Stand-alone DFS Share - Folder targets - wrong credentials
Hi allI am currently setting up a stand-alone DFS root with some Folder targets on different servers.All server are Windows 2012 R2 with all available patches.I use the stand-alone DFS because many...
View ArticleSPSearch Writer failed and backup failing
Hello,I am experiencing a problem where the SPSearch writer is failing and causing all backups to fail.But before you ask I have already updated the sharepoint on the server which completed...
View ArticleUsers are blocked from opening files
I am running an intranet server with WIndows server 2008 on it.2 days ago the power went down and when the ups ran out of power so did the server. Some of my coleagues restarted the server since it was...
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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 ArticleCannot Add File Share to (any) File Server Role of a Cluster in Windows...
Cannot Add File Share to (any) File Server Role of a Cluster in Windows Server 2012...Get this message in the Operational Log in "FileServices-ServerManager-EventProvider" section of MS-Windows...
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 ArticleSystem Volume Information Folder taking huge space.
Hello,I am facing problem of increasing System Volume Information folder. At the moment space is utilized more then 1TB. I want to clear the GUID (Service) files from System Volume information folder....
View ArticleDFS Replication - Large number of file installs retried
I have a single hub and spoke DFS replication topology that is replicating VHDs to a number of branch office servers. Replication is in sync on all servers except for one. Looking at the DFS...
View ArticleStorage Spaces mirror with 2 physical disk. Trying to replace disks. FAILED...
Hello,Have Windows 2012 R2 server with storage spaces. Trying to replace two disks in storage spaces pool, but only one disk at a time.There is two physical disks in storage spaces pool (PhysicalDisk1...
View ArticleSQL Server Full Backup Jobs requiring twenty-four plus hours to complete
Hello --This discussion is actually an off-shoot of one from another forum. The name of that thread is "Monitoring Network Performance", and it can be found at the following url:Monitoring Network...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 - SOFS - Intel JBOD = Unhealthy
Hi I have issues with my Intel JBOD’s JBOD2224S2DP in SOFS solution.When I run Get-StorageEnclosure is says HealthStatus = UnhealthyThe output looks like thisPassThroughClass...
View ArticleDFS move from 2003 R2 to 2008 R2
Ok so i have added my 2008 R2 file server as a namespace server. I have used robocopy to preseed the files. i have enabled replication. All is going well. Now i want to remove the older 2003 R2...
View ArticleNeed to Upgrade DFS server to Windows Server 2012 R2
Hi,We have DFS servers running Windows Server 2012 Operating system.Now We need to upgrade OS of servers to Windows Server 2012 R2.Upgrading Operating system on these server will affect functionaliy of...
View ArticleFile permissions change when the folder is moved.
I am running server 2008R2 which used to store all the user files. I have just created a 2 DFS servers and now have a namespace called "Files" which I wish to drag and drop the folder from the old...
View ArticleHow to get alerts from Storage Spaces?
I've been testing with storage pools and virtual disks in Windows 2012 R2 recently and am looking to deploy it to production. What's holding me back right now is that i'm not sure how to get alerts if...
View ArticleHow to take IIS dump remotely for remote server
Hello ALL,Is there any way to take IIS dump remotely using debug diag tool or using powershell script on remote computersplease answer if any knows.every time we are login into servers and taking dump...
View ArticleAll files edited in a fileshare gets stamped with my name
This is quite a strange issue I have.On my company I am the IT administrator and has set up among others, the file server.I use Windows 2008R2 standard for this and I use regular file shares.The...
View ArticleRestrict Users from saving files on Local PC but forced to Network Shared...
Hi,We have the Domain in Windows 2003 Standard.How can I restrict users from saving files in their Local PC? Also, need to forced them to save the files in Network Location with...
View ArticleGranting an admin write permissions on admin shares through GPO
Hello,I am currently faced with the challenge of domain admins not being able to write to a folder on the C: drive through admin share. We have an application that requires write permissions on the...
View ArticleInconsistent DFS Replicated shares
Hi There,I'm running DFS Version 6.0, DFS is installed on a couple DC's running Windows Server 2012 in a 2008 Functional Domain.I'm using a Domain based namespace which has 3 nodes in a replication...
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