VSS Volume Shadow Copy keeps failing on Windows 2008 Server
Get this error on a 2008 32bit server seems like every morning. We run Backup Exec 2010 R3 which I assume this comes from. ThanksLog Name: ApplicationSource: Application ErrorDate:...
View ArticleDynamic Memory and Data Deduplication
Hi,I'm currently testing W2K12 Deduplication feature on some servers, and I was wondering if I could enable "Dynamic Memory" on the VM in Hyper-V? Because the job only uses percentage of memory for the...
View ArticleVolume Shadow Copy - Older Copies Can Only Be Seen by Administrator
A regular user reported she could only see the previous versions of a file going back to 6/25. Looking at the same file the domain administrator could see previous versions going back to 5/15. I...
View ArticleHowto do a mirror spaces rebuild: parallelized recovery
Hi there,i got a 4 drive SS with one virtual disk (2 way mirrored, 2Tb thin prov) on Server 2012R2 Datacenter Preview. The drives are 2x3Tb and 2x500Gb.I would like to know how to start the new...
View ArticleSmall Storage Server setup suggestions, please
I am building a new small [primarily] storage server, to try out all the new Windows Server 2012 (and R2) features (Storage Spaces, ReFS, Deduplication etc). The motherboard has 6 SATA ports and the...
View ArticleExternal Hard Drives (and some flash drives) Not Recognized by Server2003
I recently purchased a new computer (Dell T100 server) and old Server2003 disk (OEM disk on eBay). Installed Server2003 and added File Server role only. My data is located on a Western Digital Passport...
View ArticleDistributed File System Replication (DFSR) STATIC RPC PORT
I would like to set the static RPC port that DFSR uses via registry; I do not wish to use the command line option dfsrdiag staticRPC /port:. Anyone know if this can be done via registry? (Server...
View ArticleError using ntbackup
I have downloaded some patches and restarted the server as on post here suggests but I'm still getting this error. I'm using a Windows 2003 SBSBackup Status Operation: Backup Active backup destination:...
View ArticleHow to allow users to create a file but deny modify or delete in Server 2003
This is similar to a lot of questions already out there but we require the ability to set up a folder so that users can create files in there (or copy files into there) but once done they cannot modify...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 and SSD
Hello Everyone, I have a question about SSD and how it works in Windows Server 2012. I have got a home server with all roles acting as domain controller, wds, dns, shcp and file server aslo I made CCTV...
View ArticleSystem Writer is not found in the backup
Hello,I have a new and updated Windows 2012 Standard OEM version on DELL Server. When trying to run a Bare Metal update I am receiving the error "System Writer is not found in the backup". I have...
View ArticleRestrict Deletion and allow creating files and folder on File Server
Hi,We have a file server on Windows 2008 Server R2 Standard, and we have following requirements:1] User should not delete the files and folders from the File Server2] User Should create and Modify the...
View ArticleWhich hotfixe do I need to resolve KB #2761922 (DFS namespace folders are...
The hotfix download link at the top of KB #2761922 points to two hotfixes (Fix411281 and Fix423534). Are both hotfixes needed to resolve the problem, or should I install only the most recent fix...
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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 replication between two drives
What are the limitations of replicating an entire drive (eg: d:) to another destination drive using DFS replication in 2008. We have encountered abrupt halts in the replication while using in this...
View ArticleDeduplication and restore from NT backup from windows server 2003
Funny thing.Our setup:San, hypver-v Cluster (2 servers). One of the servers on the hyper-v cluster is hosting a share which is deduplicated. Every day we make a full backup to tape robot which is...
View ArticleScale Out File Server & Networking
HiI am in the process of creating a SOFS and all is going swimmingly but am getting confused on the networking side of things.I have my CSVs & SMB Cluster running fine on two servers and have...
View ArticleDFS replication problem - IPsec VPN
Hi,I'm having an issue with DFS replication over a IPSec VPN. I have two servers, one based in the UK and one in the USA. I'm replicating a folder with 150GB of data. The staging folder is set to...
View ArticleDFS replication role and SYSVOL replication
How does DFS role and SYSVOL replication related?if we first setup the environment in domain functional level 2008 or higher, the SYSVOL replication will be using DFS by default without us adding the...
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Can anyone help me?Creating the shadow copies in the file server cluster...
I construct a failover cluster(file server,AP module) for sharing files by WSS 2012,and I want to use the shadow copies to backup my data,but when making a shadow copies on the volume which is added...
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