DFS error
hello, I currently configures the DFS share between two servers. explanation: - 1 Domain - 2 servers (There are each at a remote site connected via VPN) (PDC1, PDC2) So I set up the DFS: First...
View ArticleThe IO operation at logical block address # for Disk # was retried
Hello everyone,A warning appears in the system log: === Log Name: System Source: disk Date: 2/20/2013 1:00:28 PM Event ID: 153 Task Category: None Level: Warning...
View ArticleActiveDirectory/DNS and Folder Share Permissions
I have a remote office connected to Headquarters over a WAN. The HQ provides DNS, ActiveDirectory, etc. The remote office is not allowed to use Workgroups. At the remote location I designate 1...
View ArticleDFSR Failover for 2 VM File Servers
Current Setup:2 VM Windows 2012 R2 Servers: File01 and File02 (File01 is set as Primary)DFSR setup between the 2How can I configure the 2 DFS servers HA even though they are VMs on a FA cluster? If...
View ArticleUnable to access DFS shares when server 1 goes down
Hello all,I have a test domain I am building in order to prepare for a new domain we are going to create. We currently have an SBS 2003 that is reaching the end of its' life. We are going to start...
View ArticleHome Directory sharing lost
Hello,I have noticed that a lot of Home Directories previously shared lost their sharing last week...any idea how they could loose the sharing? the folder is present but not shared anymore..Thanks,...
View ArticleCan't access anything but offline folders on slow VPN
As the title says, some of my users have set up offline folder syncing on Windows 7 laptops because they are out of the office at customer sites pretty frequently and want to have files handy. From...
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Server 2012 Two-Way Mirror Storage Space Displays Incorrect Capacity
I have 3 drives in a thin provisioned 2 way mirror storage pool running in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The pool has 6.36Tb of capacity and is provisioned for up to 8Tb. Manage Storage Spaces...
View ArticleDeploy DFS namespace and DFS-R for different locations
Hi All,I am new to DFS-N and DFS-R, I have never deployed and used DFS before. We have different branches where different file servers are deployed on Windows Server 2008 R2, we want to migrate from...
View ArticleStorage Tiering in Server 2012 R2 Core Hyperv
Hello everyone,Recently I installed the free version of server core 2012 R2 with Hyperv. The following hardware Raid has been configured: Raid 1 with 2 drivers for the physical Hyperv Host installation...
View ArticleFolder permission
I have an Windows 2008 R2 file server with clients on Win 7 & 8, there is a requirement for 2 different departments to have a common shared folder with different permissions asper the below...
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Confusing disk usage numbers
Hi, all.While in a prosess of moving a large file share I came across a strange issue. I wanted to check the amount of data moved so I checked the properties of the disk I'm moving data to - 1.38TB...
View ArticleServer 2008 NTFS vs 2012 NTFS
I have a 2008R2 File server with 2 large NTFS volumes. I want to upgrade this server to 2012R2. If these NTFS volumes, that were created on a 2008R2 server, are attached to a 2012R2 server, will they...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration causing slow downs on File Server
I am looking for ideas here.We have a 2012 r2 file server that has a share with Access Based Enumeration turned on. This has been going on forever, what happens is if around 6 or more people try to...
View ArticleMultiple friendly names in storage tiering
Hello everyone,I recently managed to setup the following: 1 raid1 with 2 ssd drives for the hypervisor 1 raid1 with 2 ssd drives for storage tiering 1 raid5 with 4 hdd drives for storage tieringI...
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...
View ArticleDFS Replication Problem - 2 out of 3 groups replicating
Hello,I'm having a small problem with DFS replication. This is a home lab with 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 machines as the upstream/downstream servers. I have 3 replication groups. The replication works...
View ArticleHow can Windows files and folder owners just vanish, and how to restore all...
See, we have a file server running windows 2003 at our company, and suddenly most of the files and subfolders permissions are gone, lost even the owner, making it unaccessible even for the...
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Automated scrubbing and bit rot repair on a mirrored storage space using ReFS
I use several ReFS volumes , either on one-way or two-way mirrored storage spaces under Windows Server 2012R2.The description of the automated 'scrubbing' on TechNet seems a bit unclear to me....
View ArticleMirroring a volume with partitions...
Hi there folks,I seek advice as to mirroring a drive that has 4 partitions on it. Each partition has a separate drive letter. This is on a running prod server 2012 r2.I have an identical spare drive...
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