We have 2 CPD on Central Office. Also we have some Remote Offices. We use hardware replication between these CPD.
Could I deploy a DFS cluster like this ??
Node1: DFS Storage on CPD1
Node2: DFS Storage on CPD2
Witnest Server: On a Remote Office.
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DFS cluster (hardware replication)
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DFS: Traffic when yoy copy a file on different folders
DFS Replication Group: DFS_Server2 >> DFS_Server1
If I copy a file (100MB) on 5 different folders on DFS_Server2... How much traffic is generated ?? 100 MB or 500 MB
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Mapped ftp server automaticlly
We need to map ftp server using startup script
Kindly Help
With warm regards, Kiran Sawant
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Difference Between DFS asd File Server
Hi Team,
Kindly explain the difference between DFS and File server in Windows 2008 server. what is the major difference and use of each.
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Security groups, access, and removing groups from folders
2k8R2
Scenario -
'Users' group currently has access to a specific folder. we remove 'Users' and add a more restrictive security group. What happens to those users access who only had access to that folder via the 'Users' group? Are they immediately denied any further access (even if they are in the folder and have files open from that folder?
TIA!
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Recreated DFS-R group, Namespace entry is messed up
OK, so, I was having an issue with around 10 DFS-R groups, where they've been in existence for a while, but for some reason they're now saying they're waiting for Initial replication. After just deleting the rep group and re-creating it didn't fix the issue, I deleted the rep group, deleted the dfsrprivate folder from both rep partners, and then re-created the DFS-R group. As far as that goes, DFS-R is working great.
However, now I have another issue...I left the Namespace entry in place, since it's accessed by the users. But when I created the new DFS-R group, naming it exactly the same, the replicated folder entry under the Replicated Folders tab in the rep group shows it as not being published. However, if I go into Namespaces, I can see it there, and I can browse to it just fine.
So, without deleting the Namespace entry, is there a way to attach the new DFS-R group to the pre-existing Namespace entry? If it needs to be deleted, it'll be a huge hassle, since I'll have to put in a change order, and I'll need to get it scheduled, and a communication will need to go out, etc etc. I could swear I've been able to re-create rep groups before without going through this hassle, so I'm not sure what happened.
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Physical path of a dfs location
Geeks,
Is there a way to find by command line the physical location of a dfs path, without checking the properties, DFS tab of the folder-
\\domainname\root\users\<username> is sitting on \\filer1\share_users\<username>
Do suggest.
Cheers, Alan.
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FTP server requires credentials - but all credentials are wrong
I have set up an FTP server with FTP site on Windows Server 2012, allowed anonymous on sever (in IIS) and at site level. When I try to access the FTP site the server askes for credentials, even though I allowed anonymous. Whichever credentials I add, when prompted are rejected as wrong, even the admin account. I've tried this several times with different accounts and double checked that the credentials are in fact not wrong, but the browser doesn't accept it and tools like FileZilla and SmartFTP says explicitly"wrong password" (even when I access as anonymous). Why would this be?
EDIT: It doesn't matter whether I allow anonymous or not, I've tried all variations, but I always end up here: I'm asked for credentials, and the credentials are wrong (not not accepted, but wrong password or user name.)
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DFS Namespace Availability
Hi,
I hope you don't mind but I have a couple of questions regarding DFS. I am in the process of configuring DFS where I work to replace the generic file server set up we have. We have two sites that are on the same domain, eventually we'll have a DFS server in each location. I'm almost there, at the moment I have two servers configured with DFSN/R, I have replication between the two servers. Both servers are configured in the namespace, referral statuses are enabled, I have edited the referral ordering so they are first and last among all targets, both are members of the replication group.
The issue I'm having at the moment is when I take down the first target the namespace is no longer available, in order to work on any files or folders I have to navigate to \\server-name\company-docs
Firstly, does anyone know how I can provide a highly available namespace so that if the link between the two sites fails, users at each site will still be able to reach files and folders via \\domain-name\company-docs instead of having to revert back to \\server-name\company-docs?
Secondly, can I configure DFS so that users at each site connect to the DFS server on that site?, as I think because they are both in the same domain they will both have the same cost.
Thanks in advance.
Jon
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DFS FileServers
Guys, good morning
I have 2 File Server and DFS namespace, with replication smoothly.
However some folders are with the wrong timing, and very strange, for example:
Fileserver01 - Notifications folder contains 1362 files
Fileserver02 - Notifications folder contains 1362 files
The problem is when commands list the amount of files directly from the folder (right button on the folder - properties), the amount of non knocks files, now if I open each folder and select all the files the amount hits.
