How to reset the folder quota?
We implemented the folder quota on Windows Server 2008 R2 file server. Recently, user reported that their folder quota is full, it is true if I check it through FSRM (19.9GB / 20GB). But when I check...
View ArticleInaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The...
Inaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The target of the symbolic link SOMEFILE.VHD does not existI have a Script that pauses the VM and backs up the .VHD files, using...
View ArticleFile Server Permissions
We'll be moving to AD soon, and are testing various things currently. Before I go testing this I figured the answer would be pretty easy. We are currently building a file server for testing. In the...
View ArticleError removing physical disk marked as Retired
I have Server 2012 with one storage pool and one virtual disk. The virtual disk uses layout parity and thin provisioning. It contained 4 physical disks. One of the physical disks failed. It was pulled...
View ArticleMirroring a local volume to a iSCSI volume (software RAID 1)
Is it possible to mirror a local (non-system, data-only) Volume to a iSCSI Volume with Server 2008 R1? To add the mirror itself shouldn't be the problem. But after restarting the server, the iSCSI...
View ArticleCan't access a shared folder on Server 2008 R2 Standard
I have been trying to access a shared folder on C drive of a customers server for a week. All was working well until operating system was corrupted and had to reload OS. Now I have reloaded a second...
View ArticleFSRM on Windows Server 2012 MMC crash
HII think I found a bug. On a fresh windows 2012 Server with installed updates and installed FileServer Resource Manager, the MMC crash after click on "Configure...
View ArticleWhy domain user work as domain adminstrator?
In my company domain have one user account work as domain administrator. When i make check for this user, i see this member in just one groupDomain User. I try to make share for any folder and gave...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager - Unable to email
Hi,I have a 2012 cluster. On this FSRM is running.When I goto test the email funtionality I get the eventID 12306Error: IFsrmEmailExternal::SendMail, 0x8004531c, The SMTP server requires a secure...
View ArticleMS security patch and smb fileshares
Hi I have a strange situation, last night I ordered our IT department to patch our server 2003 standard sever with MS security patches, but I got some strange problems. This morning I detected that 2...
View ArticleMigrate from 2008 File Server Fail-Over Cluster to Server 2012 Scale-Out File...
Migrate from 2008 File Server Fail-Over Cluster to Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Cluster Shared Volumes We've migrated from a 2008 SP2 x86 fail-over cluster to a Server 2012 Failover...
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Replication Issues - Windows 2003 Server
Hi everyone;I'm looking for some help with some replication issues. This is the first time I've experienced replication issues on our DC's and I'm having some trouble figuring it out. We have 7 DC's...
View ArticleShadow Copy Problem in Windows Server 2008 R2
I receive an error from my file server :-VssAdmin: Unable to create a shadow copy: The shadow copy provider timed out while holding writes to the volume being shadow copied. This is probably due to...
View ArticleRemoving multiple DFS projects in Win2k3 by command prompt?
Hi, I need to delete some of DFS projects everyday counting to almost 100 manually one by one from the same DFS central location. my server is Win2k3. Is there any quick/automated way to do that?...
View ArticleUnable to delete DFS Replication group
I have a site with a failed server and the DFS needs rebuilding. There are 2 replication groups along with the name spaces.I can remove name spaces without issues. However I am unable to remove any...
View ArticleDetails on Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2
We are planning to move our file server from a Server 2008 cluster (running on an outdated SAN) to a Server 2008 R2 cluster attached to a new SAN.The FSMT looks like the best way to accomplish this,...
View ArticleFollowing the move of data to a new server, workstations have errors from...
I recently moved some data from a Server 2003 to a new Server 2008 R2 using Robocopy. The data moved completed without errors and after creating the shares on the new server all users started to access...
View ArticleiSCSI target portal connection failed
I have a new install of 2008r2 full updated, im trying to redirect a scsi tape drive to a hyper-v running windows 2003, i have starwind tape redirect, as part of the setup i need to setup iSCSI on the...
View ArticleFile server migration from domain A to domain B.
Dear FriendsFor some reason we are planing to migrate our file server FS1 which is member of domain A to new domain B.FS1 consist more thane 400 root folder and 1000+ sub folders, I am looking a...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Disk Failure Notifications
Hi there,I work with backup & recovery systems on a daily basis & am always seeing disk failures - it comes with the turf, high data turn over means more wear & tear... Now Server 2012 I'm...
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