Every user can read any file while ACL mass change in progress
Hi!We're having some strange things happening here. Maybe someone can help us what exactly is/was going on here.1. We have to add an additional user in the NTFS ACL list for all file shares in our...
View ArticleNFS problem after joining domain
Hello,I have a Windows 2012 storage server that shares folders for Linux clients using NFS.I created several shares that work fine.To add Windows clients shares (with SMB) I joined my server to my...
View ArticleWin2003 SBS - VSS Writers in "Waiting for Completion"
I find many articles regarding this problem, and yet, following the instructions, several of my writers remain in "Waiting for Completion" status. I use Backup Exec and my backups have been failing...
View ArticleThe DFS Namespaces service failed to initialize the shared folder
Hello All,The two DFS File services configured. Replication group created. few days ago file replication was working well but from last two day file replication working. I run force replication using...
View ArticleFiles are not accessable some time from Fileserver Via SMB1 to SMB2
Dear Team,we are facing an issue on our File server see our set upwe hosted Fileserver in a Clustered enviorment. Lots of Clients are accessing Picture files from defferant LocationsXP Users are facing...
View Articlethe action cannot be completed because the file is open on another program
I experience a weird issue.I have Windows 2008 server. Created 2 shares on the server. Every day starting between 2 and 7 PM i cannot save or rename files and folders at the root of the share. I have...
View ArticleFile Server Crash when opening excel document
Hi,I'm having a strange issue. We have a 2012 file server (clustered), now when a user emails a UNC link to a file (excel)on this file server, everyone in the company (250-300 users) seems to open this...
View ArticleDFS explicit permissions on folder are reverting to objectSid - Server 2008...
I've recently been dealing with permissions that keep changing to an objectSid. This is only reported in DFS GUI as I'm able to run the cmd "dfsutil property acl \\dfsroot\share" on the server and it...
View ArticleQuestion about NTFS Permissions (Read Permissions)
Hello All,I hope somebody can help me. I am wondering about the ACL Atribute "Read Permissions"Lets say I created a shre named "Share1" were "User1" has read Access. I created a Folder named "Folder1"...
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Slow opening of files from shared folder on Windows Server 2012
Hello,We have recently upgraded our file server solution from a Windows XP install with shared folders. To Windows Server 2012. However, we have been seeing a noticeable difference in network speeds...
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Can anyone help me?Creating the shadow copies in the file server cluster...
I construct a failover cluster(file server,AP module) for sharing files by WSS 2012,and I want to use the shadow copies to backup my data,but when making a shadow copies on the volume which is added...
View ArticleMapped network drive appears empty for all users on one computer
We have several network drives mapped via a batch file at log in. On one particular Windows 7 computer one of these drives maps but appears empty. Manually mapping to the drive and assigning a...
View Article2012 DFS-R Rebuild Time w/ Duplication Enabled
We have three 2012 DFS/DFS-R based servers at separate sites storing roaming profiles and redirected folders. We recently made the decision to enable deduplication to take advantage of the reduced...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleFailover Cluster Quorum Disk is fallen off the shared volume
Hi, we had a Cluster that was holding 40+ VMs and was originally setup with the building 1GB Ethernet adapter, we yesterday installed Qlogic 10 GB NIC teaming for both of the nodes and reconfigured the...
View ArticleSharing Files over Web like dropbox
I'm looking for ideas on how to create my companies own dropbox/skydrive like capability with our Windows 2012 servers.The CEO of our company gets frustrated (rightly so) with having to store company...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Administrative Shares delete after reboot
I know this is an oldie but goodie but I assure you it is not the AutoShareServer key. We have a Forest with several OUs. In OU 1 we have 2008 R2 servers and some 2003 Servers. Their AutoShare...
View ArticleDynamic Memory and Data Deduplication
Hi,I'm currently testing W2K12 Deduplication feature on some servers, and I was wondering if I could enable "Dynamic Memory" on the VM in Hyper-V? Because the job only uses percentage of memory for the...
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 ArticleDFSR Replication issues receiving servers stuck on “awaiting initial...
Hello, I have a DFSR replication group setup and several of the members but not all are stuck on “awaiting initial replication” and have been for months. On investigation it seems that the receiving...
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