2012 R2 SOFS Virtualization Question
Hi all,New to Server 2012 and Hyper-V but trying to catch up quickly. I know that you cannot have the Hyper-V and SOFS roles at the same time but I am having a hard time finding clarification on the...
View ArticleConfigured File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) for email notification to...
Hi All,I configured File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) for email notification. I receive the error message: "Failed to send the test e-mail due to the following error: The SMTP server requires a...
View ArticleMigrating from FRS to DFSR - Order?
We have a root domain, and a single child domain. I want to migrate to DFSR, but I have a few questions:1). Will they both upgrade together, or must I do one then the other? If the latter.. does it...
View ArticleThe complete Folder Missing after File server migration from windows 2003 to...
Hi All I am in Live production migrating file servers frm windows server 2003 to windows server 2012 .I am using the FSMT toolkit for the procedures . Tested in the lab before proceeding which was...
View ArticleDFS Replicated File Status
Hi Everyone,We are having DFS-R between two centers i am able to replicate the folders without any issues.. The big challenge for me .. how to check how many files get replicated and what are the...
View ArticleNetwork Shared files occasionally say they are locked by another program
Hello,On a Server 2012 Essentials with Windows 7 clients, files on network shares occasionally report that they are locked by another program.This usually happens when a user closes a file and tries to...
View ArticleThe IO operation at logical block address # for Disk # was retried
Hello everyone,A warning appears in the system log: === Log Name: System Source: disk Date: 2/20/2013 1:00:28 PM Event ID: 153 Task Category: None Level: Warning...
View ArticleAccess to files which are located on virtual drive take over a minute-two to...
Good afternoon,Recently, it has been brought o my attention that accessing files that are stored on our main file server takes over a minute to two to open them. Users have been complaining that when...
View ArticleIncorrect value for space seen within Windows
We recentlty added disk to an array and extended the logical disk via the HP storage tools. From within Disk manager the new available space was seen. We right-clicked the D drive and selected...
View ArticleAccess/Mapping shared drive after connecting to PPTP VPN
Hi , After connecting to PPTP VPN we are not able to map shared drives. we are able to RDP to the server and work on shares but not able to view the shares by typing ( Run -- > \\ IP...
View ArticleLogin Failure while accessing share folder
Hi,Previously, all PC can access to clustered server by "\\NAS".But today Windows 2000 users can't, they can access with IP address or "\\NAS.ms.com.hk" only with error "Logon Failure: The target...
View ArticleDeduplication error: there was a problem retrieving data deduplication schedule
Hi,After changing dedup schedule once we are receiving this error and not able to change it any more. there was a problem retrieving data deduplication schedule
View ArticleFSRM report error
Hi,I have couple of Windows Server 2012 R2 boxes and all have same issue: Cannot generate any report in FSRM, any idea welcome. Tried even on system drive (single folder) to generate report same...
View ArticleUnknown error? Winodws Search?
I think these are related to Window Search but I am not sure. They were in a file called VOLSHEXT.LOG. I searched the internet could not find anything and also no entries in the Event-log. Could...
View ArticleDFS network drive giving error to many clients of Windows 7 and 8.1 after...
Hi,My network drive (DFS) is giving below error after upgrade OS from windows 2008 to 2012. On many clients of windows 7 and 8.1 we are able to resolve by rebooting the system or by net use * /d...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleFSRM - more than one parameters in report parameter
Hi All,I would like to set "most recently accessed files" with 7 days with for picture, video and audio filequestion is can I set more then one pattern?I try *.jpg, *.bmp, *.mp3 .... but it did not...
View ArticleFile locks on DFSR with single server
HiI have 2 servers, 1 of them works as a backup. I have a share configured in DFS namespace, with only 1 target active.The files are replicated thru DFSR (windows server 2012 r2), and there is also...
View ArticleNeed to know if the disks are aligned properly or not
Hi,We have a Windows 2008 R2 server which has 10 disks. Except C: drive, other disks ae GPT disks. My question is what is the offset size for GPT disk to be properly aligned? When I check in diskpart...
View ArticleFile shares not be re-created when restart the Server (Windows 2012 Std R2)
Hi Team, We are facing below issue whenever restarting my server (windows 2012 R2 STD)1. File shares are invisible.2. Every time i need to restart server service to make file shares...
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