DFS domain namespace cannot be added to a file server cluster
I´m just starting to play around with DFS, and this is probably stupid problem. I´ve seen this:...
View ArticleDFSR Read-Only Member Sending Backlog & not completing initial sync
Hi - I have an all 2008R2 DFSR topology where 1 server is authoritative & all others are read-only members. I initially setup the 1-way replication incorrectly, and fixed it by following...
View ArticleCan you Setup a Active Passive DFS namespace in the same site
Hi,I would like to use DFS for profile replication. I know MS doesn't recommend it, but was wondering if you could setup DFS namespace in an Active/ passive contests in the same AD site. I think or...
View ArticleDeDupe and logical Questions
Can Some one explain me i ran dedupe and it shows 100 completed and that time it saved 21 GB after three days it saved 1 TB on same data how it is possible ?
View ArticleDFSR backlog not reducing in windows 2012
I had this issue previously with Windows 2008 R2, and the issue was resolved by KB2663685 and KB2831101.I've done an inplace update of windows 2008R2 in my file server - DFSR server, and after the...
View ArticleWin2008 R2 Backup Failure: Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup...
Failed to get exclusive lock on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) system partition. [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Backup [ Guid] {1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D} EventID 517...
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 ArticleWindows Serch is inconsistent
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 server with the File Services role and the Windows Search service installed. We do not have the Indexing service installed. There is a piece of software that...
View Article2008R2/2012 File server limits
Hi all,I need to create e new Windows 2008R2/2012 File Server for my company (2500 users).I have a new Server with 2 CPU and 64 GB of RAM (3 Luns on an HP EVA FC SAN). I would like to know if I'm OK...
View ArticleDisks getting same UniqueId
I am trying to create disk in Azure - US-East region and keep getting the same SCSI Unique Id for all my disks. Following is Get-Disk results and you can see that two of the virtual disks have the same...
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...
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 Article2012 Deduplicated volumes - hydrate only specific file types
I have a file server with roughly 4 TB of data. We have found that turning on 2012 Dedupe feature is causing corruption with Access databases. Databases worked fine for a week or better before we...
View ArticleSpacing in username creating issues in DFS
In our network, we have several users that still have a space in their login name. has this ever been known to cause issues in a single DFS server for files to randomly disappear?
View ArticleSMB1/2 transfering extremely slow for small files. Sends file 6 times.
Having an issue with transferring small files using SMB1 or SMB2. 100MBs will transfer faster than 100 files totaling 10kb.Doing a packet capture on the source computer will show a file being sent to...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Deduplication - Access share from Windows XP / 7
Hi, We're currently working through a support ticket with MS regarding an issue with Windows 2012 deduplication and accessing that deduplicated data via a SMB Share from Windows 7 and Windows XP...
View ArticleDFS ABE on Existing File Server
I have a couple questions about DFS.We currently have a file server that we need to setup Access Based Enumeration on to hide folders the user does not have access to. The server is 2008 R2 in a...
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user’s data replication from one file server to remote another file
Dear All,We want solution for server by windows system, what can I do it? Anybody help me. Right now we want to implement storage solution for DC and DR sites. Not full DR solution. Only DR site for...
View ArticleStorage solution with NAS backend?
Hello,I want to share folders (CIFS/SMB) to multiple users from windows server (2012) box. They will work as a file storage for users. But I want to use NAS box (exporting cifs/nfs) as backend...
View ArticleDoes Power Data Recovery rescue every kind of file format or just some?
Does Power Data Recovery rescue every kind of file format or just some?Power Data Recovery can recover all files, but the files may not have been overwritten.
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