Full share+ntfs permissions but access denied!!
Hi All I have a shared folder that I need domain users to have access to I have blocked inheritance and given full read and NTFS permissions for the domain users group. I have checked the effective...
View ArticleMigrating 2003 Clusters for 2008 R2 (DFS and SAN considerations)
Hi, I have several 2003 fail over file clusters, as well as 2003 R2 clusters which I want to move to 2008 R2 fail over clusters for file services.I have around 5TBs of data, the 2003 file data is all...
View ArticleCorrectly pause DFS replication
IS there a correct way to pause replication in DFS? We need to turn off main server for a couple of days and work on replica server. Will DFSR work correctly after turning on main server?
View ArticleWierd Volume Shadow Copy Service errors
Hi,We have a problem, please help.OS: Windows 2008 R2 64-bit with Hyper-Vvssadmin list writersshows:Error: A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error.Check the Application...
View ArticleNumeric Folders in "Home" folder
I have redirected folders that sit under a shared folder called "home". The question I have is why are random folders being created with numeric values, for example; "99811968" ?By the way this only...
View ArticleSysvol not replicating GPO's to DC's
Hey everyone. Having an odd issue that just happened out of the blue and I'm not sure why. Suddenly my two domain controllers have stopped syncing GPO's to one another is sysvol. In event viewer I...
View ArticleStorage Spaces mirror with 2 physical disk. Trying to replace disks. FAILED...
Hello,Have Windows 2012 R2 server with storage spaces. Trying to replace two disks in storage spaces pool, but only one disk at a time.There is two physical disks in storage spaces pool (PhysicalDisk1...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Column Guidance
A recently published TechNet article "Replace Failed Disks and Repair JBODs for Storage Spaces in Windows Server" offers guidance on column configuration that I had not seen before:"Use at least one...
View ArticleMapping to subdirectory
We just migrated from Netware to Windows. We created a NEW Windows 2008R2 server and moved the data over. We created all of the security by hand. All of our drive maps are working except one type....
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 SMB - The process cannot access the file...
Hi, We are having issues with Server 2012 R2 SMB shares. We have tested the (very simple) code below with different Windows versions (both client and server) and it just works. The problem only arises...
View ArticleMicrosoft FTP Service Windows 2012 R2
We have recently installed windows 2012 R2 environment and configure Microsoft FTP Server using IIS 8.5. Also we have client environment and there using FTP protocol to send files to FTP server....
View ArticleSpecial Permissions for AD User Group on Share Subfolders
Using Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 Given \\Share\, with subfolders 1, 2, 3, I would like to allow an AD User Group Modify permission for subfolders and files to 1, 2, 3 yet preclude Delete of same host...
View ArticleSharing a folder for a organizational unit
Dear allI am using windows server 2012 R2 and i have a DC and the DC i create an organizationals groups and i want to share one folder to specific organizational group.i try by cliking in the folder in...
View ArticleRPC not available
Windows 2008 r2, I am trying to add a new certificate to the server and I keep getting an error stating the RPC is not available. When I go to my services and try to stop the RPC service, both the...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 - SOFS - Intel JBOD = Unhealthy
Hi I have issues with my Intel JBOD’s JBOD2224S2DP in SOFS solution.When I run Get-StorageEnclosure is says HealthStatus = UnhealthyThe output looks like thisPassThroughClass...
View ArticleExtend System Simple Volume to Non-Contiguous Unallocated Space
Hi:I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine for which I need to extend the system simple volume on a dynamic disk to non-contiguous unallocated space. I realize 2008 Disk Manager and diskpart...
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Server 2012 R2 - Dedup chunk store bigger than original data
Hi there,I have a fresh install of a Windows Server 2012 R2 as fileserver with deduplication enabled on several volumes. One volume shows a strange behavior after a couple of weeks in productive...
View ArticleAccess denied creating new folders/files as administrator, UAC disabled
I'm having some issues with a 2008 R2 server. It's a standalone server used for file storage only, no domains no AD or policies have been applied to it.I have recently been getting access denied errors...
View ArticleRestore Windows Server 2008 R2: "Failed to update disk partition layout...
Our server had 2TB mirror'd drives that both failed at the same time. Mirror / RAID 1 is software based. Backup's partition is a single mirror 1863GB and 332GB actual data.We're attempting to restore...
View ArticleMoving user files from one server to another.
Hi everyoneI would need your help to help me migrate the user files of around 300 persons to a new server.Is there a tool that could help me doing that?Here is the situation:I have an old 2003 server...
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