Reattach iSCSI to a new Windows Server
Evening!I was wondering... We have a windows 2008 R2 enterprise server running our backup software. Which stores it into an iSCSI.Due to an unfortunate series of events. This server has went down and,...
View ArticleUnable to use Unallocated Space in Server2008R2
<p>In Disk Management I find an Unallocated Disk of 1676.00 GB , When I right Click to Make it a Simple volume , Everything is Greyed, Except Properties. Is their a method to make this...
View ArticleDFSR and nightly resyncs
We have an odd issue which has recently started. We have 4 offices connected using DFSR replicating 1,300,000 files. We recently replaced 2 older servers with 2012 standard boxes with two other 2003r2...
View ArticleESENT hotfix for Windows Server 2008 SP2
hii've gone to the link for the ESENT hotfix for windows 2008 server sp2support article kb 2553708 only shows the vista download options (3)it says it's choosing my hotifx based upon the version and...
View ArticleW2K12 Deduplication [Reading Performance]
Hi,I've just installed a new 2012 DC server which is going to hold Veeam Backups.So I've created a storage pool around 8TB and created a new volume with deduplication enabled but here comes the issue,...
View ArticleNot enough space to complete operation
Hi,Im using windows 2008 server on Dell PowerVault NX. Some weeks ago I installed 4 new hard drives. Added to existing raid, and i was able to see them in disk manager (3,7 TB unallocated space), but...
View ArticleDFSR Replication Group missing in action
We have DFSR running between win 2003R2 and Win2008std. The Hub is a win2008 server and we have 9 spokes. The problem started when i noticed that the topology showed that 1 member was disconnected. The...
View ArticleSharing & Security Issue
HiI created one shared folder in Windows server 2008 R2. Under the main folder i created four sub folders & given different access to those folders.For ExampleIn Sub folder 1 - Design Dept have...
View ArticleQuick file server rundown
Hey guys,I'm working with a file server and I'm mostly a network guy. I need a quick rundown of exactly how exclusive and read/only access works with a file.When a file is opened a hidden file is...
View ArticleDFS Replication - Can it act like a back up ?
DFS Replication - Can it act like a back up ? If the data in the primary location gets deleted I beleive that it would remove the data from the replcaition site as well. But is there way to avoid this...
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How to create iSCSI virtual disk on Windows server 2012 cluster?
Hi experts, I have created a Windows server 2012 cluster and add a shared disk on my role.But when I want to create a iSCSI virtual disk, I always get an errors. It seems that it can not use the...
View ArticleFatal Error by using File Server Migration Tool
Hello,we would like to migrate a single Windows 2003 R2 SP 2 (32bit) File Server to another FileServer-Cluster running Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise SP 1 with the MS FileServer Migration Tool.We created 2...
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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 ArticleThis networking location can't be included because it is not indexed
Hi AllI've seen a few threads here with this problem but have been unable to find a decent solution for my situation.We're migrating from Server 2003 to 2008. Right now everyone has a roaming profile...
View ArticleFile Server Data Synchronization
Hello, Quick question, hoping for a answer. I am currently looking into replicating approximately 350 GB of data from file server A to file server B at a collocation site. I have performed my initial...
View ArticleDFS-R should files and folder be same on each server
Hi allTrialling DFS-R with my MDT solution and looking at the replicated folders on each server the files and folders are the same but size on disk is not. is this normal?RegardsRonnieRegards...
View ArticleShare Migration to new Server 2012 system
We're planning to replace our principal Windows 2008 R2 file server with new hardware. We're installing Serer 2012 on the new server. Our existing file server data is stored on an HP LeftHand SAN and...
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DFSR Propagation Tests Fail
I run propagation tests/reports from each DFSR servers once a week to insure the health of our DFSR environment. Recently the propagation reports keep coming back with errors, and it's the same error...
View ArticleDFS Namespace folders disappear and reappear
Hello, I have the following setup. A Windows 2012 server running DFS with a single namespace that contains 4 folders.When my Windows 7 clients connect to \\domain.local\namespace, the 4 folders are...
View Articlehow to delete specific folder and all of its old verions on windows server 2008
on windows server we have snapshots taken twice daily.now there is a folder to be deleted but can't seem to get rid of all the old versionsfor example the backup for a specific version...
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