Some, and only some, DFS files are offline (grey x icon), files wont open
I have one DFS Namespace in production. There is one target folder. This directory is also shared with a UNC path on the target server. Approximately a month ago, we became aware that some file icons...
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We have an environment with a series of 4 year or older servers (Win 2008 and 2012) in a VMWare environment. We have suddenly found we cannot access certain servers. Then we get into the server and...
View ArticleHow to migrate NAS folders and permission to windows server?
Hi all,I want to migrate all the folders and permission from my synology NAS to a windows server 2016.Any tools or software can help?Thank you.
View ArticleStorage Replica and Hyper-V Production checkpoints
Hi, We recently noticed when using Storage Replica that we are unable to take Hyper-VProduction Checkpoints. Our SR group are VMs, which are using SAN storage so that the only "local" disk is the OS...
View ArticleEnabling storage replica on a stretch cluster gives "The requested object...
I've been beating my head against a wall for a couple of days on this. I'm starting to think Storage Replica is just broken in Server 2019.This is not a complicated setup. I have:4 Windows Server 2019...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 r2 dedup drive not showing extended space
Hi,We have a 800GB SAN disk mapped on Windows Server 2012 r2 where dedup is enabled. Since there was no free space left on this disk, we have extended space from Storage & same was extended on this...
View ArticleStorage Space fileserver randomly cuts connection to clients and dismounts...
Hello guys,I've got a file server running on Windows Server 2019 Standard Core and having quite a troublesome time with it. When a client is writing to the virtual disk via SMB those two issues...
View ArticleError 0x80042407 on Bare Metal Restore attempt
Hello,I have a similar problem like discussed here:http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-CA/winserverfiles/thread/f15bfe2f-e265-479a-afa3-f055530c97f5I try to restore Windows 2008 Server using...
View ArticleStorage Replica issue
Hello All, I have a requirement to setup storage replica scenario between 2 datacenter VMware VM's. For testing, I'm using 2 VMware vm with shared disk,My Scenario: I have...
View ArticleDomain and forest functional level
Hi We have three Domain controllers in our two locations. Location1: 1. Primary Domain Controller 2. Additonal Domain Controller Location2: 1. Read Only Domain Controller All...
View ArticleEvent 4112 never logged for a newly created DFS replication group.
I had a corruption of DFS replication database on one of the drives on our windows 2012 R2 file server. So I started the rebuild of the database by following the following procedure:- 1. Delete...
View ArticleFile copy issue
Hello Experts,I am facing same issue on 2008 R2,2012R2 and 2016 server.When i Created nested folder and tried to copy nested to same parent folder and i am getting below error.1)c:\abc\Parent\test...
View ArticleKB4503276 Disconnects Mac clients connecting to SMB File Shares
After installing KB4503276 on June 12, 2019, our Mac clients can no longer connect to SMB file shares on our Windows 2012 R2 server. Mac clients at our company regularly mount SMB volumes from the...
View ArticleHow to check who is handling a file
Hi,under "Computer management", in "Open Files" pane, i can see the user who is handling a file.I'd like to see the PC name, and not the account name. Is it possible? 3/4 of my LAN uses a shared...
View ArticleFile server migration permission issues
I'm migrating our windows 2008 file server to a windows 2019 file server. I'm using robocopy to copy the files to keep the NTFS permissions by using the /mir /copyall /zb switches. I've used these in...
View Articlerobocopy
Hi,I'd like to try Robocopy command line, correct me if I'm wrong that Robocopy includes the folder and ntfs permissions? So if folder1 is shared to everyone and under NTFS permission shared to a...
View ArticleDomain VS workgroup
Hi everyone,each time i format a PC to update the SO i notice i enter into a WORKGROUP but i don't have any reference in the WS2012 hosting the shared files.In order to login the server i use some...
View ArticleHow to migrate file server 2008 to server 2016 with same security...
Dear All, i am using file server 2008 with a separate storage MSA 2040 , how can i move file server rights and permissions to the new file server 2016 with same storage MSA 2040, i dont need to move...
View ArticleHow to change the event logs path to a remote server-Server 2012 R2
I have configured file server. Client is asking me to move all events log to a remote server for restriction purpose. I tried changing path of event log from properties, but it is not getting create....
View ArticleBSOD 0x00000ef critical process died Windows Server 2019
Hello ,this week I had to make a migration from a Windows Server Small Buisness 2011 to Windows Server 2019.We create a Windows Terminal Server and now all Users work on it.Data Transfert was fine and...
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