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Deduplication status incorrect in server manager

September 6, 2018, 3:28 am
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Hi!

I have a 2-node Windows Server 2016 failover cluster set up as a file server.

Disks are SAN LUNS mapped as raw devices to the vmware virtual machine.

We have configured data deduplication on the volumes and it seems to work since we have gotten more free capacity on the volumes.

However, when looking in the server manager GUI it most of the time shows no deduplication status at all, and when clicking configure data deduplication the setting is shown as disabled. (The dedup information is visible there occasionaly, but it seems completely random if it shows it at all).

But when running the powershell command Get-DedupVolume it correctly displays the status and dedup beeing enabled.

(I was hoping to be able to post screenshots of server manager but for some reason I get the message that my account is not verified and no information on how to verify it). But I can at least post the output of the PS command.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-DedupVolume

Enabled            UsageType          SavedSpace           SavingsRate          Volu
-------            ---------          ----------           -----------          ----
True               Default            1.36 TB              47 %                 G:
True               Default            3.47 TB              28 %                 E:
True               Default            1.52 TB              38 %                 F:

Anyone else got this problem with server manager? Is there a workaround?

Kind of annoying not to be able to trust the information shown. (I assume that PS is correct in this case).

BR

Peter

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Shadow copy showing delayed date when trying to restore files

September 12, 2018, 6:30 am
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Hello,

Im facing strange behavior with Shadow copies.

I have set up shadows copy long time ago. Everything seems to work, copies are made in 1 hour interval to separate disk.

When I check shadow copies settings it is all OK, but the "fun" begins once I try to restore something from network shares. Last restore point is delayed 14 copies back. It means, If server make copy at 3PM Im able to restore only from yesterday 6PM. If server makes copy at 4PM, I will be able to restore from 7PM, etc etc

Its windows server 2016

thank you

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DFS Path in Netbios and FQDN

March 17, 2018, 5:18 pm
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Under DFS Namespaces => right pane "Namespace Servers" tab,

Some of the added name space server specify the Path in Netbios format and some in FQDN.  

1. Why does this happen?

2. What issue may this cause?

Example:

Type       | Referral Status |   Site  |  Path

<folder>   Enabled                USA1  \\Server01\Share

<folder>   Enabled                USA 2 \\Server02\Share

<folder>   ENabled               UK     \\Server03.company.local\Share

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File shares, previous versions, shadow copy

September 7, 2018, 3:26 am
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Hi there,

Sorry for my bad english.

I'm looking for informations about this function.

I have a windows server 2016 file server, with a specific drive for storing datas (say d:) and a specific drive for storing previous versions of files (say z:).

I can't find anywhere technical information about this, my questions are :

  1. When I put a file on data d:, and the "previous version" schedule run, does this copy the entire content of this new file to z: ?
  2. If yes, does this get compressed ? Because I did some tests on empty drives, and say with 6GB on data disk d:, I get approx 2GB of disk usage on z:
  3. If I select no limit for drive usage for previous versions, how is working the cleanup process when z: gets full ? Older snapshots are removed ?

Thanks for infos

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RoboCopy

December 19, 2017, 5:06 am
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Hi, 

i need to copy a great deal of files into a share, where much of the same data already resides but with possible newer modifications. So id like to skip existing files that are newer/modified, files that havent changed, and Write non-existent files into target. 

I am thinking of running:

robocopy \\source\ \\target\ /E /copy:DATSOU /xn /xo /xx /dcopy:T /r:3 /w:3 /v /log+:"c:\temp\log.file" /tee

Pluss i have read that you can have it copy files that you cant Access With \B as in backup, is this correct?

Any help on the topic would be much appreciated.

regards
S

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volume shadow copies

September 12, 2018, 10:27 am
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I was wondering if there is a way to enable volume shadow copies on one volume where all the data resides and save those snapshots to another volume dedicated just for VSS snapshots? Or is VSS limited to the same volume as the data?

This is setup on windows server 2008 R2.

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Monitor SMB Session from a remote client to File Share? When trying to save file is locked when File and Share manager shows no lock.

