Failover cluster lab
Hi,We have got a lab set up in preparation for new equipment arriving. We have built 2 laptops with Windows Server 2012 std.On one server we are running the, Active Directory domain services, File...
View Articlescan to folder issue on file server (shared folder)
Trying to resolve scan to folder issue on filser server (shared folder)Scanner Hardware: using Knoica Minolta multifunction biz hub (model C450) and folder is on Windows Server 2008 Ent with clustered...
View ArticleMoving file server to Virtual 2008R2 server
Using robocopy with out the /MIR switch. Approx 6TB, manually recreated shares. 1000s of files are being skipped, assume it it because users are online. Prior to go live, plan was to close all...
View Articlefolder redirection "Move the contents of documents to new location" !!!!
Hello, If im implementing a folder redirection at a small office with a single server (no fault tolerance) in order to ease backup and data protection, in case that single server fails, would it still...
View ArticleSAN Storage Traffic
I have an Exchange Mailbox Server with 2 NIC, one for the MAPI network and the other is for the SAN Storage network.The utilization for the SAN Storage Network was being utilized by the Server, but I...
View Articlehow to migrate files from Windows W2K3 Server to W2K8 R2 (64-bit) server
Someone help.What are some of the steps to migrate data files from a Windows W2K3 Server to a W2K8 R2 (64-bit) server.Is this difficult to do?
View ArticleServer 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 ArticleDFS after server failure
We had setup DFS between a Server 2003 and Serve 2012 server. The server 2012 was offline was it was moved to a new location. The server 2003 had an array failure and we did a restore. Our fiber is...
View ArticleDFSR Replication Question
First time poster, long time lurker, but will appreciate some help here. One of our servers that was in a DFSR replication group just experienced a ungraceful shutdown and our primary objective here is...
View ArticleIs it recommended to setup Home Folders on a DFS Namespace
Hello all thanks for your time and expertise.I work in a school system with at least 20 buildings in a metropolitan network. We've recently upgraded the links between our buildings to a GB. We were...
View ArticleVDS causing the disk to pause
We are having some issues with VDS and I was hoping to get some ideas.To recreate the error at will, I open a cmd prompt and go to the root of the drive. Then I type "dir /s" Next I start...
View ArticleFresh installed DFSR fails on one particular system
Hello,we have set up two servers running windows Server 2008 SP1. The one is a typical fileserver, the other is backup Domain Controller, Backup fileserver, Backup DNS and DHCP server. To set up DFSR...
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 ArticleVDS.exe causes a Long Disk Queue Length
We have a situation were vds.exe is causing a very Long Disk Queue Length (Server 2008 R2) when the service is started. The problem is relatively easy to reproduce using these steps:1. Start Resource...
View Article2008R2: Problem deleting folders previously marked as read-only in a DFS
I have a folder at a drive that was previously read-only in a DFS. The drive went full so I would like to move data to another disk. Now I've stopped the DFS and I've deleted the server as a member in...
View ArticleWindow Server 2003
I have a co-worker that ask me to look in the files on the server for their supervisor to see if there is anything said adverse about them. What do I do?
View ArticleFile Permissions
Hey There, How are you?. Can Anybody help me with this issue?. I have a shared folder and special permissions configured, but it really doesn't work like i wanted. I need to restrict the file...
View ArticleServer 2012 DFS over WAN, Home dir's & TS profiles
I am considering deploying Server 2012 DFS for our two sites to host redirected Home dirs, TS profiles, and general network shares, ideally in an Active/Active or if I have to an automatic fail over...
View ArticleAdding a DFS Namespace on Windows 2012 produces an error
I have a very small lab environment with a 2012 AD server and two 2012 clients which I am testing DFSR before placing into production.I can't seem to get a Namespace created.Regardless if which host I...
View ArticleDFSR Not Replicating Properly
I have just set up DFS in our environment. We made a full backup of our existing file server running 2003r2, restored the backup to our new 2012 server and then set all of the shares as individual...
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