Will Windows DFSR (Distributed File System Replication) Suppots .tuf files?...
Will Windows DFSR (Distributed File System Replication) Suppots .tuf files? Is there any limitation in DFSR related to file formats/extentions. Rajesh Kasturi Please click the Mark as Answer button if...
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I have two Windows 2008 R2 servers. One is in the domain and the other is not. I am able to access non-domain server from domain server through windows explorer using ip but not the other way around. I...
View ArticleSearching and Indexing Redirected Folders on the Hosting Windows Server Computer
In addition to a laptop, I frequently work directly on a Windows Server 2012 R2 computer. We have Redirected Folders set up on DFS (for failover redundancy) so that my Documents folder is in:...
View ArticleDelete Directories Completely
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View ArticleCA and Clustered File Server for General Use
Hi all, I am currently designing a multi-site failover cluster file server for information workers (approx 110TB of data). The role will be 'File Server for General Use'. I was going to enable CA so...
View ArticleRemove-StoragePool and Set-StoragePool errors
I am trying remove the StoragePool using the remove-StoragePool PowerShell command but getting the error - The storage pool could not complete the operation because its health or operational status...
View ArticleMoving files on the same volume.
Hey guys so we have the following setup:SetupWe are using Server 2012 R2N:\ ---- driveN:\Network ----- The root folder for all folders. This has inheritance turned off on its permissions. The ACL's are...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup - Restoration
Hi there, I am having some issues with windows Server restore, Current config is server backs up to USB drive. All backups are successful accept the restore part. When I get to the "select items to...
View ArticleModify existing storage pool after adding SSDs
Is it possible to modify an existing storage pool, to allow for tiered storage configuration, following the addition of SSDs to a JBOD? Secondly, what effect if any, does a disk with a lower rotational...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleFiles shares randomly display "Location is not available"
Hi all,I recently set up a windows 2012 file share server for departments and user folders. I've pushed the drive mappings out via group policy and on my laptop they work flawlessly. On everyone else's...
View ArticleDFS Replication or maybe something else?
Greetings! I have a problem: users from two offices with a slow (say 10 Mbit/s) link between them use an old program with its Visual Foxpro 8 database located on the server in the office1. The problem...
View ArticleSMB signing not working?
Hi,We are looking to force SMB signing on all our servers and workstation to tighten the security. But so far in my test setup it does not work.We have number of 2008 r2 machines plus mixed Windows 7...
View ArticleDFS Namspaces - 2012 R2
Hey,We've recently upgraded all our domain controllers from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 (same hardware though and it was a clean install (with proper decommissioning), not an in place upgrade), and every now...
View ArticleiSCSI target connected but no volume present
We are using Windows Server 2008 R2 iSCSI initiator to connect to an iSCSI target on Sun Storage. On some servers iSCSI target shows connected but no volume appears in Disk Management or disk in Device...
View ArticleAD integration with FSRM
Hi Guys,I would like to know how can I integrate File server resource manager with Active directory to set quota by AD users?Any help is appreciated.Best regards,Bahman
View ArticleSteps to replace a HDs used for Backup and one use for Client backups
I need to replace a Windows Server backup drive, and another that is used for Client backups. Both are single drives, not in a storage pool.I do not need to retain the information on the current...
View ArticleTutorial needed - Recreate failed DFS DC server from scratch
Hi.. Can anyone please give me some tutorials or links on how to rebuild a failed PDC which was hosting Namespace replication in domain environment.Thanks and RegardsMasud.
View ArticleRecover files from a 2012 R2 deduplicated volume
HiI am trying to recover files from a 2012 R2 deduplicated volume. (Disk where ntfs partition is "dead") Using regular recovery applications, i am able to see what files are present on the disk, but...
View ArticleDFS-R 2012 file access in asynchronous replication
Here is my scenario: Asynchronous replication is set with long period like 2 days in 2 nodes DFS-R. Considering load balancing, client A accessing files on DFS will be redirected to node A while client...
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