Check folder permissions for all subfolders
Hi, We have WS2008 domain and one big file server (on windows machine) with a lot of data and a lot of folders, subfolders, and subfolder. I'd like to get list of of subfolders listed under main root...
View ArticleOwnership of files created on file server based on Server 2012 is always...
Ownership of files created on file server based on Server 2012 is always administrator instead of user that created a file .Inheritance is disabled on shared folder .The share will contain user's home...
View ArticleISCSI and SMB speed?
Hi guys,I have two FS in cluster and I'm accessing one LUN via iSCSI.I mapped that LUN as disk and when i copy from server A to that LUN (from c:\ to x:\)i get speed of 100MB/s, which is ok.When i try...
View Articleaccess permission
We have a Windows 2008 server that we primarily use as a file server in a workgroup setting. We have the following network share“J:\saved_forms” We have about 100 users (e.g., User1-User100).We...
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DFSR Propagation Tests Fail
I run propagation tests/reports from each DFSR servers once a week to insure the health of our DFSR environment. Recently the propagation reports keep coming back with errors, and it's the same error...
View ArticleMoving SAN data - MSCS disks went down
Hi We last week moved data from a HP EVA SAN to a HP 3PAR SAN and we ran into a little problem....or not so very small actually.The problem we had was with a SQL MS-cluster and when was preparing for...
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...
View ArticleWindows - Special/advanced permissions - Windows 2003 >> Windows 2008/2012
HiWe recently migrated file server from a Windows 2003 to Windows 2012. We used Secure Copy from Dell (Quest) and it worked pretty well.But, we had some problem with special and advanced rights. It...
View ArticleDFSr supported cluster configurations - replication between shared storage
I have a very specific configuration for DFSr that appears to be suffering severe performance issues when hosted on a cluster, as part of a DFS replication group.My configuration:3 Physical machines...
View ArticleServer 2008R2 DFSR failing to replicate in one direction
Hello,I am attempting to configure two servers (both Server 2008R2) to use DFSR to synchronize the contents of a shared folder. I have configured the replication group, and files from SiteA have been...
View ArticleDFSR backlog spikes
I set up a DFS system for my company about five years ago, and until recently it’s been working flawlessly and without any issues. We have one domain with four sites, and in each site there are two...
View ArticleHow to find when file was set to read-only on Server 2003?
Hi,I have enabled directory/file auditing on a Windows 2003 server. There is a Microsoft Access database that repeatedly gets set to read-only which keeps users from being able to access it.I've gone...
View ArticleFile Secure Delete for server
I have a network that consists of a windows 2008 r2 server with windows 7 clients. Is there a utility that when a user deletes a file from a network share it becomes securely deleted?
View ArticleDFS change from a 2003 server to a 2008 causes home drive mapping failure.
All user accounts are configured to set h: as the home directory pointing to thier dfs location. When drives are mapped by Active Directory or by script logic (driven by kixstart) to map we see the...
View ArticleBSOD due to access violation in dfsc
Our new (not yet production) file server (W2k12) crashed last night due to an access violation in dfsc.sys. Afaik it happened the first time, but I am not totally sure. I also was unable to find out...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 server stops responding to SMB2 Command: NegotiateProtocol
Hi We have a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601) serving as file server. Clients are Windows XP and Windows 7.The files are being served happily and all of a sudden the server...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2: Files in Shared folder being locked by system process
Hello,I'm running into an issue with a Windows 2008 R2 (with SP1) server sharing a folder.Recently, I've started having problems with some of the files in one of the fileshares getting locked. I was...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager 2012 - Fails to generate storage report - Event...
Installed file server resource manager roll on new 2012 file server. When I attempt to run a dup report on the local volume, I received an error message: "the report generation task failed with the...
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Potential Disc error - "Volume Bitmap is Incorrect"
When SQL Server and file share backups begun failing on a Windows 2008 SQL server I started investigating. There were also SQL Analysis server issues which our Sage support provider claims to have...
View ArticleEFS not decrypting file (access is not issue)
A few months back I encrypted a text file. I tested it then, no problems. Now when I attempt to decrypt the file nothing seems to happen. I can encrypt/decrypt all I want, no trouble there. However,...
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