How to restore the removed files back?
Recently, in order to free up space of a WD external hard drive, I have removed some files. And I remember I have backed up them on another computer drive. However, yesterday, I found that these files...
View ArticleRoaming profile issues, This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of...
Hi,We upgraded our File servers to Server 2012 R2 a few weeks back. Mostly everything has been working fine, however the helpdesk have reported they are no longer able to transfer ownership of users...
View ArticleRoaming Profiles - Access Denied.
Good Morning,I have a server setup at home running Windows Server 2012 R2. I am currently setting up Roaming profiles for all users within my domain.I have created a share on my F: named...
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 ArticleAre there any issues with using DFSR for data collection with BranchCache in...
We currently use DFSR (for Data collection) to replicate data from our site servers to DFSR Hub servers at our Data Center where it is then backed up to tape.For one of our site servers, Site A, we...
View Articleshares and storage management in ws 2012r2
Windows Server Standard 2012R2I would like to know which files are open by which users. I've search technet and I have found article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/en-en/library/cc725689.aspxBut I...
View ArticleDFSR Error that the server does not have Adequate free space. But it does.
Hi, I have a 3 memeber DFS replication group on Windows 2008 R2 servers. On one of members replication stopped and the Health diagnostics report states that there is not enough disk space on the drive...
View ArticleDFS folder visibility and group membership
HelloI have a forest with multiple domainI have activated ABE on DFSMy design is :\\contoso.com\DFS-Site1 -> \\site1.contoso.com\DFS (explicit permission :...
View ArticleLocked myself out as a Admin
This kind of complicated to explain, but I will do my best. The user created three files that they wanted to be viewed by only certain employees. So when I was in the file under the security tab I saw...
View ArticleVSS Copy Service Error: Failed resolving account Administrator with status 1376
Hi all,New server and installation of Server 2008 R2, AD and SQL Server running on it.Whenever i run a Windows Server Backup i get the following series of Errors in the Application Log, in this...
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 Articlerobocopy slow when running in task scheduler in windows 2008 r2
Hi, I'm testing robocopy (built-in command in win2008r2): 1. server A: win2003 (32-bit) 2. server B: win2008r2 (64-bit) 3. copy speed is ~480MB/min (running robocopy in command prompt directly)Found...
View Articlev8.4 OpenVMS mount nfs share on Windows 2012 R2
Background: I have used NFS on prior Windows servers using a third-party product Hummingbird (now OpenText) Maestro Server. I have not previously set up any user authentication. I simply granted...
View ArticleVDSBusTypeFileBackedVirtual and VDSBusTypeSpaces in VDS_STORAGE_BUS_TYPE
Hello all,I want to know more about the enum values VDSBusTypeFileBackedVirtual and VDSBusTypeSpaces in VDS_STORAGE_BUS_TYPE. I wanted to find out if any disk visible to VDS is a physical one or...
View ArticleDFSR Server 2003 and 2012 sync'ing together
Hello All...I have 2 domains in the same forest connected via a VPN over the Internet. Each domain has a Windows Server 2003 DFSR server and replicates with each other a folder that contains 95 GB and...
View ArticleCan't format iSCSI disks
Hi everyone, I have a test lab (everything is Win 2012 R2) with 2 hosts and 2 VMs (on host1) that will use iSCSI storage from the second host. Everything worked fine, i was able to use the iSCSI target...
View ArticleServer 2012R2 hangs when attaching a ReFS Parity Storage Pool
It appears that I have inadvertently damaged my Storage Space when upgrading from Server 2012 to Server 2012R2 (or maybe it is just a coincidence) and I am looking for help in repairing/recovering my...
View ArticleSpanned Volume
One of my server's disk setup is as follows:Disk 0: System (C:) 99GBDisk 1: Code (E:) 100GB, Database (F:) 20GBDisk 2: Database (F:) 350GBHow do I safely remove the Database (F:) on Disk 1 (so I just...
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...
View ArticleDFS Folder Target to Samba Share not working
Hello folks,I'm on Server 2012 R2. I'm using a DFS Namespace that is configured as standalone server (i.e. not a domain-based namespace). The Namespace is the IP address of the server. I have also...
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