DFS Namespace New Folder Issue
Quick Overview Current Setup2 Windows Server 2012 R2 with DFS and DFS Replication roles/features installed (File01 and File02)Read and Followed TN Guide...
View ArticleMaking NTFS permissions read/write without ability to create/delete folders
Out at one of our job sites we have a server running Windows Server 2012 R2 that's got a file share accessible to our onsite people. Our project managers have devised a very strict folder structure for...
View ArticleDFS Tombstoned deletion
I have a question about tombstone deletion. Exactly what is it and should I be worried that it will delete user folders on either server?How this came about was that my DFS replication stopped so i...
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Server 2012 iSCSI issue
I am setting up an iSCSI target for the first time. I have setup my target and created a disk. When I try and point my initiator at the targets IP and select quick connect it says "no targets are...
View ArticleHow to access client's drive?
Hello,I created a SMB share folder from my server to another server. Now I want to create/copy some files from my server to the destination server/client. How can I do that? Only by Remote Desktop?
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In File Service & Storage sharing option is not visible.. What should i do to get it back?
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...
View ArticleReFS and Hardware RAID
Hi there,Just wanting to confirm if ReFS can be used with a RAID 6 Hardware Controlled system - or must it be used in conjunction with Storage Spaces? I have 3 x 80TB Volumes across a bunch of devices...
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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 ArticleFile Serving/Shares and vhdx
On a 2012R2 guest OS that is going to be a file server...(low I/O really for our smb)Should I make one big VHDX attached to the guest to host say 7 shares... Or should I logically split them up into...
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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 ArticleVSS Copy Service Error: Failed resolving account Administrator with status 1376
Hi all,New server and installation of Server 2008 R2, AD and SQL Server running on it.Whenever i run a Windows Server Backup i get the following series of Errors in the Application Log, in this...
View ArticleDFS Windows 2008 - Moving DFS Server from one AD Site to Another
DFS Version - Windows 2008 R2 EnterpriseOperating system - Windows 2008 R2 EnterpriseAD Version - AD2003/2012 (Mixed Mode)Number of AD Sites - 3 (Site A, B, C)Current Setup - DFS On AD Site A...
View ArticleData deduplication scrubbing job stuck on 30% for 6 days
Hi everyoneI have a LUN which has been stuck on "scrubbing" for around 6 days. It won't progress any further. I've run a scan disk and it doesn't report any errors. The second LUN on the box is running...
View ArticleBranchCache latency GPO setting
I need to know if there is any downside to reducing the minimum latency threshold for BranchCache from 80ms to something like 8ms? (Referring to the GPO setting “Configure BranchCache for network...
View ArticlePrevent deletion of files
Hi Windows Expert,I am creating a share folder for one of my department user. for this share folder, their requirement is some users in this dept will have full access right and some users only have...
View ArticleMove file in same NTFS volume inherit destination permissions
When moving a file in the same NTFS volume on Server 2008 R2 the file permissions are the original one.What I want is the file when moved to inherit the destination permissions. And I read here...
View ArticleBUILTIN\Administrators taking up too much Disk space in Disk Quota
Hello Experts.We have configured K drive of our windows 2008 R2 as file server where in more than 1000 users get connected at a time.We have set the default quota for any user should be 400 MB .Com-min...
View ArticleUser with admin rights can't access files through the command prompt
I have a strange situation where I have 2 users both setup exactly the same with admin rights on a 2003 (32 bit) server through an AD group membership, but one can do everything as expected but the...
View ArticleSAN/NAS vs server attached internal HDDs
Hey Guys, I am a system admin of a firm, just going through with all the space available on the servers, Just a question came into my mind instead of having a separate storage SAN/NAS, we can also...
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