How to Remove DFS completely
Hi allI am looking to remove distributed file system from my environment completely. I see other articles about removing namespaces, root etc.I am not happy with it and want to remove this...
View ArticleI can write to a folder when logged in directly
But if I connect from my desktop and use \\server\folder and try to write it tells me I don't have permissions, I have looked at everything I know does any one have any suggestionsScott Cummins
View ArticleFile Server CPU at 100% MSMPEngine, Trusted Installer, mscorsvw.exe, System Idle
Environment:Windows 2008R2 SP1 File Server Xeon E5630 @ 2.53GHz CPU 4GB RAM This fileserver is a Hyper-V VM. The host machine's CPU runs at a constant 0-4%. The other VMs are running fine. We are a...
View ArticleSTG_E_LOCKVIOLATION from StgOpenStorage when reading a network file from...
We have found that if processes on multiple machines attempt to open a networked structured storage file forreading they will occasionally report ‘A lock violation has occurred’ (STG_E_LOCKVIOLATION)....
View ArticleI can't see folders in file server (Windows 2008 R2)
Hi,We have two file servers, both Win 2008 R2. I have the exact same permission configuration in both servers.The folder structure is this:Folder1 | --> Subfolder1 | --> Subfolder2 | -->...
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Server 2012 Shares
Hi Microsoft community!I hope you can help me with an issue...I have a machine called \\shares\There are two drives on it, the "Local Disk (C:)" and the drive I want to put the shared resources on...
View ArticleInheritable permissions of shared folders acting very strange - Server 2008 R2
I'm having trouble making sense of some permissions issues with my 2008 R2 server. I have one DC which has a local drive shared out to users in the network.The top level of the drive (G:) is not...
View ArticleBest Practice to add storage to a shared resource file share
Can a shared file folder resource be pointed across multiple drives?I have a Shared file folder and I want to add more storage to the share.What is the best way to do this?Thanks in Advance
View ArticleRobocopy - Move Files/Folders and retain time/date
I am helping a department creaning their data - they have around 2TB. I have made a copy of all the data (Zero length files) to a folder - this way i can do some test runs of the scripts. The next...
View ArticleDFSR - Best Practice Questions [Replication Groups, Disks on Hub Servers etc]
Hi,I know there are plenty of DFSR Best Practice Documents around, but none that I found have been able to answer some questions I have around the following:Is there a defined limit to how many...
View ArticleSearch Index performance (W2008 R2)
HiAre there any limits to the number of files the search index can process on W2008 R2 ? We have a file server which is connected via iSCSI to an external SAN device. The data volume is approx. 2TB...
View ArticleACL folder access permission problem.
Hi,I having problem of remove an user from a folder, after i remove user A from folder and user A still can access to the folder, i go to folder and check permission tab, find out user A i deleted just...
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DFS Namespace won't start and ABE not working properly
I have a network file server that I'm using ABE on. I did some updates to the default domain policy that enabled it on my servers properly.Before I did the update ABE was working fine, and hid the...
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 ArticleExclude DfsrPrivate from DPM protection?
So, I've been trying to troubleshoot intermittent one way DFS replication (in a full mesh setup) with a Microsoft support engineer. I'm running server 2k8R2 on my file servers (one is a DC), and...
View ArticleVDSBusTypeFileBackedVirtual and VDSBusTypeSpaces in VDS_STORAGE_BUS_TYPE
Hello all,I want to know more about the enum values VDSBusTypeFileBackedVirtual and VDSBusTypeSpaces in VDS_STORAGE_BUS_TYPE. I wanted to find out if any disk visible to VDS is a physical one or...
View ArticleStorage Server 2012, dedup & snapshots, iSCSI vs SMB3
Hello,We are soon going to deploy a server 2012 storage cluster with a fiber channel san as the backend disk. Our dilemma right now is that our file servers are getting to be too large and our VMDK...
View ArticleMigrate the file server from 2008 to 2012 with data permission
Hi,I have to upgrade the data/file server in terms of software and as well as hardware and I would like to keep the permission on the files/folders.Any tips on it please. Currently, I have HP Pro...
View Articlethere is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation
When I try to expand the disk on my windows 2008 server I get this error: there is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation any suggestion are greatly appreciated Thanks AL
View ArticleQuery Directory SMB2 Command Problem
HiI am using SMB2 Command Query Directory in order to fetch directory information from a server. While I am using the flag "SMB2_INDEX_SPECIFIED" I can see that Server keeps on sending information...
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