Folders on Network share becoming System, Hidden
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller that runs as our file server also. I have a Public folder that is shared on our network with 21 other folders inside of it. Recently 4 specific folders...
View Articledfsr health report says files received, but server is offline
I have a hub and spoke replication group with one hub and about 80 spokes.The hub was taken offline temporarily and during that time a health report was generated with dfsradmin via this...
View ArticleDFS flat shares
I am migrating DFS from a 2003 standard server to 2008R2 standard. Moving shares and folder structure is not a problem but the DFS does function diferently in 2008 Since the domain and forest are...
View ArticleAdding a new folder in DFS Management creates a .DFSFolderLink inside the new...
This is my first time setting up DFS. I added a Namespace, then added a Folder using the DFS Management tool. Every time I do this, inside the new folder is a link named .DFSFolderLink. Why is it doing...
View ArticleStrange folders in DFS
I have several windows 2008 R2 and windows 2003 fileservers, also I have windows 2003 domain controllers as namespaces servers. I am trying to consolidate all (185) shares to a single DFS...
View ArticleW2K12 Dedupe
I have a Windows Server 2012 File Server w/ 6TB of data. 70% of the contents are Adobe Files and Pictures, the rest are MS Office files. I'd like to turn on dedupe on the volume.Are Photoshop and...
View ArticleFile server migration from domain A to domain B.
Dear FriendsFor some reason we are planing to migrate our file server FS1 which is member of domain A to new domain B.FS1 consist more thane 400 root folder and 1000+ sub folders, I am looking a...
View ArticleI can browse to file but not access with full unc via DFS Namespace
Hi,We are using Windows 2008 and have replication between 2 servers.We are using a namespace "\\domain.local\all\Training Matrix\DB_Docs" where we store our employee training records.We have an...
View ArticleHow to set CHAP secret in iSCSI Target
I am setting up a new iSCSI target and a new iSCSI initiator using two Windows 2012 servers. I'm confused on the differences between the CHAP configuration between the target and initiator. On the...
View ArticleGlobal Security Group and NTFS permission don’t work
I just wander if somebody could help me resolve following issue:I’ve created Global Security Group, added members and gave full permission on security tab. Then I shared folder with full permissions...
View ArticleCan I use DFS to synchronize Tasks in Windows Task Scheduler in two 2008R2...
Can I use DFS to synchronize Tasks in Windows Task Scheduler in two 2008R2 servers?My application will create windows tasks in task scheduler of Windows Server 2008R2. Now I need to create these tasks...
View ArticleVolume Shadow Copy - Older Copies Can Only Be Seen by Administrator
A regular user reported she could only see the previous versions of a file going back to 6/25. Looking at the same file the domain administrator could see previous versions going back to 5/15. I...
View ArticleDFS file paths
W2K8 R2 domain enviroment, DFS NameSpace is \\domain.local\dfs, single domain.We have some users who can see file shares with their given permissions using\\domain\dfs\Accountants\User.One while others...
View ArticleDFSR Replication Question
First time poster, long time lurker, but will appreciate some help here. One of our servers that was in a DFSR replication group just experienced a ungraceful shutdown and our primary objective here is...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 disk space disappearing
I have a 2008 R2 server with a 40gb C: drive that showed as having 24k free. If i unhide everything and then use diskmonger or disktree then they report that only 24GB are actually used.Shadow copy...
View ArticleSMB 3 sofs vs iSCSI - any real benefit today?
I'm not seeing a ton of benefit to using SMB 3/SOFS today... Let's use this as an example: Hypervisor cluster node (physical box)/running Windows Server 2012) | SMB 3 networking (this could be over...
View Articlewindows server 2008 secure file sharing
how to specify some users in work place to use shared file
View ArticleUsing DFS-R to replicate VHD and VHDX Files
Hello -I am trying to find a solution to replicate VHD files and VHDX files between two data centers. I'm deploying the solution using Windows Server 2012.The VHD files are not virtual machines, they...
View ArticleStorage Pool Media Type Unknown
I am trying to create a tiered virtual disk with Windows Server 2012 R2. I can successfully create pools; however the option to "Create storage tiers on this virtual disk" requires at least one SSD...
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windows 2012 server mirroring on GUID partition table (GPT)
Can you please write instructions how to initiate mirroring in windows 2012 server with 2 SATA, GPT hard drives as shown below ?As i can see here:...
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