In DFS, How to make servers LEAST COST for different subnets.
Hello, We setup DFS in our domain (SERVER1) and we replicated the DFS namespace into a server which is also a member of the domain but it is on a DIFFERENT SUBNET (let's call this server SERVER2). How...
View ArticleWork Folders Issue
We started testing Work Folders for our corporate network. What our IT director is seeking is a seamless synchronization of user redirected folders - similar to offline file sync.It seems he is...
View ArticleStorage spaces - SAS vs SATA
I need to deploy a very large (100TB+) file server to support 15-20 video editing workstations, on a very limited budget. Uptime requirements are not high - it'll serve nine-to-five users, so if I need...
View ArticleIs it possible to restrict user access to files that need read/write...
I am in the process of implementing electronic payments for a company's AP department. Dynamics GP (Great Plains) needs to create an EFT file that will get sent to the bank. After it is created, a...
View ArticleFolder Redirect mess up : Domain Admins added after "Grant the user exclusive...
Everyone,We ran folder redirection on our environment, and noticed that the default was left for "Grant the user exclusive rights to Desktop". Problem being, Domain Admins did not have access to this...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 - ..\winsxs disk space issue
I'm having the known issue with ..\winsxs causing the system partition to become full.Several months ago I did the follow fix to apply service pack 1 and this did free up some disk...
View ArticleThere is no disk in drive or the file system is not supported; C:\Windows of...
One of two of my WS'03r2x64 Domain Controllers (DC0) has 23.7 gigabyte of free disk space but that isn't enough for Directory Services to load (0xC000007F) and I am prompted to run DSRM which won't...
View ArticleCreate a client access point using powershell on 2012 Cluster
Hello,I would like to be able to create a new CAP(Client Access Point) using powershell. I'm not 100% sure how to do this, I'm kind of confused between these commands Add-ClusterResource...
View ArticleThe server hangs everytime when Microsoft iSCSI service started
Basic server information as below:-1) Model- HP DL380 G52) Memory- 4GB3) CPU- Quad Xeon X54304) HDD- 146GB x 8 (Raid 5)5) OS- Storage Server 2003 64bit6) Network -HP Network Team Please help, the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 r2 File service and Storage File opened by "another user"
When I was using Windows server 2003 it show files opened by "user's name" but after changing to windows server 2008 r2 it only shows File opened by "another user" this is a hug problem in our...
View ArticleDFS namespace
Hi,We actually have a file server on Windows Server 2012 with DFS namespace configured on VM (VMWare). The system and its its shares have been working properly for 1 week.AD is actually on Win Svr 2008...
View ArticlePowerShell Script to Enable Auditing on a Share Folder
DearsI have more than 100 share folders in my company, I have enabled auditing to monitor users when they delete any files in share folders in Continue add users, because it will take time, my question...
View ArticleWork folders - certificates with .local domain
Hello,We'd like to deploy Work folders in our domain.local environment. Technet states that the certificate name should be the public URL workfolders.domainname and that for every file server a SAN...
View ArticleUnable to track disk usage on Server 2008 standard 32bit domain controller
Hi One of the drives on a domain controller has a disk space issue. Last Thursday a domain controller on our network could not be accessed either remotely or locally - I could log on with the domain...
View ArticleHow to correctly rename a redirected home drive
Hello. I'm aware of the fact that when users' home directories are redirected to a network share, the folders are renamed to 'Documents' for when a client has logged on with a Windows 7 machine.My...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 backup schedule wizard not showing volumes
Hi folks,We have a Dell PowerEdge R620 server running Windows server 2008SP2 and are running into issues when attempting to configure a Windows Backup schedule either by running the Backup Schedule...
View ArticleFiles becoming read only when normally are not.
We are experiencing file access issues in our foxpro application. The errors appear to be random and have been occurring on multiple files. We use free tables. This application has ran for years...
View ArticleFSRM Quotas - Directory Rename on Win2K12/Win2K12R2
On Win2K12 & Win2K12Rs [but not Win2K8R2], renaming a directory can result in the File Server Resource Manager no longer being able to display or manage quotas on sub-directories under the...
View ArticleFile access
Dear Forum,I have a root folder - shared permissions read, sub folders shared permissions read - NTFS fulla folder called Management should be only access by management.i disabled inheritance - full...
View ArticleRepair Degraded Storage Spaces Virtual Disk - All physical disks show healthy
I've seen this mentioned a few times but no definitive answers. I have a Storage Pool with 8 physical disks. Each physical disk shows as healthy and auto select. I have thick provisioned Virtual Disk...
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