Examples:
Folder notifications fileserver01 - I right button and go to properties - shows 1362 files
Folder notifications fileserver02 - I right button and go to properties - shows 1405 files
Thank you
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Error when running DFS Replication (DFSR) Database Export
Hi guys,
i am following the Microsoft documented process for cloning a DFSR database. Pretty simple to follow, but I am receiving an error when running the Export-DfsrClone that is required to export the database so that it can be imported into the new member.
The command I run is Export-DfsrClone -Volume D: -Path D:\DfsrCloneBasic -Validation Basic
The error I receive is as follows -
Export-DfsrClone: Could not read the DFSR volume configuration file for preseeding instructions. Confirm the XML file is present in the following directory: "D:\DfsrCloneBasic\Config.xml" Could not find file 'D:\DfsrCloneBasic\Config.xml'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Export-DfsrClone -Volume D: -Path D:\DfsrCloneBasic -Validation Basic
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ReadError: (D:\:String) [Export-DfsrClone], DfsrException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Export-DfsrClone.OutputFolderPreseedingInformation.IOException,Microsoft.DistributedFileSystemReplication.Commands.ExprtDfsrCloneCommand
When I then go into D:\DfsrCloneBasic, the folder is empty. The error is ambiguous and doesn't really give any ideas. There appear to be no errors in the event logs.
If I run "Export-DfsrClone -Volume D: -Path D:\DfsrCloneBasic -Validation None" then it succeeds and copies folders to the specified path. But Microsoft recommend running with "Basic" so can someone give any ideas as to what is going on?
Thanks.
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Reseat Disks in working SS
Hi,
Is it possible to change my disks as I change my Case for my Server without having trouble with reseating the Disks in my Pool to a different SATA/SAS Port, Or is in a Storage Space is necessary that disks stay at the original port as created?
Thanks
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DFS Domain Namespace Client Referral Enigma
Greetings,
I have a domain namespace that has multiple Namespace Servers that are DCs from various sites and subnets hosting 4 folders which have various folder targets. I cannot understand why the clients are going to DCs outside of it's site even though the client is on the same subnet as the DC that is hosting the namespace. Within sites and service all the sites have a cost of 100 but each site has a different subnet and honed correctly to the DC that corresponds to the subnet. For instance, my DC is on 192.168.195. subnet and the client PC is on 192.168.232 subnet but they are bothed honed to the same site (Houston). However, the client is reporting the below details.
C:\Users\vly>dfsutil /pktinfo
2 entries...
Entry: \utec.internal\global
ShortEntry: \utec.internal\global
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x81 ( REFERRAL_SVC DFS )
0:[\ATWD-HOUSTON1\Global] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
1:[\ATWD-HOUSTON2\Global]
2:[\HOU-O-DC1\Global]
3:[\ATWD-OSPREY\Global] ( TARGETSET )
4:[\ATWD-AURORA2\Global]
5:[\ATWD-MAKO\Global]
6:[\ATWD-BANGKOK\Global]
7:[\ATWD-ACHIEVER\Global]
8:[\ATWD-EAGLE\Global]
9:[\ATWD-ADVANT\Global]
10:[\ATWD-ORCA\Global]
11:[\ATWD-PERTH1\Global]
12:[\ATWD-CONDOR\Global]
13:[\ATWD-KOREA\Global]
14:[\ADM-R-DC\Global]
15:[\ATWD-FALCON\Global]
16:[\ATWD-BEACON\Global]
17:[\ATWD-MANTA1\Global]
Entry: \utec.internal\SysVol
ShortEntry: \utec.internal\SysVol
Expires in 8 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\HOU-O-DC1.utec.internal\SysVol] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
1:[\ATWD-HOUSTON1.utec.internal\SysVol]
2:[\ATWD-HOUSTON2.utec.internal\SysVol]
3:[\ATWD-BANGKOK.utec.internal\SysVol] ( TARGETSET )
4:[\ATWD-FALCON.utec.internal\SysVol]
5:[\ATWD-MAKO.utec.internal\SysVol]
6:[\ATWD-MANTA1.utec.internal\SysVol]
7:[\ATWD-CONDOR.utec.internal\SysVol]
8:[\ADM-R-DC.utec.internal\SysVol]
9:[\ATWD-BEACON.utec.internal\SysVol]
10:[\ATWD-KL.utec.internal\SysVol]
11:[\ATWD-CAPGEM2.utec.internal\SysVol]
12:[\ATWD-HUNTER.utec.internal\SysVol]
13:[\ATWD-EAGLE.utec.internal\SysVol]
14:[\ATWD-PERTH1.utec.internal\SysVol]
15:[\ATWD-ADVANT.utec.internal\SysVol]
16:[\ATWD-AURORA2.utec.internal\SysVol]
17:[\ATWD-OSPREY.utec.internal\SysVol]
18:[\ATWD-KOREA.utec.internal\SysVol]
19:[\ATWD-ACHIEVER.utec.internal\SysVol]
20:[\ATWD-ORCA.utec.internal\SysVol]
When I ping the namespace, it gets resolved from another server and not the local DC even though the DNS default server is the local DC.
