Memory Usage on 2008 R2 file server is high and doesn't seem to be accounted for
this is a vmware vm running 2008 R2 server with file services with 8 GB of RAM at 95 percent usage.The memory usage by processes doesn't add up to 7.5 GB and the active memory on the vm is only 1.2...
View Articlestop adding domain admins to folder security by default
Hi AllI would like to remove this default behavior. I have two local domain admins with access to file server. They always login to server as them. When they are changing any permissions on shared...
View Articleiscsi initiator target not reconnecting on reboot
Windows server 2008 Standard on a VM (vsphere 4.1) - We are using the iscsi initiator to target storage on another bare metal Linux server. Although the reconnect fails on a reboot, we can manually...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Storage Spaces Tiering + Hyper-V , Backup & Replica
Hi, I'm building a new server for a client. The server will host a couple of VMs, everything will be 2012 R2. The server won't be part of a cluster although I may be able to use Hyper-V replica to...
View ArticleDashboard not listing server folders and hard drives
I seem to have a problem with the dashboard on Windows Server 2012 essentials R2. The Storage tab of the dashboard is no longer displaying a list of server folders and hard drives. It just displays the...
View ArticleSMB share
Hello to all, I have a question regarding SMB. I would like to build a two-node cluster with SQL and I would use it as a storage pool technology. My question is about how to expose the disk to the SQL...
View ArticleTroubleshooting DFS referrals in a full mesh replication topology
Hi,I'm using DFS namespaces to publish links, but not DFS replication. We use a full mesh AD replication topology (multiple sites in 1 AD site link).Users on VPN sometimes do not get all the folders on...
View ArticleQuota threshold exceeded - no email
hello,I installed FSRM role on Win2k8R2, then I created Quota on D:\Provate folder and enabled Email Notifications on Quota.But when quota is exceeded no email is sending by FSRM.In EventViewer I...
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...
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Users experiencing Delays in Accessing File Share using Windows Explorer
The issue has been Sporadic to All the users in our Client Location no matter Accessing File shares from Wired , wireless, network or remote-They have been experiencing the delays while accessing files...
View ArticleConfig.ini
I need to allocate memory to a backup agent and was told I could had 2 lines to the config.ini to accomplish this. Where do I find the config.ini file and what is the proper way to add lines to it?
View ArticleRicoh Aficio MP C2051 Scan to Folder - Windows Server 2012 Error:...
I have recently upgraded a clients servers to Windows Server 2012 & since doing so have lost the ability to scan to folder.Both servers are domain controllers and previously on a 2008 domain...
View ArticleWindows 2012 : How to configure alert on File Server Resource Manager Server.
Hello,I want to know how to configure Alert on FSRM to get a notification whenever any File or Folder’s rights getting modified or changed.FSRM installed on Windows 2012 Standard 64 BitPlease help...
View ArticleServer 2012 - iSCSI Virtual Disks Missing After Reboot
Hi guys. I recently had to reboot my Windows 2012 Storage Server. When it came up, the physical disks that the iSCSI virtual disks reside on were visible, as were the VHD files, but the targets were...
View ArticleHow to identify disk # in disk event id 153
Hi *.how can I find out which disk is affected by Event ID 153 “The IO operation at logical block address # for Disk # was retried”?Is there some information in the registry that i can use to map it...
View ArticleDFS Namespace DNS issue
Hi All,I'm configuring DFS for the first time. :)I have 3 sites, at my location i have 2 DC's and DFS (to be configured) DNS is hosted on both the DC's.2nd site has Infrastructure\Schema master. And...
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Cannot share directory with Everyone
I have several Server 2008 R2 servers, each with a share named IT$, each having the exact same permissions including "Everyone" having Read & Execute. What I use this share for is to run...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 DFS, System Error 53
Background Info- AD is functional level 2008 R2- Web server is running Windows 2012 + IIS (W1 > W5)- File Server is running Windows 2012 R2 and DFS (FS1, FS2)Now when i setup my dfs file share, it...
View ArticleStorage Server 2012 best practices? Newbie to larger storage systems.
I have many years managing and planning smaller Windows server environments, however, my non-profit has recently purchased two StoreEasy 1630 servers and we would like to set them up using best...
View ArticleExecuting a .exe or appref-ms file throug file screen of File Server Resource...
Hi All, Scenario: An excel file containing some records is uploaded through FTP on the server and is required to be read and saved into database by an .Net windows application, and to generate...
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