Windows server 2008 R2 How to recover from EventID 259 $BadClus:$Bad:$DATA
When using Windows disk manager to shrink the disk, it doesn't allow shrinking the partition. Event 259 is in the event viewer so i assume it has something to do with that. My servers configuration...
View ArticleWill DFS Replication work over NAT?
hi guysI was reading this about DFS Replication. So my question basically is Will DFS Replication work over a NAT?" DFS Replication might not work across firewalls when replicating between branch...
View ArticleDfsrdiag backlog not showing (first) files
Hi, I've an issue with DFSRDIAG Backlog command. It completes successfully but it doesn't show any of the files not synched between two DFSR members. Here is the output:Member <d1wnas25825>...
View ArticleVSS Error (80070005 Access is denied)
I asked this in another forum but it was suggested that I try here instead.I am getting a couple of errors on a Windows 2012 box now that I can't find a solution to. I found something similar (it...
View ArticleOfflineFileTimeoutInterval
Is there a way to change the default timeout value when accessing offline files?The following website...
View ArticleWindows SBS 2008 and Storage Server 2008 namespace or just replication?
We run currently have a head office with a SBS 2008 server and a remote site that was using RDP but are trying to install a Storage Server 2008 as they mostly only need access to email and some...
View ArticleGroup policy for FSRM
Hi Guys,Are there any group policy settings for FSRM so I can apply them to file servers instead of settings on each file server?Thanks!Weicong888
View ArticlePlaying M-peg4 files on Windows Server 2012
Where can I get drivers for Windows Server 2012 mpeg4 to play. I have downloaded the lastest Real Player and windows player is not working, want to view and down load files from youtube and it seems...
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fake volume?
Hi. On my File server i have two raid: 1 for system and 10 for data.I recently noticed that came fake volume Y, and i am not udersantand from where it comes??? And for any folder into this volume I...
View Articlekb967723 error 80070490 with updates
I am getting error code 80070490 when trying to install kb967723 windows update. I am using Windows Server 2008 Standard 64 bit Any ideas ??
View ArticleBest Practises For Retiring an Old DFS (Member) Server
Hi,We currently have two DFS servers. The original member server at our site is a Server 2003 Standard (x86), and the new (replacement) server is a virtual Server 2008 R2 Standard (x64) on a Hyper-V...
View ArticleMapped drive problem
I map shared folder on windows server 2012 from my xp and 7 machine. Problem is that after some short time about 15 minutes of idle my connection drop ,I can access to mapped drive with double click of...
View ArticleNeed step by step installation/configuration for file server 2012
HiI need steps for installation/configuration for file server 2012. Best way for migration of file server 2008 to 2012...Anybody help me in this..
View ArticlePhantom Dfs namespace
Hi, we have a w2k8r2 server on which we installed installed dfs. however after1 month we started to get some issue and we decided to stop the dfs.We remove the name space via the gui,but when I access...
View ArticleMultipath IO on Server 2012
I've configured Server 2012 as a poor man's SAN in my lab environment. My virtualization host is connected fine to the iSCSI target I've created. I have 4 NICs, 3 I have reserved for iSCSI traffic....
View Articlehow to detect which subdirs have different permissions from the parent?
Hi all, does anyone know of a way to search each directory in a drive, compare its permissions to that of its parent, and list it to a report if those permissions do not match?
View ArticleDFSR -- DfsrPrivate Folder Not Created
Existing DFSR groups exist and are working. Added a new DFSR group and everything looks fine but not replicating. Looked in the folder and the DfsrPrivate folder was not created. It isn't hidden; it...
View ArticleMapped Drives Disappear As Soon As They Are Mapped
Hello all,I am having an issue with a few of my users recently regarding mapped drives. We currently have a simple batch file logon script that maps the network drives they need. These are Windows 7...
View ArticleRobocopy Switch /DCOPY:DA
Hi ExpertsRecently I have been doing a lot of work in Robocopy on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. We are migrating Terabytes of data and I am looking at ways of increasing performance. Recently I saw...
View ArticleNTFS Compression Hanging Server
I have an automation process that uses Robocopy to copy backups (WindowsImageBackups and other backup files) from my Virtual Servers to a seperate Physical Server (WIndows 2008 R2). This process has...
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