Seagate external hard disk RAW file system error
Have you ever got a RAW file system problem with your Seagate external hard disk? In fact, a couple days ago, I encountered this problem and always was asked to format before accessing anything inside....
View ArticleExtend System Simple Volume to Non-Contiguous Unallocated Space
Hi:I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine for which I need to extend the system simple volume on a dynamic disk to non-contiguous unallocated space. I realize 2008 Disk Manager and diskpart...
View ArticleEvent ID: 5014, 5004 The DFS Replication Service is stopping communication...
I'm replicating between two servers in two sites (Server A - Server 2012 R2 STD, Server B - Server 2008 R2) over a VPN (Sonicwall Firewall). Though the initial replication seems to be happening it is...
View ArticleFile name too long cannot copy (cont'd)
5/22/2014This is an addendum to locked forum File name too long cannot copy. Just want to share what worked for me.On a file server running Windows Server 2008 R2, I ran into this issue for only two...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2, Services for NFS: Enable case sensitvity no longer available
I'm running in a mixed Windows/UNIX (mostly CentOS) environment runningAD (with Identity Management for UNIX installed) as the LDAP provider. I'm looking to upgrade my Windows 2008 R2 Server NAS head...
View ArticleHow does CPU effect server2008R2 SMB performance? Speed vs Multicore?
Hello,How does Multicores effect file server performance?Say I enable additional critical workers or Raise the max threads per queue, what about the credits themselves? I notice on 2012r2 min is 512...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Formatting disk problem
We have 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 servers that we have connected USB drives to and mounted VHDs in Disk Management. Neither server will format a drive as either NTFS or FAT32. It just gives a message...
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DFS - FRS Staging is N/A
I have windows 2003 STD Edition SP2, having DFS,1 server on each site, Trying to enable DFS replication and having error on below screenshot,NA - --- is source folder and I dont have issue on...
View ArticleHow do you empty a re-directed recycle bin on a network share
I have folder re-direction enabled via Group Policy which unfortunatly re-directs the recycle bins too. I can see the size of them on the network share but unable to delete or even view inside them....
View ArticleMPIO: faster broken link detection?
Hi, We're using multiple fibre channel cards in our servers (both 2008 R2 and 2012R2, but MPIO looks quite similar), and our SAN also has multiple controllers and multiple ports, so we're using MPIO,...
View ArticleRedirected Profiles and Offline Files Alternative
We've been using redirected files for our documents and desktop folders. The built-in offline files feature of Windows 7 is not the most reliable. People have to remember to manually sync their files...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 r2 and remote search
I've read the document for Windows Search Service and see that it is not an option for our Terminal server environment with dfs share.Is there any good suggestion on what we can do to increase the...
View ArticleDFS error when trying to sync SYSVOL
Hi,I had a problem with replication, and i deleted from DFS Management the "Domain System Volume" replication group; i have done this using ADSI -> default naming context -> CN=System -> CN =...
View ArticleCreating FTP container to allow file uploads
All,Currently I have a public FTP site which allows our customers to download/upload files to it.I would like to take this a step further and create a way where I could send them a link to the page,...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Fileserver - Files open sometimes slow
We have problems - file open sometimes slow. Fileserver isWindows 2012 R2 (all updates) and Window 7 clients. The Fileservers are virtual and running von VMWare vShpere 5.1. (paravirtual, vmxnet3...
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Shadow copy on File server
Hello! I have:1) Failover cluster with 2 hosts on Windows server 2012 r22) Role: File Server3) I configure shadow copy: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc771305.aspxOn Computer Management -...
View ArticleFolders permissions are changing. Cannot find the cause.
I am running multiple Windows server 2008 R2. And the clients are running either Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 SP1.I have a folder to hold all of the users home folders. D:\Users\Staff In this folder are...
View ArticleGrant the Ability to Copy but Not Open on Windows Server 2008R2 File Server
I manage a file server that holds primarily video and audio files. I want users to be able to copy the files from the server to their local machine, but I do not want them to have rights to open the...
View ArticleSMB Access On Public Interface
Hello All!I currently am running a file server in my home on Windows 2012 R2. I've been experimenting with a lot of different things (I'm a student) and I have it set up as a DNS, DHCP, Firewall for my...
View ArticleReenabling Previous Versions after being disabled for an extended period
Have a server that was in-place upgraded from 2008 r2 to 2012 r2. Went a few months before I realized that during the update Previous Versions settings did not come across. Looks like the old shadow...
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