Problem exporting DFSR Clone
I have a problem exporting a DFSR Clone on our W2012 R2 Server. The server was setup as Core and had the DFS roles installed, but didn't have the RSAT tools installed (I don't know why DFS requires you...
View ArticleDFSR assistance
Hello all,as I wrote to my previous question, I just started "playing" with DFSR, so I am not quite sure if I follow the right paths. I will explain you what I want to do and please help me to correct...
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...
View ArticleDFS 2012 Stops Replicating When "Primary" member is down in a Read Only Scenario
I'm testing out DFS and everything is working great in a standard scenario ie. 2 way sync and not using read only scenarios. However the following scenario below is not working for me, not sure if it's...
View ArticleEvent log errors in Work Folders
We have an environment running Work Folders. The event log on client computers logs an error every synchronization. The sync partnership is configured without any policies and without ADFS...
View ArticleParity Storage Space volume offline after one disk failure
I have a storage pool that contains 7 physical disks and has two virtual disks created off it. One is a Tiered Mirror disk (containing two SSD's and two HDD's) that I use for VM storage. The other is...
View ArticleBackup initiated VMWare snapshots destroys our Exchange cluster and trows...
Hi There!At my current customer we are using ArcServe UDP backup solution. ArcServe creates quiscing snapshots via VMWare.When we create a snapshot with VMWare, no errors occur. But when we create a...
View ArticleOffice 2013 and DFS
Hi,I have posted the following onto the Office forums as well, but I think as the issue is very specific to DFS I'm not convinced that forum is necessarily the best place.System setup.We have two...
View ArticleCannot increase C drive vhdx Windows 2012 Hyper-v (Very Urgent)
Hi!We are unable to increase the size of C drive in the configuration manager VM server 2012 as the extend volume option is grayed out. The disk is divided into t partions: c and d. We can increase the...
View ArticleMPIO not working
I have several R720 servers with dual port Broadcom BCM57810 10Gb NICS. They all have Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter installed with the Hyper-V role. I am trying to make iSCSI connections to a...
View ArticleAppend permissions to all subfolders
Hi,I've got a large number of files/folders/subfolders. Many of the folder have their own unique NTFS permissions, either in combination with inheritance, or exclusive. I now need to give a certain...
View ArticleDo all namespaces have to live in the 'DFSRoots' folder?
Running through DFSN PS commands for the 70-411...My question is, do all DFS namespaces have to have their root shared folder in the 'DFSRoots' folder? Working through the 70-411 Exam Ref handbook, and...
View ArticlePermissions needed to view and close open files
Hi all,We have a 2012 R2 file server, and we would like to give Helpdesk permissions to view open files on that file server, and close them if necessary if someone complains that it is locked.What is...
View ArticleError message 'System.IO.IOException: Invalid Signature' when the C# program...
Hi there Some of the end-users access our webswite and got the 'System.IO.IOException: Invalid Signature' exception. Hard to figure out why this 'Invalid Signature' error comes out. Environment :...
View ArticleFSRM [Source File Path] and DFS
Hi,When i use the [Source File Path] in a notification email it does not show the source file path but instead shows d:\xxxx which is the local drive of the server hosting the destination share.The...
View ArticleAdvice please on best way to attack a Data Migration
I have the following situation:-User Home Drives are on Server SU2 which is in Domain DU. Domain DU has a Trust with Domain DDUser's Accounts are in Domain DD and each account is configured to get its...
View ArticleDFSR: Is it ok to empty the PreExisting folders after initial sync is...
We have pre-seeded hundreds of GB of data on our hub server, and several GB of data ended up in the 'PreExisting' folder for each replicated folder. Initial sync is complete for all of them and I...
View ArticleError when creating new DFS Namespace
Hello, I have 2 new server 2012 r2 VM files servers (FS1 and FS2) which are operating in a failover cluster (FS-CL1). There is a single clustered disk (E:) which contains the file shares and is passed...
View ArticleBranchCache Client on a RD Host?
I've recently setup BranchCache (distributed mode) between a Win 2008R2 File server and some remote sites. This works fine for Win7 PC clients, but a couple of remote sites run some of their own...
View ArticlePrint server windows 2008 r2
Hi,I have a print server windows 2008 r2. There are 20 network printers installed that server. Sometimes we have disk full or low toner on printer cartridge problem and printers stop working. Some...
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