September 12, 2018, 10:32 am
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Hi,

Can anyone a share a good tool which could identify a cause of why a file when open by a user in a remote location on a file server share is popping up with the message when saving "File is open or locked by another User"?

The File and Share Manager on the file server shows no other user has the file open and it is not locked.

I need to diagnose the fault with the issue. I already have setup a network monitor from the client to the remote file server share.I am waiting on the results of that monitor to see is the smb session being dropped wheil the file is open. No other remote site users have this issue but this 1 remote site when opening files on this same File Server but a Different File Share.

Multiple users at this remote site encounter this issue. I would be grateful for any tools or methods available which could help identify the cause? I have checked the clients and no preview view options in Windows Explorer are causing this problem.

Thanks

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2008 R2 accessing Shares on 2003 server

September 7, 2018, 9:37 am
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Hello

I have a 2008 r2 server (RDPServer) that cannot access any shares from a 2003 server.

Other servers are able to access the 2003 server shares.

The only error is simply "The server cannot perform the requested operation".

I can ping the 2003 server from the RDPServer.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jason

Jason Munsterteiger

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In Sharing Folder Show Enter Network Credentials

September 6, 2018, 3:07 am
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hi , good day everyone , my problem is , in my server Windows Server 2012R2 Setting The Folder Sharing With Domain Users only , No Everyone , After I Settings , i Use Other PC To Try Login , But Their No coming out showing Enter Network Credentials , but other sharing folder got show enter network credentials . how to fix this issue ? thanks 

https://imggmi.com/full/2018/9/6/c830fb8055ff53f90671d6ae6449cb7c-full.png.html

in first picture is got showing enter network credentials

https://imgur.com/a/v6ZsiQN

in second picture no showing enter network credentials ...





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Home folder permissions issue (Deny entry being added)

September 13, 2018, 5:00 am
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Hi all,

I am hoping that someone has had a similar issue before or could point me in the right direction. We have an on-going issue on one file server which contains home folders. We have other file servers which also contain home folders that do not have this issue. I have tried cross referencing to spot any anomalies but have not found anything.

Without anything being changed on a users account or home folder path. The home folder becomes unavailable to access for the user. When digging into the security permissions the permissions look perfect, albeit the addition of one entry:

Type: Deny
Principal: Everyone
Access: Delete
Inherited from: None
Applies to: This folder only

With this entry in place it obviously blocks all accessing the folder. Once this is removed the access restores to how it was.

Why do we keep having this entry created on the home folders? This seems to be random home folders at random times.

Thanks in advance!

Dan
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shared folder access

September 13, 2018, 4:20 am
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Hi experts

I have shared folder by name MyCompData

MyCompData-SharedFolder with Everyone-Read & Write Access
Inside MyCompData sharedFolder i have Folder1, inside Folder1 i have Folder2,inside Folder2 i have Folder3, inside Folder3 i have Folder4

MyCompData-Folder1-Folder2-Folder3-Folder4

MyCompData-inheritanceDisabled
Folder1--inheritanceDisabled
Folder2--inheritanceDisabled
Folder3--inheritanceDisabled
Folder4--inheritanceDisabled

i need to give Read Access to user on Folder 4, so if i give just Read Access on Folder4 will it work for me.
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Efs fileserver

September 10, 2018, 12:45 pm
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Hello,

Is it possible at a fileserver to setup EFS so only a specific group has acces to that folder?

Many thanks for any help.

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Unable to administer namespace when PDC is down

September 13, 2018, 11:12 am
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As a learning experience, I'm working on a high-availability DC/DHCP/Filestore in my homelab hyper-v.

I have chosen to have AD/DHCP/DNS/DFS all in the one instance (DC-01), I have setup a second instance (DC-02) as a second AD, failover DHCP and secondary DNS server, I have added the secondary DFS to the Namespace servers tab in the DFS Management console.

Everything works when the first instance is shut down, the clients can still log in to the domain and get DHCP leases, the namespace shares work after a short timeout, however, during the time when the PDC is down, I am unable to manage the Namespace shares, I simply get a message that the namespace cannot be queried even though the second server is also listed under the Namespace servers tab.

Is this expected behaviour?

