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Can't extend NTFS volume
Hello,I can't figure out why I can't extend an NTFS volume sitting on an iSCSI LUN. The 'extend volume' option is greyed out, as shown in the following screenshot.OS: Windows Server 2008 R2Please help?
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Hello,I have 2 servers, CORE and Remote. Initially DFSr was set up with Remote as Primary.Replication was working fine, and all was good. It was never revisited, until recently when 158871 backlog FROM...
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My question is how to interpret the values of disk space and free disk space that Windows reports. When I look in volume properties I'm getting some values in GB but when I check in Disk Management...
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How to troubleshoot "No Targets available for Login using Quick Connect."
Hi experts, I am testing MS iSCSI target and I have setup iSCSI target in Windows server 2012 locally successfully. However, when I try to connect from another server using IP address, I already get...
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Hi thereWe have a Windows 2008 File Server that has several DFSR file replica groups configured. I can see from the windows event logs that there is a constant DFSR defrag schedule running on these...
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