Is it possible to sync two volumes in S2D?
Hi all,I have a situation where a S2D Volume was created with double de size it needs. In order to reduce costs the manager wants to reduce replace the 2 disks of 4 TB for 2 disks of 2 TB, and reduce...
View ArticleHow would we get Shadowcopy to send notification of status - e.g. successful...
Hi,How would we get Shadowcopy to send notification of status - e.g. successful shadowcopy - with some stats. Either email or event log alerts would do. Any alerts or reports?thanks,
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Tier ReFS
Tier optimization task of ReFS volume is not working in Windows Server 2016.> Get-Volume g |Optimize-Volume -TierOptimize Optimize-Volume : The volume optimization operation requested is not...
View ArticleFile Explorer does not open - Windows Server 2012
Good morning people,I have had an issue the last few weeks which is driving me insane, I have tried many suggested fixes without avail as of yet, and just wondered if someone else would have something...
View ArticleAuditing on file server
HiI want to do auditing on file server win 2008 r2. I want to find logs for file/folder creation,deletion,create share,delete share...etc.Please suggest how to achieve this.thanks
View ArticleTest-SRTopology failing with file used by another process
Hello,I'm trying to test Storage Replica. I have two servers in separate datacenters and separate domains.Both machines are Windows 2016 Datacenter Core, build 1709. I'm logged as domain admin and this...
View ArticleDFS is not working anymore.
DFS was configured and working fine on Server 2008 STD, but now it's no longer replicating. Here are some of the errors I am seeing:...
View ArticlePrevious Versions, and VSS Error 12289 hr = 0x80070001, Incorrect function.
Click on Configure Shadow Copies, click on settings for either \\?\Volume or C:\ then settings then details.I receive following error: Failed to Initialize the details dialog for Volume C:\following...
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Capacity incorrectly displayed on NFS client when quotas are set for NFS...
Hi I've found that when setting hard limit quotas on a Windows server 2016 (clustered), an SMB share size will correctly be displayed on the SMB client. Meaning a 221GB volume with a 300MB hard limit...
View ArticleDetermine whether a request came directly to a share or via a DFS referral
So I have a reverse version of a question I see posted here quite often. I see a lot of people ask how to find out where a DFS referral is pointing them, or which server is being used, but what I would...
View ArticleResizing Partitions in windows 7
i would like to know whether we can resize Drive E and F partitions in windows 7... I have read and watched many times about resizing of C or D partition but it does not work for E and F...
View ArticleMoving fileserver with folder redirection and offline files enabled not...
Hello,We need to change the fileserver where folder redirection files are currently hosted, lets call it Server1. We have also enabled offline sync for all these files (desktop,docs,pics etc). So files...
View ArticleCannot access shared drive when folder name consists of particular CHN char
Hi, Full path on server D:\shared_e\home\admin bill\ang\港 Share path : \\TESTAD01\home\admin bill\ang\港 OS : Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard The shared folder is not accessible with this particular...
View ArticleReplacing Raid 1 mirrored drives on Windows Server 2003x64
I have looked almost everywhere for the proper sequence to replace mirrored drives. The drives are getting old but still healthy we just want to replace them with new hard drives, has anyone actually...
View ArticleHow to remove disks from Primordial Pool of an S2D deployment?
Executed this to disable auto addition of disks to the Storage Pool. Get-StorageSubSystem Cluster* | Set-StorageHealthSetting -Name "System.Storage.PhysicalDisk.AutoPool.Enabled" -Value FalseThen...
View ArticleDFSR move to new folder
Hello, I have to move the DFSR folders from one drive to another. I have found a guide and another explaining how to do it. I have followed the guide - robocopy the files, move the share, compare the...
View ArticleHow to confirm if DPM agent is pointing to the correct DPM server?
How to confirm if DPM agent is pointing to the correct DPM server? and if it is pointing to the wrong server, how to point it to the correct one without re-install of the agent?This is for Windows...
View ArticleRecover corrupted .bkf file by SysTools BKF Repair.
Hi All,My .bkf file corrupted due to power failure, and now i bought SysTools BKF Repair to retrieve the data from .bkf files. Theare are a few catalogs, say Catalog 1 and Catalog 2, in the corrupted...
View Articleserver 2016, hyper-v, dedupe
hiwhere is the documentation stating what storage is supported for hyper-v deduplication ?looking at running RDSH (session host) VMs. Which I believer falls under the VDI category ?I've read that you...
View ArticleDFSR Replication failed
I have two servers. The 'upstream' server is getting Database errors for the L: drive. It was still doing the initial replication and has about 4 TB left to go. The drive has free space.I ran "chkdsk...
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