dfsr partial namespace replication behavior (server 2008r2)
Hi ,I have a small question , i have been running searching around with a good answers but did not found anything definitive My topology differ a bit , but my scenario is this on a very very small...
View ArticleDoes Windows Servers 2012r2 DFS use dual commit when a file is changed or added
When using DFS on Windows Server 2012r2, a file is modified or added. Is that change recorded using dual commit? In other words does it have to be written to all replica's before the modification is...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Storage spaces - even number of disks with mirror?
Hi,I'm just testing Windows 2012 R2 storage spaces on a lab with an MSA70 containing 25 SAS disks.So I created a storage pool with the 25 disks, then tried to create a mirrored virtual disks and it...
View ArticleManage shared folder - server operators group
I have Windows server 2012 with Active directory and I need to allow some non-administrator user to mange shared folder in the server (give access to user).I use MMC in there PC to do that but the...
View ArticleCleanup of thin provisioned volume that is out of space
I've gotten into a situation for which I take the blame, but I'm not sure what, if any, options I have to fix it. I have a 2012 Essentials server with several pools/volumes. One of them is thin...
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My External Hard Drive is now classified as RAW - can you format it -...
My External Hard Drive is now classified as RAW - can you format itear Forum,I have a Generic Flash External Disk Drive that I am having trouble formatting.It has data that used to be on it before I...
View ArticleNo roots exist on machine
Hi,I have 2 file servers. FS01 & FS02They are configured DFS \\contoso.com\FSWhen I try Get-DfsnRoot -ComputerName FS01, no reply but FS02 reply with Path, Type, Properties, TimetoLiveSec &...
View ArticlePerformance problems with DFSN, ABE and SMB
Hello, We have identified a problem with DFS-Namespace (DFSN), Access Based Enumeration (ABE) and SMB File Service. Currently we have two Windows Server 2008 R2 servers providing the domain-based DFSN...
View Article"The specified server cannot perform the requested operation" when rpc from...
I am having problems where all my Windows 2003 servers cannot rpc to 2 of my Windows 7 workstations, error message is "The specified server cannot perform the requested operation".All the machines are...
View ArticleVery slow responce when working with Office file on DFS-Share
Very slow responce when working with Office file on DFS-ShareWe have implemented the following configurationDomain level Windows 2000. Two member servers with Windows Server 2008 R2, sharing the same...
View ArticleHow to design Storage Spaces with a large number of drives
I am wondering how one might go about designing a storage space for a large number of drives. Specifically I've got 45 x 4TB drives. As i am not extremely familiar with storage spaces, i'm a bit...
View ArticleStorage Server 2012R2 and SQL2008R2
Good Afternoon,I am getting myself up to speed on Storage Spaces and have found a potential fit in my data center that will solve a need. But I have a question on whether or not I can use it. So here...
View Article2008 R2/ Win7 Offline Files Sync causing High Load on server
Hi Everyone, I have recently been investigating extremely high CPU Usage from the System Process on my company's main File Cluster.We managed to track SRV2.sys Threads causing high CPU load within the...
View Articlethe dependency issue between file server and login
Hi Last week when our file server down , many users complainthat during logging and enter username & password the windows only seems trying to loading without any progresswe have many GPOs. that...
View ArticleHow to set CHAP secret in iSCSI Target
I am setting up a new iSCSI target and a new iSCSI initiator using two Windows 2012 servers. I'm confused on the differences between the CHAP configuration between the target and initiator. On the...
View ArticleDeDupe and logical Questions
Can Some one explain me i ran dedupe and it shows 100 completed and that time it saved 21 GB after three days it saved 1 TB on same data how it is possible ?
View ArticleImplementing DFS replication in an existing environment
Hi!I currently have in my environment a website that is replicated in 4 servers for load balancing. The thing is that now the "replication" is being done manually, so every file I have to copy to the...
View Article[URGENT] DFS Removed Files in Folder
Greetings,after creating DFS replication and applying Folder Replication GPO, DFS Removed folders and files that were previously in the folder i selected for replication. But space is still used only i...
View Articlemigrate offline files when the file server is also offline
Hi, We are planning a file server migration in following weeks. This morning, our customer came with the good old "Ow, and I just thought about something else" ... Here's the scenario : -They are...
View ArticleDFSR only working in one way with error 1723
Hello i have 2 FILEservers which i set up with 10 Replication Groups:Server A: Windows Server 2012Server B: Windows Server 2003All of a sudden the replication stopped working with id 5014 errror 1723...
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