File server Migration from one server to another server
Hi All,Currently am using Windows server 2008 R2 file server as virtual machine and am planning to migrate this to physical machine. but currently all shares being used by end users with the file...
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as it is possible to install SQL server 2005 enterprise edition on windows server 2012 R2Abp
View ArticleDoes Microsoft support disks which have been converted from MBR to GPT with...
Before opening a ticket with Microsoft to get the official response, does Microsoft support disks which have been converted from MBR to GPT with third-party tools?We have various disks on Windows...
View ArticleIdentifying the process or user that has a lock on a folder or file
In Windows Server 2008, it was easy to identify the user that had a lock on a folder or file. As a last resort, you could always log off that user to release a lock.In Windows Server 2012 R2, as far as...
View ArticleMoving redirected user folders to a new server and adjusting security...
We currently have approximately 250 users accessing a Windows 2008 RDS cluster (9 RDS and a RDS broker). Roaming profiles are in place as well as user folder redirection (ie: home, desktop and appdata...
View ArticleHow to mount vhdx to a folder in powershell?
Hello,How can I mount a vhdx file into a folder from powershell? I found the commands but I saw parameters only for letter assignment. Thank you!
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager - Audit file screen, database?
Hi, I am planning to implement FSRM on a Win2008 R2 server. The goal is to log all files that are added to a special folder.Standard File auditing is not an option, as the backup software creates...
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 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 ArticleReplication Tab for DFS Namespace is Blank
Good afternoon. We have several folders in our single DFS namespace. Typically, there would be 2-4 folder targets within a folder, with only one enabled. Until recently, when I would select a folder...
View ArticleFile Server IP address change
I am migrating my file server from server 2003 to a new box server 2012. I plan on keeping the hostname same but the IP address will change.Any known issues with this?Vijay
View ArticleServer 2012 Two-Way Mirror Storage Space Incorrectly Displays "no capacity"
I am running Windows Server 2012 Essentials and I have an identical pair of Western Digital 6 TB (Red NAS) drives in a two-way mirror storage space (assigned to drive S:).Yesterday this storage space...
View Articledfs patches/hotfixes
what patches do I need.running windows 2008 r2 sp1. Both replication and namespace first 3 on this page? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968429Enterprise Roll Up Hot Fix:...
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 ArticleFTP Permission
Dear Friendswe have a windows server 2008 R2 that installed FTP Site in the IIS and Assign some files and folders to this FTP Site. when we want set permission to it for user access , only we have read...
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 ArticleSaving Excel spreadsheet to network share generates .tmp files which do not...
We are having a strange issue with Microsoft Excel and saving to a network share. When anyone (users or admins) saves changes to an Excel workbook saved in a particular network share it generates a...
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Enable Auditing and replication of the settings
Hi!I would like to know why a replication between two servers does not replicate when I enable auditing on the root folder (mounted folder)The auditing has been set to the root folder (where I mounted...
View ArticleWIndows server 2008 standard x64 with very low disk
Hi there I'm having a serious issue with our windows server 2008 standard x64 : the C drive is running out of space ( i have now a meager 200ko - 3 Mo !!!!) this happens when I installed some security...
View ArticleDFS Backlogs WAY too high on 1 of 10 servers
Hi,We are using DFS to replicate between 10 different servers and one of them is getting crazy high backlogs (500,000+ backlogged). I have googled the issue and not found any solutions that would...
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