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DFS Namespace - Noob question?
I am attempting to setup a stand-alone DFS Namespace to alleviate some of the growing pains of ever increasing data requirements at our facility. Essentially what I would like to do is setup this DFS...
View ArticleStorage Spaces on WS2012R2 Server Essentials drive space error
So, I finally bit the bullet and retired my V1 Home Server in favor of building out a Windows Server 2012R2 Server Essentials box as a replacement. All seemed to go well with the install and so I built...
View ArticleFile Server (Services for Network File System) role not installing
Hello.I am to connect a NFS folder to my Windows Server 2008 x64.On one server installation of the File Services role along with Services for Network File System went smooth no problem. The same...
View ArticleDFS on Windows Storage Server 2008R2 Essentials
I have a small NAS-type device running Windows Storage Server 2008R2 in place at a remote site for a client. This was put in place to replace a failing 2003 domain controller (not my choice for...
View Article2008R2: spare HDD is labeled "system" in disk management
Getting ready to upgrade from 2008R2 to 2012R2 and I wanted to perform a bare metal backup to a spare PATA drive that has been used only for holding random files that are several versions old. This...
View ArticleFSRM and SOFS
I have a question about managing user quotas with FSRM on a SOFS. My setup is a basic 2 node fail over cluster configured as a scale-out file server. I plan to use this setup for hosting user folder...
View ArticleDFSR Errors and Initial Sync slows down Network
HelloI have a Windows 2012 Server (primary member-site A) where i created one Replication Group which replicates one folder with the amount of 104 GB of Data over WAN to another Windows 2012 Server...
View ArticleStorage Spaces not working as expected
I've created a test environment using Server 2012 R2 to test and evaluate Storage Spaces. So far I'm not getting the result that I was expecting, so I'm wondering if someone can shed some light on it...
View ArticleBSOD due to access violation in dfsc
Our new (not yet production) file server (W2k12) crashed last night due to an access violation in dfsc.sys. Afaik it happened the first time, but I am not totally sure. I also was unable to find out...
View Articleexternal jbod enclosure connected via eSata compatible with storage spaces?
I may get kicked out of the IT gene pool for this question, but I gotta ask!It seems my older 6-drive bay server is too flakey to run 2012r2. I don't have any other PC's laying around with more than 4...
View Article"The sync server needs the user's current user name and password"
Hi,I`m trying to publish Work Folders using Web Application Proxy based on this guide.When trying to set up Work Folders on Windows 8.1 clients (1 domain-join, 1 in workgroup) I get the following...
View ArticleRead Only
Hello, I just got the surface 2 and I love to write but my latest book I forgot to save. I went to unsaved documents to finish my book but it said it was read only. How do I actually write...
View ArticleIs there any way to recover files deleted from recycle bin?
I accidentally deleted a folder of important files into the recycle bin,and then cleaned the bin as usual after the deletion.I really need the files back.please tell me what to do.Thanks for your answer!
View ArticleiSCSI targets left behind by vss provider?
Hello all,I have a Windows Server 2012 Failover cluster running a number of virtual machines. Storage for the cluster is provided by a Windows Storage Server 2012 instance and mapped to the nodes via...
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Problems with iSCSI connection to SAN
Having an issue with our iSCSI SAN constantly doing logical unit resets which kills the performance of it and causes issues with our exchange databases dismounting because they lose sync. Also causing...
View ArticleStorage spaces: resynchronization parity\mirror
Hi. If i configure raid-5 or raid-1 on hardware raid-controller (or in Windows over Disk Manager) then i can to seesynchronization process in application from raid-controller (or in Disk Manager). How...
View ArticleManage shared folder - server operators group
I have Windows server 2012 with Active directory and I need to allow some non-administrator user to mange shared folder in the server (give access to user).I use MMC in there PC to do that but the...
View ArticleRemote site slow search of shared folder?
All,I have a remote site(Tampa) with users complaining of slow search of a shared folder in the NY office file server. I have tested this and confirmed that NY users are not complaining of the slow...
View ArticleFile names too long. Can't delete
I'm having an issue deleting files from a Windows Server share. The files in question are actual email items, moved from within MS Outlook to the file system. They have incredibly long file names...
View ArticleVolume Change after Appassure Rollback
Greetings,I just upgraded our file servers hard disk array with all new drives. Created a new virtual disk, raid 5. Formatted the partition to have 2TB (Max for NTFS), everything worked as planned. I...
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