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DFS Namespace on Azure VM and Azure Client VPN
Hi All,I've created a new DFS namespace (\\company.local\Public) on Windows Server 2012 R2 in Microsoft Azure. As a reference I have used the following blog post:...
View ArticleThe DFS namespaces service Failed
Good afternoon,I have a few users who get this error randomly, can be multiple times a day can be every other day,"The DFS Namespaces service failed to initialise the shared folder that hosts the...
View ArticleNew 2016 File Server causing no "File Locked for Editing by user..." message...
Hello all! I have an odd issue I cannot put my finger on. We recently replaced a Server 2008 Standard File Server with a Windows 2016 Datacenter version. I have DFS setup for a number of shares. My...
View ArticleWork Folders: 0x8002802b Element not found
Were experiencing some issues with Work Folders on clusters today after moving VM from one host to another. We have 2 servers in the cluster with the role running on one node. We had the current...
View ArticleVolume Deduplication
I have a virtual file server in my environment that has a drive filling up. My usual process is to run WinDirStat to see what can be cleaned up before provisioning more storage. To my dismay - I found...
View ArticleServer Service and SMB
Does SMB1 and SMB2 require the Server service to function? In other words without Server service turned on any SMB will not work to the server?
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could not create storage pool failed, the drive cannot find the sector requested
the server is a windows 2016 VM hosted on a ESX5.5 1. added a new raw disk to the VM2. From the disk managemen console, the disk is initiated and formatted3. From the server manger console, trying to...
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 ArticleLarge number of open file handles on fileserver (Server 2012R2) after user's...
Hi,we do have an rds farm with roaming profiles (not profile disks) consisting of 6 terminal servers ("srvts001" to "srv006" 2012 R2), 2 domain controllers ("srvdc01", "srvdc02" 2012 R2), 1...
View ArticleDFS issues
Hi, We have 2 Windows Server 2008R2 File Servers with DFS enabled. We are had issues lately with replication and we management to fix them last week, however now we seem to have another problem. The...
View ArticleServer 2016 - Single host Multi-resiliency on storage tiers
Im doing some testing with Server 2016 and storage spaces. I would like to use use different resiliency across storage tiers but do not see that as an option when creating a new volume. I have 2-SSDs...
View ArticleModify permission for all user drives
Hi, We have a file share repository for user drives which are created using the Home Folder field in AD under the Profile tab in the user object. By design, the Documents and Downloads folders in the...
View ArticleWorkstation service wont start - error 2
I'm running Windows 2008 server enterprise r2 and I got hit by a nasty virus that modified a bunch of my services and its dependencies. Since then I'm having a problem getting the workstation service...
View ArticleOffline Files
Hallo,Can anyone tell me how the CSC cache is loaded ? What happens when it is full ? Is there a Round Robin strategy for populating the cache (this is, in case of full cache, the oldest files are...
View ArticleMonitor/Modify Kernel files
Hello all,Is there a process of getting our own application (agent) signed by MS for making changes/monitoring file activities (like AV)? If so, what is the process and how much does it cost?Thanks in...
View ArticleADFS/WorkFolders keeps requiring all client machines to enter password
I configured ADFS with a WAP reverse proxy with a back-end Work Folders server. I configured the system with proper 3rd party certificates and everything connects fine both internally and externally....
View ArticleCan't take ownership of files with take own get access diened
Good afternoon all,I've some files where can't take the ownership of. I've tried every and searched allot of technet and the rest of google.When is ue:Takeown /f *.* /r /a /d yi get like 4 succes...
View ArticleThe DFS namespaces service Failed
Good afternoon,I have a few users who get this error randomly, can be multiple times a day can be every other day,"The DFS Namespaces service failed to initialise the shared folder that hosts the...
View ArticleSlow mapped drive windows server 2012R2 over vpn
Hello,we have a windows server 2012R2 v6.3 build 9600 (fully patched since 23/07/2018) with a mapped network drive to a remote location over vpn. About 5 desktops have this mapping. THey all have the...
View ArticleDFS Writer VSS restore operation fails at pre-restore
I am attempting to perform a VSS backup and restore of the DFS writer on a server 2012r2 box.When performing a VSS restore on the same VM as where the backup was created it restores successfully. The...
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