Windows Server 2012 SMB problems
Dear Guys,I have a problem and no idea what to do, please help! One of our customers have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server, which has SMB1 feature installed and enabled because of some old...
View Article2 File Servers - Windows Server Migration Synchronization
Hello,I am working with a customer who needs to do Windows Server Migration Synchronization between his 2 web servers.Can he just use DFS for file replication considering both VMs are in the same...
View ArticleDFS, Folder target \\server\foldername cannot be added to the folder. Access...
I'm having an issue with DFS on server 2008R2. DFS worked fine until recently, now when I try to add or remove folders from the namespace I get access is denied. I gave myself explict full control on...
View ArticleFSRM Notfication error with Office 365 Account
Dear Everyone,I need your help.Failed to send the test e-mail due to the following error: Cannot send the email due to an error.I used Office365 account. But when I try to send test, it always show as...
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Enabling Storage Spaces Direct - error code: 50
Hi all,I use Windows Server version 1803.I create nested S2D PoC on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V.I can not "Enable-ClusterStorageSpacesDirect–CimSession <ClusterName>"Does anyone encounter the...
View ArticleFile server Shadow Copies drive
Hi there, I have Shadow Copies configured. All data are on E drive, and Shadow Copies are on F drive. I have two question about the shadow copies drive. 1. When I check F drive, I can see that drive...
View ArticleSetting up Fingerprint scanners to log onto a work station
Greetings Microsoft Community, This system is running windows 10 pro on a windows server 2016 domain. I have enabled the settings required in the GPO so that I should be able to use fingerprint sign...
View ArticleWork Folder
Hi,When deploying Windows Server 2016 work folders how can we deploy client settings via group policies if the domain controller is Windows Server 2003 R2. It has settings only for Offline...
View Articlebad DFSR-Perfomance
Hi,I have 2 fileservers (1x 2016 and 1x 2012 R2) connected via 1 Gbit/s and setup with DFS-Replication. The share has 13 TB and the stage-size is 1 TB (on each machine). I've setup replication 5 weeks...
View Articleiscsi session disappears after restarting server
Hi,I'm using an iScsi storage device that is connected to the network via two interfaces. One interface is using ip address 192.168.101.8 and the second one is 172.30.0.250. The second one is a...
View ArticleMissing VSS System Writer and CAPI2 error in Event Log
Hello, I'm having problems with making full system backup of Windows 2008 R2 x64. It looks like this is related to missing VSS System Writer. When I'm running command "vssadmin list writers" there is...
View ArticleHowto migrate Work Folders server?
Hi,I have some servers running 2012 R2 with active Work Folders feature. They will be replaced by 2016 machines. Is there some howto regarding the migration of Work Folders feature?The sync shares are...
View ArticleMax Dedup Volumes simultaneously.
Hello,I have 3 volumes of 4TB each. Each of them have a scheduled dedup job that runs at 6am. When the schedule job starts at 6am they all run simultaneously. But if I have to run a manual dedup job...
View ArticleID Management for Unix for SMB and NFS cross protocol - Alternative Mapping...
Per link, it says that IDMU is deprecated in Win Server 2016 and up. Is there a simple alternative solution to map Unix ID's with Windows ID's so that I can share my files across both SMB and NFS?...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Domain admin permission issue
Hi all, I'm having a weird issue in Server 2016 in regard to share and NTFS permissions. When I create a folder on my file server (D: partition) and I change nothing, I can access all the folders and...
View ArticlePermissions not Reflecting post copying to CIFS Share
We are trying to copy files from Win 2008 R2 to CIFS share which is mounted on HP StoreOnce Device which is domain joinedWe are using Robocopy as well RichCopy with permission transfer options,...
View ArticleEvent ID 12293 & 8193 VSS Fail Server 2008r2
I continue to receive 12293 & 8193 errors in the event log everytime Backup Exec 2010r3 runs on our 2008r2 server. Volume shadow copy runs fine without error. When the backup software runs and VSS...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Direct (S2D) How to create more than one pool
Would someone please provide detailed instructions, or a link to instructions, on how to create more than one Pool in S2D?I have seen many requests, and responses, that it can be done, but no direction...
View Article2012R2 Errors Responding to SMB Connections
Hello everyone!I'm going crazy because of this problem.I have a virtual 2012R2 file server on a vmare host that randomly has problems with shared folders.We have just redone the network and there are...
View ArticleServer 2016 Work Folders and Windows 10 1803 Sync Question
We've just deployed Work Folders in our organisation and so far we're loving it. It solves a lot of issues and enhances our user's experience.I have a question about .ini files. We have essentially...
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