make offline command does not exist on usb flash drives in diskmanagement...
hi friendsan strange problem. when i connect any USB flash drive to my computer (windows 2012 datacenter), in diskmanagment console, there is no "offline" command.only these commands exist there:...
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HiWe have recently swapped our file server from Server 2003 to Server 2008. Our accounting program has thousands of linked files pointing to the file server directories, but unfortunately these are the...
View ArticleWindows 2012 API to get dedup volume information
Which is the correct API to get dedup volume information [something equivalent to powershell command “Get-DedupVolume”] I have tried “MSFT_DedupVolume” but couldn’t find any API to get the information...
View ArticleWin Server 2012 - FSRM File Screening - Powershell - Passive
Server: Windows Server 2012 StandardTrying to setup a passive File Screening path on my server via powershell however it doesn't want to set it as Passive, it always sets it as active. I checked my...
View ArticleReFS corruption
A few weeks ago, I created a striped virtual disk using storage spaces on Win2K12R2 formatted in ReFS. I copied a large amount of data to the disk with apparently no issues. I am now finding problems...
View ArticleRunning out of disk space (winsxs, installer, system32, SysWOW64 directories)
Hello, I have a windows server 2008 r2 standard SP1 x64 virtual machine with only 821MB of free space available out of a 35GB single hard drive.After scanning the hard drive with TreeSize I see the...
View ArticleRemoving Temporary Attributes
I am unable to remove temporary attribute for multiple files in DFSR Health Report. The issue is with long path and filename with the following command. For short path and file names, it works...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 - Indexing service problem with PDF content search
Hi All,We have enable Indexing services on Windows 2008 R2 64 bit sp 1, it has cataloged all the files(PDF/DOC/TXT).When we search the catalog its not returning all the files.Any one has the...
View ArticleTime Server configuration - workstations not syncing with server
Hi,I currently have a server setup as the time server (Windows 2008). If I go onto any of the workstations and enter "net time" it shows the correct time of the server as if it is linking correctly...
View ArticleCan't browse UNC path with name (Permissions problem?)
I have found tons of posts with this issue, but all of them were related to NetBIOS and/or DNS issues. My problem here is a little different. I have two 2008R2 Servers, one is the DC and the other a...
View ArticleUnable to get instance of a dynamic disk in Windows 2012 Server
I am unable to get instance of a dynamic disk, using Storage management API Classes.I used the sample code for Storage Management Application and modified such that it takes Disk Number as argument for...
View ArticleDFS Shared Folder Permissions - which permission is best practice?
When I create the DFS namespace the wizard allows me to edit settings and choose various permissions. First of all, I do understand Share and NTFS permissions. My question is related just to this...
View ArticleiScsiPrt System Errors
HiI have a Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2, 64 bit running on vmWare. I connected to a 1TB iSCSI netAPP LUN, and although the storage stays in place, I still notice consistent errors in Windows System...
View ArticleBitlocker Server 2008r2 and Raid 10 configuration.
I recently installed 4x2tb drives into my server 2008r2 box. I turned on the TPM chip and setup the drives with Raid 10. Now I have a drive that is 3.63tb of space. I have the option of encrypting the...
View ArticleBest way to keep a folder in synch between multiple datacenters
I'm looking for a way to synchronize a folder from one server to another. I want one server to be a master server and all the other servers should receive the file(changes) from the master server...
View ArticleDFS Replication
Hello ,I have DFS server on win server 2012I configured some replications group then i deleted after that when i created again and start shared and published replicated wizard it is showing error...
View ArticleNeed Script to Replace Group and Keed the same NTFS permissions.
We have a need to replace one AD Group with Another AD Group on our Filers. I also need to have the same NTFS permissions retained at both the group and file level. We would like to run this script...
View ArticleLogin Script help Required
Hi, I am attempting to write a script that will allow me too remotely log on 23 computers at the same time but my knowledge of scripting isn't great so can someone please help develop this script,...
View ArticleDFS-R backlog building on "Hub" Server during intial sync
Hi Everyone, I'm currently going through the process of "rebalancing" the storage in a DFSR Hub Server environment that I manage. This is due to increase of size for certain replication groups, and we...
View ArticleCound not map network drive: Extended error has occurred
Hi everyone. I've got a 2 domain setup with a two-way trust set up, and have a user getting an error when trying to map a drive to a share on a server. The name of the server is \\rgm-server.domain.com...
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