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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 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 ArticleDisk size and free space
My question is how to interpret the values of disk space and free disk space that Windows reports. When I look in volume properties I'm getting some values in GB but when I check in Disk Management...
View ArticleReFS ate VHDX folder and files?
I've been running Hyper-V 2012 Server core for some time and using ReFS for the disk that contains my VM / VHDX files.Recently I've been trying to get Hyper-V Replica working. It seems as though there...
View ArticleEnabling Offline Files breaks Drive mappings to remote sites
I have a Windows 2008 R2 Server that I am using for RDS. I have enabled Offline Folders on the server but have not configured it.After enabling It breaks Drive mappings to my remote plant File Server....
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 ArticleAbout storage limit
HiI have an instance of windows server 2012, with an sql server and a web application, but for now it's ok, but in the future when my information will grow up my storage capacity don't will be enought...
View ArticleDf win server 2008 r2
Good,I already havetwo servers(|primary andsecondary)replicating,and set theDFSwhich contains5foldersmappedsothatwhentheuserlogs initonly themapped folders withpermissionand those thatdo not havethe...
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 ArticleCheck 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 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...
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 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 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 ArticleWindows 2008 R2 / DFS / IIS / "The specified network is no longer available"
Migrated over to 2008 not all that long ago, all was going OK until last weekend - alot of our clients were experiencing errors, from what I could see it was all relating to a file access problem. We...
View ArticleThe IO operation at logical block address # for Disk # was retried
Hello everyone,A warning appears in the system log: === Log Name: System Source: disk Date: 2/20/2013 1:00:28 PM Event ID: 153 Task Category: None Level: Warning...
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Server 2012 Two-Way Mirror Storage Space Displays Incorrect Capacity
I have 3 drives in a thin provisioned 2 way mirror storage pool running in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The pool has 6.36Tb of capacity and is provisioned for up to 8Tb. Manage Storage Spaces...
View ArticleShares on File Server Slow to Sort - Green Explorer Bar Taking a Long Time.
When users are connecting to our file server for their home drives and department shares they are getting poor performance when they attempt to sort either by date or name etc. The green bar moves...
View ArticleScan to SMB no longer works to my Windows 2008r2 server.
I have a Windows 2008r2 sp1 server that is the Active Directory server that holds all the FISMO rolls. I have five Ricoh Aficio MP C6501 multifunction printers. I have had scan to smb working since I...
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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...
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