SMB 3.0 HA
Hi, I looking for a method to cut down storage cost's within our cloud Provider. We currently use a SAN for file storage and it is not cheap. (Its fine for SQL) As we are looking to have our own domain...
View ArticleManage DataGrowth on File server
Hello Experts, We have a file server on which one of the data volume is getting grown rapidly and disk space getting full. We know there is some old data which is not at all used , My question is ,How...
View ArticleHow to: Put all External USB Hard Drives with the same Drive Letter OR Each...
It will be useful try to "force" each hard drive to use a specific, fixed and predictable drive letter. (All 4 disks with the same letter or each drive with its own letter)I have 4 external Hard Drives...
View ArticleDFSR files disappear for 10 seconds and then reappear
Hello, I have a strange issue going on. I have two servers in DFS. If I open a doc file from within the namespace, and make changes to it and SAVE, I can see that server 1 updates its timestamp...
View ArticleSetting Permissions for Administrative Shares - From Windows Server 2008 R2...
Hi,I have a corporate Inventory application installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 and I need to deploy some Agents to Windows 7 Desktops.This app requires having access to C$ and Admin$ in the Desktops,...
View ArticleFile permissions don't inherit after moving to a different directory
Hello,I'm having a problem when moving files from one directory to another directory as described in the following article: ttps://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560088/en-us?wa=wsignin1.0 (please add the...
View ArticlePosted once, just making sure it's seen
So for my Networking Operating Systems class, we had to install Windows Server 2012 R2. Long story short, apparently I missed a crucial step and upgraded my Windows 8 to Windows Server smh. I have a...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 FSRM Quota Management
Having issues with Windows 2008 R2 FSRM Quota Management. We have everyones Home drives setup with a quota. We have different quotas for different people and the Quota % Used is not matching what is...
View ArticleCan Robocopy Be Used To Copy Folders Newer Than A Certain Date?
We've been using robocopy with the /MAXAGE option to copy files newer than a certain date. Can the same be done for folders?Orange County District Attorney
View ArticleExpand-DedupFile and Measure-DedupFileMetaData not cooperating.
I deduplicated a volume with the setting "files 0 days or older". I let this run for a week and got all the results I expected.I then discovered that Commvault Simpana 10 is not able to archive/stub...
View ArticleFolder targets in DFS namespace were deleted in DFS management but the remote...
Folder targets in DFS namespace were deleted in DFS management but the remote share folder still has DFS tab and referral list. I am trying to keep this share and it has files and folders in it but...
View ArticleServer 2012 WinSXS Folder is 13 gb and filling drive
Hello,So I have a Windows Server 2012 with Exchange 2013 installed on it. It's part of a domain with 6 other servers. All but one is Server 2012. They have 2 DC's, 1 File, 1 SQL, one TS, and a...
View ArticleDFS - ABE Issue HELP!!!
Used dfsutil to export stand-alone DFS on Windows 2003 then imported to Windows 2012 R2 DFS (domain namespace)The problem I'm having is I've enabled Access Based Enumeration (ABE) but each link needs...
View ArticleNTFS Permissions
We are migrating from a Novell file server to Windows Server 2012 R2. We are having issues with folder and subfolder permissions.We have a top level folder that is shared, D:\FileShare. Under...
View ArticleSet-DfsReplicatedFolder -directorynametoexlude (use of -directorynametoexlude)
Hello all,I am trying to replicate data from my old File Servers to the new ones. So far so good, except when I try to replicate folders which are already part of other replication groups. Of course,...
View ArticleDFS folder target showing wrong site
We have 1 DFS server running 2008 R2, for some reason a few of the folder targets are showing the wrong site name. The ones that are showing incorrect when you go to the properties of the folder target...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 file share issues - on wifi directory changes to root...
I have this strange issue and it ONLY happens on wifi. If I browse to windows share: \\hpdsfandp\common$\folder1\folder2 - within seconds explorer changes the directory back to...
View ArticleFSRM and Quota's showing incorrect values
Hi,I have set up folder quota's, and on one folder I have set it to 100GB. This Quota shows as 99% used, but the actual folder in Explorer shows only as 28GB used. What am I missing, or set up wrong,...
View ArticleDFS 2012 the namespace server cannot be added access is denied new namespace...
I want to deploy a DFSR with 2 windows server 2012 in AD 2000. When I want to create the first namespace in DFS server, it end up with error "\\domain.com\share. the namespace server \\server\share...
View ArticleFile Server Data Drive Partition Size Question
I am setting up Windows 2012R2 Server for use as a file server The drive space is setup as follows:2 x 300GB RAID1 for the system..5 X 600GB RAID5 for the data . Which gives me approximately 1. 9 TB...
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