Reenabling Previous Versions after being disabled for an extended period
Have a server that was in-place upgraded from 2008 r2 to 2012 r2. Went a few months before I realized that during the update Previous Versions settings did not come across. Looks like the old shadow...
View ArticleWeird DFS issue Windows 8.1 clients
One of my users noticed something peculiar when working on text or document from a DFS share.The user will save changes and leave the doc open. Preliminary tests show that around 10min+ is when user...
View ArticleHow to create cluster file shares on 2008 R2 usingt he command line
Hi,I know I can use the cluster command to created file shares which are cluster aware on 2003 R2, but this doesn't work as well on 2008 R2 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/284838?wa=wsignin1.0) - in...
View ArticleEvent ID: 5014, 5004 The DFS Replication Service is stopping communication...
I'm replicating between two servers in two sites (Server A - Server 2012 R2 STD, Server B - Server 2008 R2) over a VPN (Sonicwall Firewall). Though the initial replication seems to be happening it is...
View ArticleWorkplace Join and Web Application Proxy
Hi,I have setup Workfolders using ADFS authentication, I am now implementing workplace join (hoping that Microsoft will soon be releasing the iOS client for workfolders). I can workplace join my test...
View ArticleWindows 10 Volume Replica vs StarWind
Hi,I know Server 10 isn't finished yet, but I am interested in the storage replica feature which I believe does synchronous synchronisation. Was just wondering if someone else had some more experience...
View ArticleDFS Replication Problem
Hi Friends,I have windows server 2003 domain at two location before somw month back its replication dataand its working fine but now i unable to see replicate data i mean i thing having replication...
View ArticleStorage spaces error with enclosure awareness enabled: Not enough eligible...
Hi guys, I'm a bit baffled by this one. I've got 56 HDDs and 8 SSDs evenly distributed over 3 certified JBODs.I'm trying to set up storage spaced and create a mirrored and tiered virtual disk with...
View ArticleHow can Windows files and folder owners just vanish, and how to restore all...
See, we have a file server running windows 2003 at our company, and suddenly most of the files and subfolders permissions are gone, lost even the owner, making it unaccessible even for the...
View ArticleEven though the file is closed by the client in the shared folder I still can...
Dear ExpertsIn order to be more clear I would like to describe the problem step by step:1-A client (64Bit Win8.1) puts a pdf file on a mapped shared folder on a virtual Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleProblem => Disks arent available in Storage Pools
Hello,I have two windows server 2012 with 3 disks on each (1 basic and 2 dynamic). One of them (dynamic) is unallocated. When I want to create storage pool I dont see the disks in PHYSICAL DISKS...
View ArticleData Deduplication and File Backup
Hello all,This is my first question here in the forum. I just migrated one of our server from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 Standard R2. I use Freefilesync to backup a couple of network storages that...
View ArticleDFS Namespace: Change domain part in link.
Hi !I've got a question about the domain-name part of the Namespace link. (Windows Server 2008 R2)For a task we had, I made 2 virtual machines.1 Domain Controller & 1 DFS Server. On both machines...
View ArticleFolder redirection, one user multiple computers issue.
Greetings all,I have a question about folder redirection in Server 2012. I have setup a group policy to redirect domain users My Docs and Desktops to redirect to our 2012 server. All seemed to be...
View ArticleStorage Tiering in Server 2012 R2 Core Hyperv
Hello everyone,Recently I installed the free version of server core 2012 R2 with Hyperv. The following hardware Raid has been configured: Raid 1 with 2 drivers for the physical Hyperv Host installation...
View ArticleDeleting Windows quandry. a.k.a. Cry for help!
Hi, I have a 540 g external hard drve with a partition. On one part I have Win7 the other Win8.1. I do not need either as I have the same setup on my laptop system. But the external is full of media...
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Automated scrubbing and bit rot repair on a mirrored storage space using ReFS
I use several ReFS volumes , either on one-way or two-way mirrored storage spaces under Windows Server 2012R2.The description of the automated 'scrubbing' on TechNet seems a bit unclear to me....
View ArticleApple and WS2012R2 extrelmly slow file listing
Hi all, I have big problem with Apple and Windows server 2012R2. I migrated data from Synology to Windows Server and if i map drive : smb://fileserver/DATA_FOLDER, everything is OK, but if i open...
View ArticleHow do you empty a re-directed recycle bin on a network share
I have folder re-direction enabled via Group Policy which unfortunatly re-directs the recycle bins too. I can see the size of them on the network share but unable to delete or even view inside them....
View ArticleWindows server 2012 r2 and remote search
I've read the document for Windows Search Service and see that it is not an option for our Terminal server environment with dfs share.Is there any good suggestion on what we can do to increase the...
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