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Slow Saving on Network Share

September 13, 2018, 2:48 pm
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Our networked file share is running on Server 2008 R2. It's a simple share directory of around 200GB with approximately 450,000 files and 30,000 folders. Saving to this share is getting slower over time. That is, it's becoming more and more common that the user sees a "savings as" green progress bar for a few seconds where previously saving might have been almost instantaneous. I tried creating another share on the same server and saving files to it is almost instantaneous, so it's not the server itself or its disk (which is solid state). This leads me to believe the problem is with indexing or something else associated with a directory containing so many files and folders. I'm looking for suggestions on how I might speed it up back to where it was not all that long ago.

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How to reduce size of WinSXS folder

September 3, 2018, 8:12 am
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Hello,

Server is running SBS2011 based on Server 2008R2.  C: drive is 60GB with 5GB free space.  The C:\windows\winsxs folder is 18GB with folders dating back to year 2009.  Is there a safe way to reduce the size of this folder by getting rid of old data that will never be needed?


Thanks,

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Storage Replica minimum bandwidth requirements for Asynchronous Replication to a remote site

September 13, 2018, 9:16 pm
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Hi

What can be a suggestion a recommendation for

Storage Replica minimum bandwidth requirements for Asynchronous Replication to a remote site ?

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minimum privilege needed to read NTFS and share permissions

September 14, 2018, 12:40 am
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hi, 

I am trying to compile a report on my windows 2012 R2 NTFS and share permissions. 

What would be the minimum privilege needed on the folders in order to read the permissions ?   

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SMB does not work with RRAS enabled

September 5, 2018, 7:56 pm
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first of all . all setup was tested and worked awesome setup was

I7 4770k

8GB ram

gigabyte H97HD3 motherboard

Intel I350 t4

server 2016 std

then motherboard burned .. and we changed it . as well as full windows reinstall . new configuration is

I5 7500

Asus Q270M-c

8gb ram

Intel I350 t4 ( same card )

server 2016 std

server intended to perform as VPN+NAT for RRAs . and as file share .all worked fine with previous board . with new one . separately it works

RRAs works fine in any setup . no question there

SMB works ONLY with rras disabled .  if i enable rras even with smallest possible variant ( generic NAT ) .  SMD stops working after 2-3 min . after 2-3 min i can read contents of smb share . but  could not write or read ( technically i can . but speed  of that is so low . so explorer freeze .does not matter rras settings . even vanilla variant ( generic nat )  freeze smb .

1. smb version is 3.1 used

2. no load on cpu or ram while it hanged itself

3. if access share after drives spinned down ( sata link power management ) .disks immediately spins up . but no read/ write is made

4. rest of setting is default ..previous installation was with same settimgs and from same media .. but it worked !

runned out of ideas where try dig it


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Microsoft DFS Folder Access Issue

September 11, 2018, 4:49 pm
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We are planning to migrate Standalone DFS in Windows 2003 with Cluster Environment to Windows 2016 Cluster Environment.

We found in Windows 2003 DFS is configured like \\DFSNameSpace\Shared Folder\Shares with Targets. But we can access Shared folder by UNC Path \\DFSNameSpace\\Shares.

After Configuring Windows Fail over Cluster in Windows 2016 - We can only able to access Shared folder by UNC Path \\DFSNameSpace\Shared Folder\Shares not directly \\DFSNameSpace\\Shares like windows 2003.

Users Drive mapped through AD logon Script like \\DFSNameSpace [Server name]\\Shares  but UNC Path in windows 2016 for accessing DFS is \\DFSNameSpace\Shared Folder\Shares- is this way designed to access ?
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Windows 10 User cannot delete files

September 12, 2018, 1:19 am
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We have a folder called "Technical". This is a shared folder on Windows 2012 STD R2 Server.

3 Users have full access to this folder.

User01 - Dell Laptop
User02 - Lenovo Laptop
User03 - MS Surface PRO

The issues is, User03 cannot delete a folder of file. A pop up window comes up with a file is in use etc. We have checked and confirm no files exist in the folder. At the same moment when User01 and/or User02 deletes the same file/folder it deletes immediately.

All users have the same version of Windows 10 Professional - MS Windows Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.228)

Any ideas why this could be an issue with just one user.
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