File Server - DFS Question
Hello,I have 2 file server in my company:MainFS001 - Main Office, which has FolderA and FolderB shared for users.BranchFS001 - Branch Office, which has FolderC and FolderD shared for users.DFS is...
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 ArticleDFS file share access freeze
I got one wired issue in our domain with multi site. Users got issues accessing the \domain.com\corpdata share intermittently. its freeze and noticed hapanning everywhere at the same time too. So just...
View ArticleDFS access denied after changing domain admin password
Hello everyone,I am having a problem here. I changed the domain admin password and now I cannot create or delete folders in a DFS namespace.Y restarted the DFS services and still can't add or delete...
View ArticleVSS errors on virtual server following BSODs, causing backup failures.
Environment:2012 R2 hypervisor, three VMs (SBS 2011, 2012 R2, 2008 R2 respectively). All VHDs and VMs stored on HV's D: drive. Arcserve Backup 17.5 SP1Background:SBS 2011 server blue-screened, seems to...
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 ArticleI want o assign change permission & I want to remove delete write permission...
Hi Support,I want o assign change permission & I want to remove delete write permission from users on shared folder. Example: I have one domain controller and file server. I want to give the change...
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 ArticleHome Folder issue
Hi,Home folder was working fine but when I changed my DNS ip to 8.8.8.8 to get the internet home folder disappeared and I changed to 172.18.10.39 (DNS Server) the internet is gone and I cant able to...
View ArticleDFS namespace - Clients connect to random server
Hi,I have created a namespace in my Domain \\domain\files, which points to a replicated share on 3 fileservers (in our 3 sites). Now, when a client executes net use x: \\domain\files, it connects to a...
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Command line or Powershell cmdlet to replace ownership on folder
Hi,Is there a cmd or powershell cmdlet for the below option? I used takeown /R but it does not take ownership on all subfolders. However, if I try with GUI, I get no error message and it completes...
View ArticleQuery on SMB1 Deprecation
Hi,I have 2008R2,2016 DC in my infrastructure and my clients windows 2003 and 2003R2,2008R2, Windows7 and above.soon 2008R2 DC will be decommissioned. Due to application dependence still we are...
View ArticleSearch indexing incomplete results
I'm having some serious issues in trying to resolve a search indexing issue on a dedicated Windows server 2016 file server.The server is a Hyper-V VM in our DC and it's sole purpose is to act as a file...
View ArticleRoboCopy Error 5
I am getting this error both on a Network Drive AND seeing it on a USB connected drive.On the Network Drive, the command I am using is.... ROBOCOPY C:\Users\GH\Documents\ "\\SDS115J\home\GH...
View ArticleHow to stop Windows Home users connecting to Server
is there any way to STOP users their Personal laptops to Windows Server 2012 at the moment any user can browse to the Network share and as login with their username. This includes NON-Windows computers...
View ArticleDFSR breaks after reboot
I have set up a replication group and folder between two 2012R2 servers. Replication works fine until I reboot one of them. Then I get Error 1202 in the Events log with this message:The DFS...
View Articlemove deleted files
i am currently configuring a server that will only house replicated folder from other servers, i would like to setup a folder that will store file that have been deleted from other folders and would...
View ArticleHow to see active directory users disk space details ?
How can i find the active directory users storage and disk space details from active directory server ?
View ArticleWindows 10 system - Open file session on file server
I we have windows 2008 file server - where one of windows 10 system - even is should down - it shows open file session on file server. Is their any update of patch for windows 10 which can fix this issue
View ArticleBackup and Restore Quotas - FSRM
We are copying all our shares to a different drive on Windows Server 2012 R2.Once this is done, we will be making the drive the same letter of the previous drive. During this process, the old drive...
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