what is disk offset
hellocan someone explain what exactly this disk offset is, in simple terms
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2008 r2 server C: drive dynamic type mirrored disk and the disk space got drop and only 6% is available, whether i have to choose to insert new disk drive additionally to the server machine or is...
View Articlewindows 8.1 will not recognise my buffalo removable hard drive
the hard drive worked until I had my laptop camera fixed & they have removed the driver & now it wont recognise it at all
View ArticleManually linking each folder target for a namespace folder on multiple...
Just when you think you've covered the good majority of content for an exam objective... Having cleared down DFS over two servers in my home lab, I; 1. Created a brand-new, domain-based namespace 2....
View Article2008 R2 server running off Hyper V is reverting changes made by users to...
We have a Windows 2008 R2 file server ( running off hyper V) It has intronis and backup exec installed for backups. Users are creating folders on the server and moving files, and sometimes ( not...
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Hi,I am moving from a Novell Server to a Windows 2012 server and I just start getting familiar to NTFS Permissions. By default in Novell , there was a "Visibility List" function that, giving...
View ArticleAsk for password every time accessing file share
Maybe its simlpe but I don't now how to do that: I need to open file share folder but want to every time type password. I don't want to file share open automatically.
View ArticleUnable to Establishing an anonymously accessible file share on Windows 2008...
So far I tried all this to no avail, server keeps prompting me for username/password when I try to access such share from non-domain Windows computer:this is what i tried:1. Enable the guest account2....
View ArticleWindows explorer search not finding file
Good afternoonJust having a bit of an odd issue when searching for a file on a Windows 2012 R2 terminal server; when searching for an excel file in file explorer or the start menu search, it does not...
View Articlemonitoring of windows clustered storage spaces
How we can monitor if there is any drive failure or storage pool or virtual disk or volume getting full ?We use splunk to monitor servers so it can check for these events below on two cluster nodes and...
View ArticleClustered storage spaces and thin provisioning.
Can we do thin provisioning in windows 2012 R2 for clustered storage spaces ?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/06/02/10314262.aspx Clustered storage spaces must use fixed...
View ArticleISCSi drive does not appear in list of volumes
Hi, I have configured a windows server 2012 r2 OS with 2 disks/ The server is a VM. Both disks are SCSI. Hoerver, the data disk does not show in ISCSI setup Screenshot of the part in question is here:...
View ArticleRobocopy /mir and keeps destination 2 file Unchange.
Hello Team, I am using Robocopy to copy paste files from Production server to Staging server , i want to move all files from production to staging using mirror excluded 2 config file, in this i want...
View ArticleRemove offline server from DFS-R Replication Topology
Hello allI'd appreciate some help with this scenario:A server which was a member of a DFS Replication topology was recently decommissioned and wiped without it being removed from the topology. As such,...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Problem After OS Reinstall
Hello! My Windows Server 2012 computer (used primarily as file storage and movie streaming for the family) was undergoing an update when a power outage hit and the UPS died, thus completely crashing...
View Article\\?\UNC\server\share - verylongpath errors out
In Windows Explorer the UNC long path construction errors out as: Windows cannot access \\?\UNC\server\share (Error: 0x80004005)Background:...
View ArticleImport already existing directory structure into DFS namespace?
Hi all,I'm planning to migrate three file servers to a single DFS namespace and after reading the official docs and numerous blog posts I'm still unsure about the right way to do it.The "main" server...
View Articleconnections to shares do not disconnect
My scenario:I log directly into serverA and my home folder, which resides on serverB, is mapped to my serverA session. Even if I properly log off serverA, serverB still shows my session from serverA –...
View ArticleClustered Storage Spaces Management
What is the best way to manage 2 node windows clustered storage spaces. I have two storage Pool and have General Purpose(NFS), ISCSI target Server(ISCSI) and Scale out file server (SMB) roles installed...
View ArticleHow to add Local Admin group to a file server without changing current...
Here is the tricky part I am having issues with , I tried to add the local admin group from the root folder to all subfolders and files but faced the follows :- Subfolders are configured with different...
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