Error removing physical disk marked as Retired
I have Server 2012 with one storage pool and one virtual disk. The virtual disk uses layout parity and thin provisioning. It contained 4 physical disks. One of the physical disks failed. It was pulled...
View ArticleBasic IIS & dbase website query?
I have a new client whose web dev used MS-SQL and .NET to create their site...works fine.But I need to add a blog now to same - and the web dev is asking for a whole bunch of $ - plus they've stated...
View ArticleHow to scan to a SMB share on WINdows Server 2012 using a RICOH printer
This is a thear basically with the same problem as descibed in:...
View ArticleSMB file transfer issue on windows 8
Issue: When I transfer the file from UNIX OS to Windows Server 2012 (SMB 2.0 or 3.0) system using SMB (Samba), the file gets transfer but contains of file dose not (Only empty file size of 0 KB gets...
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 ArticleMigrating DFS "master" to new server
I have a pair of server 2003 R2 servers that have a DFS namespace between them, some folders are replicated between them and some are only on one server but not the other but are still part of the...
View ArticleTransparent caching of big files in a gigabit LAN
Hi,We have requirement to cache big files locally in all systems when they hit first time to the storage. I believe transparent cache from Windows 7 will help to do this. I have tried enabled offline...
View Articleconfigure the iscsi initiator for HP storage ..
Hi all ..I have a HP Storage P2000 G3 MSA iscsi, I want to mount the storage from the HP device to my server , I configured the DISK,VOLUME,HOST on the HP storage , but I can not connect to it with the...
View Articlestorage manager for SANs could not add the portals to the target
Hi, I'm trying to create an iscsi connection between two Dell Powervault nx3100 machines running StorageServer 2008. I have the networking set up, and have dedicated 2 nics on each machine and have...
View ArticleHelp with NFS Services in Windows 2008
Hi,I´m having a problem with NFS Services in Windows 2008. My customer environment is composed by a Win 2008 Domain Controller SP2 (running Microsoft Identity Management for Windows - NIS Server), a...
View Articlevery long filenames / path & Slow browsing
Does very long files names and folder names slow down browsing of network sharesWe obtained some data from another company due to partnershipData have long folder names and files names
View ArticleVDS causing the disk to pause
We are having some issues with VDS and I was hoping to get some ideas.To recreate the error at will, I open a cmd prompt and go to the root of the drive. Then I type "dir /s" Next I start...
View ArticleDFS - users not getting file lock, how do I force namespace to hit local file...
Subject says it all. We have DFS setup between two sites. I need to make sure users hit the local file server before going to a different site. How do I do this? I've read through some of the basic...
View ArticleUnhealthy Parity Disk refuses to repair
Setup:Windows Server 2012 XEON proc (running at about 5% capacity), 16GB RAM;Internal Perc RAID controller (raid 5 with 2 partitions, OS and Data - OS @50%, Data @ 10%, pagefile on Data)External 5 x...
View Articlescan to folder issue on file server (shared folder)
Trying to resolve scan to folder issue on filser server (shared folder)Scanner Hardware: using Knoica Minolta multifunction biz hub (model C450) and folder is on Windows Server 2008 Ent with clustered...
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Can't extend NTFS volume
Hello,I can't figure out why I can't extend an NTFS volume sitting on an iSCSI LUN. The 'extend volume' option is greyed out, as shown in the following screenshot.OS: Windows Server 2008 R2Please help?
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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 file server to Virtual 2008R2 server
Using robocopy with out the /MIR switch. Approx 6TB, manually recreated shares. 1000s of files are being skipped, assume it it because users are online. Prior to go live, plan was to close all...
View ArticleFiles on 2012 Storage Spaces unreadable after reinstalling OS
Hi there,I have a test setup running HyperV Server 2012. There are three physical disks, one for the HyperV installation and the other two set up as a storage pool with various virtual disks.Deciding...
View ArticleWhere is the documentation for selecting type of iSCSI virtual drive when...
I'm planning to try guest clustering in my lab with R2 Preview. I thought an iSCSI failover cluster of hosts would probably be necessary, and apparently iSCSI block storage is a good solution...
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