Implementing DFSR 2012R2
Greetings,I was tasked to build a new DFSR server on our enviroment and I would like to build on Windows Server 2012R2. My question is, Can I build the server and add it to my current replication...
View ArticleHow can Drive C be more than 2TB?
Hi guys,Is it possible to have larger Drive C (more than 2TB) for Windows Server 2008 Enterprice SP2 64-bit as well as Windows 7 64-bit?It is refering to Drive C that host the OS.Regards,Eric Lim
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Folder Redirection on Windows 8.1 Not Working
I am running Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controllers on 2008 R2 Functional Level. Only our IT Dept is running Windows 8.1, everyone else on 7 Enterprise SP1 edition.I cannot get Folder Redirection to work...
View ArticleAccess Denied:You will need to provide administrator permission to change...
Access Denied:You will need to provide administrator permission to change these attributes
View ArticleWho can help me to rescue my storage spaces?
After the installation of ws2012, I want to move my whole storage to the storage pool with deduplication-enabled.Because I do not have a lot of drives, I planned to do this process by moving files from...
View ArticleNFS : NTFS Rights added : Everyone and domain users
Hi,I got a Windows 2012 R2 with Server for NFS role installed. My user mapping is very simple because I have only one user who has to access my NFS Share from his iSeries. My NFS Share is defined with...
View ArticleNetwork file scanning tool
Hi Team, we have a requirement to scan whole computers in our network for malicious software. is there any tool which i can use to scan computers remotely for particular software or files?im willing to...
View ArticleWin 7 Client cannot access Win 2012 encrypted share if...
Hi MS Team,The below is the behavior I observe, but since I din't find any official documentation, wanted to confirm if this is the intended behavior:Connection between Win7 and Win2012 is getting...
View ArticleDFS Issues on a paticular volume on a individual server
We have 4 servers, we wanted to setup DFS between our two file shares and ran into problems, in order to troubleshoot this i ended up making sure DFS was working on the other servers, it does, DFS...
View ArticleThe Change time of the file is getting modified when no changes are made to...
While doing save operation of a MS-WORD file, (in my example "1M.doc" ) with client (Windows 8) and server(either Win 2008 R2 or Win2012 R2). Observing the following scenario. After Renames are...
View ArticleFull permission but unable to create file on network share
Hi all,We have a file server running Server 2003 R2 which has multiple shares configured.On one of the shares, there is one user who cannot create files on a share, even though they have full control...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 File Server best practice and design considerations
Hi All,Can anyone here share some best practice for building Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server for 1000+ users ?initially the home drive H:\ will be 2 TB NTFS and the file share S:\ drive will be 4 TB...
View ArticleMigration of shares
Ive got a 2008 file server (physical box running storage server 2008) and i want to migrate the shares across to a couple of new physical Server 2012 boxes which are set up in a cluster using 2012's...
View ArticleShared Folder Becomes Unshared
Running Windows 7 Pro (x64) and also have an external drive plugged into it. In this external drive we have a folder that we share out to the employees at that location. Every so often after the...
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WMI Bug with Scale out file server
Think I've uncovered a WMI bug with Scale out file server. The issue manifests itself in the fact that SOFS utilizes a DNS name pointing to multiple nodes. The problem is that certain calls seem to...
View ArticleDFS Namespace Folder creation error: File Already Exists
I am moving from a traditional File Server with Mapped Drives to DFS on a Windows Server 2012 R2. I created 2 namespaces with Folders below the Namespaces. I did move a folder from old server to the...
View ArticleIf I decommission as server in DFS will it delete the files on the other...
Hello Everyone,So this question may have been answered before, but I am not 100% sure. I am getting ready to decommission a Windows 2003 server box. The question is, when I go to decommission the...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration causing slow downs on File Server
I am looking for ideas here.We have a 2012 r2 file server that has a share with Access Based Enumeration turned on. This has been going on forever, what happens is if around 6 or more people try to...
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"Next" button grayed out in Extend Volume Wizard
Greetings,I'm kind of stumped, I've never seen this before. I've seen where the "Extend Volume" option is grayed out, but never have I seen where you can get into the Wizard, but not continue.Here is...
View ArticleMissing GUID in "Cumulative Replica Sets", "Replica Sets"
Hello expertsI have a problem. We are 4 DC in our environment. Few days ago i found my DCs not replicating SYSVOL share. Then i was googling and found...
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