C:\Users\vly>ping aoi-hou.internal
Pinging aoi-hou.internal [10.1.19.39] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.19.39: bytes=32 time=186ms TTL=123
Reply from 10.1.19.39: bytes=32 time=181ms TTL=123
Reply from 10.1.19.39: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=123
Reply from 10.1.19.39: bytes=32 time=181ms TTL=123
Ping statistics for 10.1.19.39:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 181ms, Maximum = 186ms, Average = 182ms
C:\Users\mks>nslookup
Default Server: HOU-O-DC1.utec.internal
Address: 192.168.195.197
What is not configured correctly for the client to resolve the namespace query and access to the local DC and target servers for the subnet the client is honed to? I"m at a lost at this point as to why that is. Doesn't the subnet take precedence over site cost when the client does a namespace query and access? Where is that configured for Active Target and Target Set for the client? Any feedback to assist in the matter will be greatly appreciated.
The domain namespace referrals is configured for 600 cache duration
order method: lowest cost.
DFS servers are 2008 R2 and 2012 R2
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DFS Namespace - Windows 2000 mode in Windows 2012R2 AD
Hi all, I've got a Windows 2008R2 Active Directory. I'm looking to upgrade the functional level to Win2012R2 over the next six months. I have about 30 DFS namespace servers and they are all on Windows 2008R2 domain controllers. I have about 40 DFS namespaces
that are all pointing to file locations on a SAN or Windows 2008R2 or Window2012R2 file servers. It seems that a majority of the DFS Namespaces are set to the Domain Windows 2000 server mode type. Question: Should I upgrade the DFS namespaces that are set
to Windows 2000 mode to Windows 2008 mode before I do the upgrade to the Windows 2012R2 AD functional level? Is the Windows 2000 mode DFS Namespace type even supported on a Windows 2012R2 server? Any feedback appreciated.
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Get DFS Server name and local path from UNC path
I'm working on Windows Server 2012 which comes by default with various DFS CmdLets.
What I'm trying to do is get the ComputerName and
the local
path of a specific UNC share, that is hosted by other DFS servers (Win Srv 2008 R2) on the domain by using PowerShell.
An example:
Get-DfsnFolderTarget -Path '\\domain.net\share\folder\'Expected result:
ComputerName = 'Server1'
Path = 'E\Home\folder'I'm not really a network engineer, but I can't seem to find a way to retrieve this information based on the UNC path. Every time I try the CmdLet above I get an error:
Get-DfsnFolderTarget : Cannot get DFS folder properites on "\\domain.net\share\folder\"
At line:1 char:1+ Get-DfsnFolderTarget -Path '\\domain.net\share\folder\'+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (MSFT_DfsNamespaceFolderTarget:ROOT\Microsoft\...aceFolderTarget) [Ge
t-DfsnFolderTarget], CimException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Windows System Error 1168,Get-DfsnFolderTarget
Get-DfsnFolderTarget : The requested object could not be found.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-DfsnFolderTarget -Path '\\domain.net\share\folder\'+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (MSFT_DfsNamespaceFolderTarget:ROOT\Microsoft\...aceFolderTarget) [Ge
t-DfsnFolderTarget], CimException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 6,Get-DfsnFolderTarget
When trying a Test-Path
\\domain.net\share\folder\ it does say that it can be found. So I don't really understand.
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Couldn't find built in security groups in advanced sharing
When I am trying to create a share,I couldn't find builtin security groups(both domain and local builtin groups) like Administrators,Backup operators in advanced sharing option and security permissions but it is visible in normal sharing option.Please
clarify this design for setting permissions.
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DFS Replication failed
Hello, I have Windows Server 2012 R2 with DFS role installed. I am using iscsi target connected as drive R:\ as source for replication, and another server as destination.
