Backup consideration for Windows Server 2012 R2 deduplication
I'm using a Windows Server 2012 R2 box with a large-ish (24.5 TB) volume on direct-attached-storage (SAS) as a backup repository for VEEAM. I have deduplication turned on it's working very well.My...
View ArticleUsing Windows Storage server 2012 R2 as NAS
Hi,We have an HP Nas as a cluster of 2 nodes handling all our shares, but we are looking in adding another NAS, and before going to HP again, I was wondering if we could use Windows Storage server 2012...
View ArticleEvent about missing share
Hello Guys,I'm trying to find some event in Windows Event logs, which is generated upon some share is not available. Or the same event when a volume is not available.I lost a disk on my server (Windws...
View ArticleCan a single folder be part of multiple DFS-R Replication groups?
We are re-structuring one of our DFS-R implementations and I'd like to build the new replication patterns prior to removing the old ones, to minimize the impact on existing replication. Would it be OK...
View ArticleBest Practises for File Sharing and Print Server on Windows Server 2012
Is it better to have File Sharing and Print Server installed on the same Windows 2012 Server ?Or, they should be installed on 2 different Windows Servers ?Hussien Sherief
View ArticleHow to prevent user from saving file on local drives
Hi, We have a file server set up on a Windows 2003 Server. Is there any way to restrict users so that they can only open and view the file but they can't save it on their local drives? If not, can...
View ArticleTroubleshooting DFS Replication
Hello,The scenario is as follows:- ServerA: Windows Server 2012 R2- ServerB: Windows Server 2012- Replication Group: RG1- Replicated Folder 1: RF1 - ServerA as the Primary - around 250 GB worth of...
View ArticleDisable DFSR when restoring server?
I have 2 servers replicating data using DFSR. When restoring the entire server, should DFSR be disabled? I know that DFSR updates data based on the modified date/USN.
View ArticleDFS DNS not working on some Clients, NetBIOS does
Hello,i added a brand new Win8.1 notebook to my windows domain with DFS-N.On all clients a i can access the DFS root via \\company.local\dfs and also \\company\dfs. On the new client \\company\dfs...
View ArticleProblems with SMB File access from Win7 x64 to Win 2008 R2
Hello everybody,after a migration from Win 2003 to Win 2008 R2 we are facing some strange issues while accesing files on that File-Server. We have a special software which loads files in the background...
View ArticleMapped drive problem
Dear Team I have windows server 2012 R2 license with me working as File and print server.I have about 30 sysems conneced to this server. 27 systems work on operating service win7 and 3 on...
View ArticleProblem with Storagespaces LSI9207-8e and intel jbod2224s2dp
I´m trying to setup storagespaces on two server and a Intel jbod, the setup is: Two HP DL 380p Gen 8 servers with a LSI 9207-8e card connected with two SAS cables to a Intel jbod2224s2dp. Cable Setup:...
View ArticlePossible issue with DFS and CSC error 80070035
I have a handful of users who have a strange, recurring issue with Offline Files and DFS in Win7 SP1 x64.We have a DFS root \\domain.local\DFS. Server ukln1fs1 is a root replica, running a fully...
View ArticleMPIO advise required
Microsoft recommends to use vendor specific DSM for MPIO configuration. We don't have the license for powerpath MPIO. However when we install powerpath, even unlicensed it replaces the MS standard...
View ArticleDFS 2012R2 error "The file name is too long" word file.
Hi,i have two server with NFS, windows Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2012R2. when open file in shared folder with path long, from 2008R2, is good, but when open the same file en 2012R2, show the...
View ArticleDFS behavior on Server 2008 R2 / Windows backups / missing data
Hello,created a namespace, added a folder, configured full mesh replication between 4 members, everything seemed to work fine (data started replicating to all other members when added to any of them,...
View ArticleStorage Reports aren't finding known file types
I have a Windows Server 2008R2 file server and I've configured a "Files by File Group" report to find audio/music and image files on a specific drive. The report isn't finding all of the WMA and...
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Network Share (user Home Folder) no longer connects (Win7 64bit client, 2008...
User was able to naigate to their home folder (network location mapped to H:\ drive via active directory user object setting - profile tab), but now when they attempt to click on their H: drive they...
View Articlewindows 2008 Help.
Hi,We had one file server(windows 2008). We had file sharing on that server with installed dfs. Unfortunately, server crashed. We build up new server and shared folders again. We installed DFS again on...
View ArticleDFS Replica Member
Hello,is it possible to rename DFS replica member without problems in replication process or any other issues?We had two DFS servers, SRV1 and SRV2 (2008R2). They were not namespace servers....
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