File Screen for file path lengths?
We have a volume on the server which is shared out to the users as a mapped drive.I want to set up a file screen to prevent my users from creating files or folders in excess of 255 characters--it's...
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File Attributes are shown as APLO
Dear All,I am facing some issues where i am unable to copy or move some files from one server to another server and when i check properties of those files it is showing me APLO in file attributes...
View Articlemap network drive from windows 98 to server 2008 R2
Guys I have some old Windows 98 systems these 98 systems are attached to pieces of equipment on the warehouse floor. So with that said there is no way to upgrade them. I would like to map a network...
View ArticleAttempting to Open a File Located on a Remote Network Share Hangs System...
Hi All,We're encountering an error on several of our production servers when running a development tool from a third party vendor. After working closely with the vendor and our own analysis we believe...
View Articlestorage spaces - 4 disk mirror size?
I am using storage spaces with the pool consisting of:disk 1 - 2tbdisk 2 - 2tbdisk 3 - 1tbdisk 4 - 1tbI created a virtual disk with a two way mirror, the usable space is somthing like 1.82 TB....I...
View ArticleDFS Replication stops, Debug Log:...
I've had 2 DFSR servers replicating for about 12 months now with no issue, with in the last week one server has stopped replicating some files, ie will have a directory with 30 jpg files on server a,...
View ArticleEMC NAS - Win 2008R2 and 2012R2
Hi,I am using an EMC Isilon (NAS - SMB 2.1) with both OS Windows 2008R2 and 2012R2.When a file is being written to a shared drive from 2008R2 and someone needs to read it, 2008R2 hangs for ~60 seconds...
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Storage Spaces Tiers optimization - how to disable totally ?
Hello,Is Storage Spaces tiering optimization happens automatically then Storage Spaces thinks it has to be done ?In my server i have set "Storage Tiers Optimization" task in task scheduled run every...
View ArticleDFSN Reports
Hi Team,We have installed the DFS in our environment in a 2003R2 server. We have only one Namespace and many target folders.I want to take a report which gives me the list of users to which the...
View ArticleHow to know a given partition is busy or not?
I am working on Windows Server 2012 storage space and i am trying to dump a consistent image of application on a volume.I shutdown the application instance but it might have some running background...
View ArticleFile getting auto erased
I have a shared file on my windows server that capture the responses from network. But unfortunately that file is getting refreshed after some interval. Sometime it shows 44 Kb size later become 4 and...
View ArticleDFS Replication
Hi Dear friends ,We want to deploy a scenario with server 2012 . We have İstanbul Office in Turkey and we will set an another Office in Londra in next time.We want to sync all folders from İstanbul...
View ArticleCan Work Folders be used for user home drives?
Looking to setup server based home drives for user data and wondering if Work Folders would work for that.
View ArticleMove SoFS cluster storage
Hi,I'm thinking about a scenario that is as follows: I have a SoFS cluster using iSCSI shared storage and clustered storage spaces. The underlying hardware providing the iSCSI CSVs are being replaced...
View ArticleWrite-Back Cache in Scale-Out File Server
My test environment setup consists of one Hyper-V server and a two-node Scale-Out File Server. All have Windows Server 2012 R2 installed with the latest updates as of today.My question is about Server...
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SMB Locking in 2008
I'm having an issue with an app who's files are hosted on a 2008R2 fileserver. The app is running slow at times. I wiresharked and saw lock requests from clients. What kind of locks are these and can...
View ArticleRunning SubInACL after Robocopy in Destination CIFS share ?
Hi All,Can someone please assist me as to why I got millions of Error 5 - Access Deniedwhen trying to copy the NTFS drive onto CIFS share using the following Robocopy script in Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleCan I force a new replication partner to seed from a local DFS partner
I administer an organization with 7 offices, 6 of which run W2008 and the 7th, the HO runs 2003R2. Between all of the offices there are several fully meshed replication groups setup to replicate...
View ArticlePre-installed operating system
I bought a HP server with pre-installed windows server R2. My questions is: do I need to buy the CD full version of windows server R2 ?.
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 SMB 3.0 Multichannel issue
Hi Expert,The server consists of 6 network adapters:NIC1/NIC2 is a NIC teaming for public communication, both are GB NICs.NIC3/NIC4 is configured for storage network, both are GB NICs.NIC5 is for...
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