Home folder loses sharing
HiI have a couple of Windows 7 users who's home folders on a Server 2008 R2 file server keep losing its sharing. I have to share the folder again and add share permissions so they can access their...
View ArticleProblems with shared Excel files disappearing with DFSR on Server 2008 R2
Hello all,We have a problem while saving Excel files that are "shared" (multiple user editing) in DFS replicated network folder.Environment: 2 x Server 2008 R2 (hosting shared Excel files in a network...
View ArticleMove File Share
We have a huge company file share on a virtual Windows Server 2003 box. I need to move the share to a Windows Server 2008 virtual box and retain all the security permissions.Is Robocopy the way to go...
View ArticleDFS not replicating on one site
Hey folks,I have DFS replication coming from about 12 sites, and works without issue. Site number 13, however, never starts replication. Setting up replication worked fine. Found the folders to...
View ArticleRobocopy Version XP010 - Excluding Multiple Directories using /XD
I'm attempting to use Robocopy to routinely copy data between 2 servers. In the file structure being copied there are several folders + their associated sub-folders e.g DfsrPrivate and...
View ArticleCan not copy files to network share
Hi everyone.We have a Windows Server 2003r2 64-bit. There are a few network share on this server and folders with user profiles (we use roaming profile in our infrastructure).A few days ago some users...
View Article255 characters limit in files and folders? If there is a limit, why Windows...
Sometimes i got an error in my File Server about the 255 chars limit of the file system.That´s OK, we rename the folders and files and the problem goes awayBut the end user always ask a clever...
View ArticleDefrag locks a file but never unlocks it
We have a Windows Data Storage Server 2003 cluster running several file shares. We use JKDefrag scheduled nightly to keep the drives defragmented. About every 3 months or so, a user will attempt to...
View ArticleMoving Exchange 2010 Production DAG Setup and Servers to difrent Date Center...
My SetupExchange 2010 SP3 2 Mailbox, 2 Hub/CAS, 2 TMG Servers in ProductionExchange 2010 SP3 2 Mailbox, 2 Hub/CAS, 2 TMG Servers in DR SiteExchange 2010 DAG implemented with site level...
View ArticleThe DFS Namespaces service keeps initialising every 30 minutes
Hi Everyone,We have recently built a Windows Server 2012 R2 server and installed the File Services role with just the DFS Namespace and DFS Replication features. Although everything looks to be working...
View ArticleWhat is the impact of DFS-R replication if domain controller is not available?
I would like to know if there is any impact to dfs replication (not sysvol) when all domain controllers are not available. The namespace server and dfs share are not hosted on domain controller, rather...
View ArticleCannot identify what in SYSTEM process has a handle open to a file on...
We redirect the user desktop folder to a share, \\fileserv1\users$\%username%\desktop (sorry if that syntax isn't correct, just know that folder redirection is working normally and each of the...
View ArticleWIN2012 R2 DFSR with EMC NAS
Plan to install Win2012 R2 as DFS server. We hope its advantage of replication can overcome speed issue on WLAN.We have EMC VNX5300 as a NAS to hold shared folders. Then, branch users open files in...
View Articledevice not connected error
Hello, I've added a new seagate 1TB hard disk to my Windows server 2008 which already has a RAID configuration of two 500gb disks. I have copied some important backups and softwares onto the new 1TB...
View ArticleCopying to one storage pool affects services on another
Hello everyone,I have a Windows Server 2012R2 that is used as a file server as well as an application server. When I am copying data to the fileserver shares (StoratgePool A) it heavily impacts my...
View ArticleDFS/DFSR and renaming servers?
Has anyone any experience of renaming servers that are namespace servers for DFS and have memberships for replication please? The scenario is we have "current-server" and "new-server" and I need to...
View ArticleDomain Migration/File System ACL migration without Trust
I am doing a migration from one domain to another. Part of this will involve migrating the servers from the old to the new domains (the files themselves are staying on the same servers - it is the...
View ArticleDrag and Drop Properties
I would like to disable the document preview, or change the size of the icon during the drag and drop process from one folder to another. The preview icon is too big and covers up the folder names to...
View ArticleWindows Server IIS 7 FTP blocking networks after transfering files
Hi, I have a Windows Server 2008 that I use for various different functions; EAS, Webserver, and FTP site. I have had everything working for sometime and recently just set up the FTP portion so I can...
View ArticleCopy folder on Deduplicated drive
Is there a way to make a quick copy of large files on a deduplicated drive? for instance, copy e:\vhdx\big.vhdx to e:\backups\big.vhdx where it marks the blocks as duplicates instead of creating a copy...
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