are just 2...
View ArticleConverting an existing virtual disk to a tiered disk
Is it possible to add an SSD drive to an existing pool and then convert an existing parity enabled disk to a tiered virtual disk? My pool consisteds of 3 3T SATA drives and I want to add a 120G SSD...
View ArticleVSS logging "The semaphore timeout period has expired"
I'm protecting a server using DPM 2012. When the volume shadow copy is triggered it is failing with this error in the event log (Source = VSS, EventID = 12289). The error is causing all DPM protection...
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