Backup getting failed
Hi When tried to take backup on the Windows server 2008 R2 it is getting failed even thought Vssadmin writers are stable on the server.And we are able to take syatem state backup for the server but we...
View ArticleServer for NFS (W2012R2) hangs during startup
I have Server for NFS installed on Windows Server 2012 R2. After rebooting due to update installations today, the service is hanging in start pending. The effect is reproducible after every reboot and...
View ArticleInitiator zoning by iscsi / isns?
Hi,I got used to fibre channel san storage. When I create a lun I can share it across all servers grouped in a zone (set up in a fc switch). It`s like a folder shared to a group of users in AD. So, in...
View ArticleESENT issue 412
On a Server 2008 standard install (As a DC) I get an ESENT issue 412 every 5 mins in the application event viewer. From the little I can find on the net I have tried doing the replace and update...
View ArticleOffline Files and DFS-R (Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2)
Hey,We are planning to migrate from full roaming profiles to folder redirection instead.I am testing this at the moment and one thing that's happening is we're getting Sync Errors on the clients. The...
View ArticleRobocopy /XD only applied to top level
Hi,I have one file server (OldServer) with all my user home folders and I need to spilt these onto 4 seperate file serversMy plan is to put home folders begining withA to D on server1E to H on server2I...
View ArticleDomain Controller SystemState backup failing on 3 servers
Hi, I've been puzzling over this for a few weeks - getting a bit desperate now... Seen a few similar issues on the forums, but no definitive answer that works...I have 3 2012R2 domain controllers - 2...
View Articlefqdn in published dfs-r share
Hello,we just recently migrated our namespaces to DNS based redirects. We have one namespace where our replicated shares are published and this shows some interesting behavior. We have only removed and...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 - Extend Partition .. space not showing available
Good morning all -- have a question about extending a volume on Server 2008 R2. The volume is an iSCSI target using the Microsoft iSCSI initiator -- the iSCSI device is a Dell MD3000i.The volume was...
View ArticleDFSR staging folder drive size and best practices
We have virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 file server that is replicating to another virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 file server in a branch office. The SAN for the cluster has two disk pools - a...
View ArticleServer 2008R2 File tranfer speed very slow
I have a server 2008R2 with 32Gigs of Ram and 2 Quad core processors. When I copy a large file (200gigs) from one directory and paste to another local on the machine the transfer speed is about...
View ArticleSystem.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageFileStream error
Hi,We use OpenXml to prepare Excel speadsheets from a web service we coded ourselves. As of two days ago our production server gives errors in the Microsoft internals for file handling if the...
View ArticleCan an RODC be a DFS Namespace server?
Can an RODC be a DFS Namespace server? Is there any compatibility issues or is this supported?
View ArticleFolder Redirection Folder(s) Share/NTFS Permissions
I have done some looking but can't come up with a document that outlines the proper permissions for folder redirection & offline files folders. We are currently redirecting users folders to a DFS...
View ArticleDFSR Event 2213 Can't recover from a dirty shutdown error - No Instance(s)...
I've encountered event ID 2213. I've copied the command wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrVolumeConfig where volumeGuid="33320196-8E85-11E2-93F6-E0DB551335B2" call ResumeReplicationand...
View ArticleDFS-N GUI Bug?
The setup:I have 2 file servers called file01 and file02. I set up a parent folder called F:\Parent and then create three subfolders called Child1, Child2 and Child3. I then set up DFS-R to replicate...
View ArticleHow to reset FTP password from remote location
We have installed windows 2008 R2 Ent. Server and configure FTP service on it with basic authentication Some user have accessed FTP site from remote locations and need to reset FTP password from remote...
View ArticleOnly share on a drive not showing previous versions, other 7 shares on the...
Hi,I have a strange problem on a server which I'm hoping someone can help with. Previous versions is enabled on a particular drive local iSCSI (D:) drive and when browsing 7 out of 8 shares on that...
View ArticlePermissions when migrating data NTFS
I have successfully migrated data from an old file server to a new file server. The file server will be commissioned soon pending an incremental ROBOCOPY.All data was migrated and from my spot check,...
View ArticleFile Share in RODC
Hi,We setup Win 2012 R2 as RODC and File Share (FS) in a same server. We have issue that when the WAN link to RWDC is offline, users are unable to authenticate to FS. If I try to access the FS through...
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