Microsoft Office and DFS namespace
Hey guysWe recently switch our folder redirection to a DFS server and now we have users experiencing "Trying to Connect to domain.localand I don't think its an error more just a visual message but is...
View ArticleThe SMB client failed to resume a handle on a file share with continuous...
Hi.We have a 2-node WS2012 cluster that has a file server role with couple shares configured.We're however constantly getting spammed by the following errors in the eventlog:1) event 1002, source:...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 x64: Error on Shadow Copies tab
Pulling up the Shadow Copies tab on any of my drives gives the following error:Initialization failed. Error 0x80040154: Class not registered.Any ideas? Per the event log, the VSS service is starting...
View ArticleTwo USV issues: %username% & permissions
Hello all,I recently-ish (~7 months) migrated our domain over from Roaming User Profiles (RUP) to RUP + Folder Redirection (USV). Everything works fantastically, except two small issues. Warning: Long...
View Articlebest practice migrate file server
I have 3 file servers n two different domains:FileS01 and FileS02 in domainA (FileS01 / FileS02: Windows 2003R2)FilesS03 in domainB (FileS03: Windows 2003R2)Should I migrate to a new corporate server...
View ArticleDisk Partition Issue
I was trying to create a simple partition on a Windows Server 2008r2 server. The server has four current partions already, OEM, recovery, O/S, and File storage. I went through the steps, selecting...
View ArticleUDF USB Read Only
Hi,I purchased a recovery USB from Lenovo for my ThinkPad (out of warranty, had to pay). They sent me a Microsoft branded USB stick preloaded with Windows 8. It is formatted as UDF and served its...
View ArticleAny recommendations on virtual file servers?
Hi,I am looking at migrating our existing physical file servers to virtual servers on Hyper-V.Essentially on our physical boxes we created a 2 drive mirror for the OS, and lumped everything else...
View ArticleServer 2012 and deduplication in a failover file cluster
Hi,I have a 2 node Server 2012 Failover Cluster running File Server, can I use deduplication on the volumes clustered, they use NTFS?Looking at this reference:...
View ArticleChange server domain retaining permissions
We have a requirement to change the domain membership of a file server but permissions of files stored on the server must be retained with matching groups on the destination domain.I realise there are...
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Cannot create a partion on an unpartitioned drive...
Hi all;Please look at the following figures:As you can see on the second figure. I cannot create a partition on it. Can anyone explain why?ThanksPlease VOTE as HELPFUL if the post helps you and...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Robocopy Failure with Double Backslash "\\" in file path
Hi,I am doing a large Robocopy for a customer of mine that is reading from a DVD source and copying across the WAN, potentially running for multiple months. The RoboCopy is running as a scheduled task...
View ArticleRAID setup on C drive
Hello, I'm trying to make a mirror for my c drive on which my Windows server 2008 is installed and running. When I try to convert it into a dynamic disk, it shows some warning that the operating...
View ArticleStorage Nodes
I am building a storage cluster and use Storage Spaces. I will be using the cluster along with my Hyper-V cluster. About how much memory should I have in each of my storage cluster nodes?thanksRob Nunley
View Article2008 R2 Scheduled Task returning 0x1
Hallo,ich have already searched my way through google and those related threads in here but with no success. I have created a powershell-script which is stored on a fileserver in our head office. We...
View ArticleEncrypted Files Access Denied
Hi all One folder on our server has been encrypted and I have been asked to change the administrator password which has now stopped all access to the files within the folder. If I try to open one of...
View ArticleDFS Replication suddenly stopped working
Hi,I'm having a little difficulty restoring file replication between two of our servers. I'd appreciate some thoughts...Background information: We have got two replication groups (with two servers in...
View ArticleWindows 2012R2 Data Deduplication performance
HiThere is some information about how data deduplication can impact server performace during the mechanism is running.But does anyone know if Microsoft provided the document about how data...
View ArticleDFSR refuses to replicate content, fails with "The staging file is locked by...
Hello,I have setup DFSR replication and it did work fine for smaller files, not it tries to replicate bigger file and all I can see in event viewer is every 5 mins events 5014 (Error 1726, The remote...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 essentials to use 3X 2TB HDD RAID 5 array
Hi all, I recently installed Windows Server 2012 essentials on my home server and I'm trying to use my 3x 2TB RAID 5 array as data storage. I installed Windows Server on it's own 500GB HD and during...
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