New Error : Optimize-Volumes -SlabConsolidate gives "ObjectNotFound" error...
I have a server that's been running this command regularly for a long time and working successfully. Optimize-Volume d -SlabConsolidate -VerboseThe last day or so the command nows gives the results...
View ArticleError message; check you have privilages to start system services
I have SBS 2003 Standard SP2 and I am trying to reinstall Logitech Media Server on the server.I had a power failure that took out the server so I have rebuilt the server and run all the updates but I...
View ArticleGetting a drive letter to "stick"
I have an external 2TB WD that I use to copy files to. It needs the drive designation to be Z: When I plug it in, Windows Server assigns it G: I go to manage my computer and reassign it to Z: When...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Deduplication Problems, 0 B SavedSpace and 0 OptimizedFiles
Objective:On a Windows 2012 R2 server, enable Deduplication on a new 20 TB D: physical volume. This volume will become a target for Veeam Backup and Replication backups.Problem:Deduplication fails to...
View ArticleCan't create and mount VHD/VHDX files
Hello,I'm new to Windows 2012R2 Server, but i have a strange thing on the physical one i have. It's a backup server (146Go Raid-1 + 36To raid-6 with deduplication and iSCSI Target installed).I would...
View ArticleReFS can not be automatically correct in the Parity Space ?
I had to test the automatic correction of ReFS on parity space, but did not cause the automatic correction is performed any times I try. ReFS does not corrected even if tried on dual parity. I...
View ArticleProblem with administrative share
Hello!We have headache-giving problem with Administrative Share in our company.Network looks like this:1) Server VLAN - x.x.10.12) User VLAN - x.x.11.13) Domain Admins VLAN - x.x.12.1Now for that...
View ArticleZips failing on a single Win2008R2 server (one of many)
I have a single Win2008R2 database server failing to zip/unzip files properly. At our site there are two (going on three) Win2008R2 servers that use a WinRAR job to automatically compresses the...
View ArticleAuditing failed access to files and folders in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
Hello,I've been trying to figure out why I cannot audit the failed access to files and folders on my server. I'm trying to replace a unix-based NAS with a Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 solution so I...
View ArticleWindows Explorer is very slow when working locally on 2008 R2 server
We have 3 file servers in our office. All run Windows 2008 Server R2 X64 Enterprise. File server services are all they do.One of the servers runs perfectly.Two of the servers... when an office user...
View ArticleDFS reports a failing source drive
Server 2008 R2 (fully updated), 2 Dell PowerEdge T410 with perc 6 I/R controllers running RAID 10. All drives on source and target have at least 30% available space. The RAID on the source has been...
View ArticleInternet Information Services (II) Manager
HI,Please help regarding our IIS or FTP, last time we were using server 2003 everytime the user logon using their username and password they can able to see directly only their folder but now we were...
View Articleactuall data less, but storage lun i.e E: partition shows it is full
HI ALL,I have a file server. and a storage lun is presented to it , size is 2.5TB. It is partition is E: in the system.i can see in properties of E: that it is showing 2.20 TB used space and 298 GB...
View ArticleWinXP SP3 not getting IP from Win2012 DHCP Server
Hi,I have a Windows 2012 DHCP server, and as clients we have mixed OS ie, XP & Win7 in Win7 we get proper IP from DHCP but in XP , in DHCP Server Address lease it shows as leased but in xp side...
View ArticleDFS not working when Offline Files are enabled
Hi I have a problem, when Offline Files are enabled on a Laptop the DFS Drives do not work I am able to browse directly to the server, but unable to map to DFS Shares Can anyone assist? This has only...
View ArticlePrimary DFS-R member (Win 2012) deletes files on initial sync
Hi there,Yesterday we set up a new DFS-R server (Windows 2012 R2, windows updated) and configured the various replication groups we needed. After a bit of time we saw that the DFS-R wasn't replicating...
View ArticleWill antivirus scan "undedup" deduplicated files?
Hi!Does running an antivirus scan on files require files to be "undeduplicated" to normal file structure before the AV scanner can scan them?The scanner in our case would be Symantec SEP 12.1 RU4......
View ArticleServer Domain Controller Problem
Dear Sir, I have a Domain Controller in my company. I want to specify some permissions for a user on a folder contains his files. I want to give him all privileges except (delete). I already denied the...
View ArticleFiles Permission types
Hi,Is there is a way to define a user the possibility to rename files, copy them (for backup) and viewing them, without the ability to change their content?I mean defining it in the directory level,...
View ArticleSOFS Throughput Issues
A question very similar to mine exists here.I have a SOFS cluster (3 hosts). I connected each without nic teaming at first and later tested with nic teaming. I'm using a single 10GbE Netgear M7100-24X...
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