When I start DFS replication, it stops with this error: "The DFS Replication service failed to replicate the replicated folder at local path R:\WEB\CAT because the local path is not the fully qualified path name of an existing, accessible local folder."
The problem is probably in iscsi drive (when the source is another disk, replication works), but I dont know how to solve it - iscsi drive looks normal. I had the same configuration on windows server 2008 R2, and everything worked.
I tried to recreate replication group several times.
Any suggestion? Thank you.
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FileServer share lock file person
Hello!
I have FileServer witch is installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standart edition. I have Fileserver role installed on it, and it has couple shares.
I want to monitor file locking, who do this locking, from where?
Can powershell or cmd provide such information?
Thank you!
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Migrate from DFS (Win2008R2) to File Server HA Cluster (Win2008R2)
Hi,
DFS01 - Active
DFS02 - Actibe
Current environment is running 2 x DFS as File Server in same site. Recently our management plan to migrate from DFS to File Server clustering due to below.
1. Data replicate always not sync in real time even configured it to replicate 24x7. User save file in DFS01 sometime it need to take hour for it to replicate to DFS02.
2. Client intermittent will connect to other DFS target even set the Primary target as "First among all" and second target as "last among all".
3. Use a lot of tier-1 storage disk space due to it require double space for keep the same file in different server. When want to expand disk space need to purchase more HDD.
4. We want went the File server down, the other will quickly take over the role, DFS can do that but the problem is it take too long for file to be replicated to other server.
Clustering will use the same shared volume so we don't have replication issue.
My question is below.
i. Can i know what is the Pros and Cons comparison of DFS and File cluster?
ii. What need to take note and concern when migrate from DFS to File Cluster?
iii. Windows 2008 R2 File Server cluster support active-active configuration?
iV. Since Cluster just use one CSV, how to make sure data redundancy incase the CSV corrupted? ie; replicate to tier-2 storage as backup?
V. If replicate to other tier-2 storage, when i mount this backup volume into File server, will the shard folder ACL security permission remain unchanged?
Regards,
DFS01 - Active
DFS02 - Actibe
Current environment is running 2 x DFS as File Server in same site. Recently our management plan to migrate from DFS to File Server clustering due to below.
1. Data replicate always not sync in real time even configured it to replicate 24x7. User save file in DFS01 sometime it need to take hour for it to replicate to DFS02.
2. Client intermittent will connect to other DFS target even set the Primary target as "First among all" and second target as "last among all".
3. Use a lot of tier-1 storage disk space due to it require double space for keep the same file in different server. When want to expand disk space need to purchase more HDD.
4. We want went the File server down, the other will quickly take over the role, DFS can do that but the problem is it take too long for file to be replicated to other server.
Clustering will use the same shared volume so we don't have replication issue.
My question is below.
i. Can i know what is the Pros and Cons comparison of DFS and File cluster?
ii. What need to take note and concern when migrate from DFS to File Cluster?
iii. Windows 2008 R2 File Server cluster support active-active configuration?
iV. Since Cluster just use one CSV, how to make sure data redundancy incase the CSV corrupted? ie; replicate to tier-2 storage as backup?
V. If replicate to other tier-2 storage, when i mount this backup volume into File server, will the shard folder ACL security permission remain unchanged?
Regards,
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Work Folder encryption failing
I am receiving an error on a Windows 10 device when setting up Work Folders stating that sync isn't working as encryption can't be enabled (encryption is enforced for this sync share).
I have tried rebooting to make sure that there are no locks on the folder without any change. The error suggests checking that the folder isn't compressed (which it isn't) and quotes code 0x80c80314.
I have another Windows 8 device that is syncing happily to the work folder. There is no sign of the Windows 10 device in the list of devices trying to sync on the file server itself.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?
EDIT:
Just to add that this was working on the Windows 10 device but ceased when my AD account was accidentally deleted and then subsequently restored. At the time I received the following message
The Enterprise ID for this PC was remotely revoked by the issuing authority. Access to files in WorkFolders is blocked on this PC. To resume syncing, in the Work Folders Control Panel, click Stop using Work Folders and then recreate the Work Folders synchronization partnership.
I have tried stopping work folders on the device, deleting the work folder and then setting work folders up again but this hasn't worked.
Edit 2
I have seen that this is potentially resolvable by completely deleting a users profile and starting again
(http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-files/windows-81-work-folders-enterprise-id-revoked/2cedf263-830a-4b4d-b255-4e24c456be7d?auth=1) but this seems rather painful for a user (an unlikely to be possible in home user cases). Is there an easier solution?
Thanks
Alan
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