Sharing and Storage Management not opening in Client machine
I have installed Rsat tools in Windows 8 for administration of server services like fileserver resource manager, share and storage management etc.,when i open Shares and storage management from the...
View ArticleFile and Path Max length - issue
we have file server and the folder path is exceeding the max path values. Is this resolved with Refs ?orIf i have linux box as file server and will this limitation be still there because client PC are...
View ArticleWindows Serch is inconsistent
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 server with the File Services role and the Windows Search service installed. We do not have the Indexing service installed. There is a piece of software that...
View ArticleDuplicate Share Names Windows 2000 Cluster Server
Hello,I have a rather strange problem with a Win2K Cluster server, and I'm brand new to Clusters, so forgive any seeming ignorance. One of the shared folders has two shares with identical names. when...
View ArticleDisk Quotas not showing
Hi,I have enabled quotas on all the user folders which contain the users home folder and desktop.I have done this using the 'File Server Resource Manager' on a Winbows Server 2008.However I have one...
View ArticleMemory Usage on 2008 R2 file server is high and doesn't seem to be accounted for
this is a vmware vm running 2008 R2 server with file services with 8 GB of RAM at 95 percent usage.The memory usage by processes doesn't add up to 7.5 GB and the active memory on the vm is only 1.2...
View ArticleCan't add folder to DFS anymore
Hi community,I wanted to delete a folder target but accidently deleted the whole folder. I tried to recreate it but it keeps on failing with "The folder target cannot be added to the folder. The remote...
View ArticleHow to restore data from a missing partition?
Recently, one of my hard drive partitions is missing. I just cannot find it in My Computer. However, I have stored thousands of pictures on this partition. How can I find all these missing pictures...
View ArticleFile Resource Manager Reports with Deduplication
I recently setup a file server running Server 2012 R2 with deduplication turned on. When I run the "Files by Owner" report in File Server Resource Manager, I'm getting post-dedup results. For...
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SACL and DACL is not woking together while trying to set ACL on an object.
Hi,While performing an in-house testing I tried to set SACL and DACL together on Windows 2012 server. Its not clear from the smb2 spec. But receiving an error "STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER". Please see the...
View ArticleFile Server Migration from 2008 Standard to 2012 Standard accross different...
Hi Im going to migrate File server from Windows 2008 Standard server to Windows 2012 Standard . Source and Destination Servers are on different subnets . According to...
View ArticleShare and storage management queries
I have planned to stop remote accessing the Physical File server (windows 2008) and want my IT team members to use Share and storage management from their client machines remotely.I am able to delegate...
View ArticleData redistribution after adding a disk to a storage pool.
Hi all... I'm experimenting with storage spaces. I started with a three disk pool and a parity virtual disk. Later, I added a 4th physical disk to the pool and I expanded the virtual disk to include...
View ArticleDFS vs DFS-R
I have read that it is possible to have DFS-R - replicating of folders - without actually setting up a DFS name space. Is that correct? If correct, what would be gained or lost by doing the two in...
View Articlewmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrVolumeConfig where...
Hello All,I found a post with the exact error that I am seeing: Backlog calculations cannot be performed because the reference member returned zero replicated folders. and followed the proposed...
View ArticleDFSr Failing on File Server
I have a Server that is failing and found a related link with the suggested fix. I am seeing:Backlog calculations cannot be performed because the reference member returned zero replicated folders.The...
View ArticleWindows 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2- File Share suddently no one can access. After...
We have file server, which is using windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 2. Today suddently no one can access its file share. I try to login to the server and open services, but it is so...
View ArticleVolumes disappeared from DFS replication
Hi all,Recently I set up DFS replication on Windows 2012 Std Server. Few days ago I tried to connect the 3rd server to this replication and found out that all volumes except C:\ drive are disappeared...
View ArticleOffline slow-link with DFS
We are having an issue across our enterprise where users cannot see any of the shares in our dfsroot. Windows Explorer shows "Offline slow-link." When I go into group policy, I see 'configure slow-link...
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