DFS - How to configure Target Prioritization
All,I have DFS-N enabled with 7 sites and 7 targets. Each AD site has its own file server (target).I use lowest cost to determine the target each client hits.This works well, and I have no issues.The...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Double Parity Read Performance
I am running Windows Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (Server Core) on 3 machines to test Hyper-V extended replication. HV1 and HV2 both have an Intel Core i3-4130 CPU. HV1 has 7 drives in a Storage Spaces pool...
View ArticleDFS & multiple iSCSI targets
Hiya,A bit of a hypothetical question here.I have a ReadyNAS Pro connected to my 2008 R2 server via iSCSI (I connect with iSCSI so that I can use MS shadow copies), this target holds my DFS namespace...
View ArticleWindows 2008r2 NTFS permissions not propogating down to subdirectories
This is crazy. I have been working with Windows servers for 15 years and you think you know how they work but then something like this happens and you realize how dumb you are or how screwed up...
View ArticleQuestion about permissions on a client computer.
Hello,My current situation is that I work for my College and administer a separate Windows Server 2008 R2 domain for the Networking Lab (where classes are held). The issue is that, we must have the...
View ArticleShare and Storage management for subfolders
I have given Share and storage management snap in access to our IT executives to manage the Share folders security permissions. This is to stop people taking Remote desktop of the server and work on...
View ArticleCan't create and mount VHD/VHDX files
Hello,I'm new to Windows 2012R2 Server, but i have a strange thing on the physical one i have. It's a backup server (146Go Raid-1 + 36To raid-6 with deduplication and iSCSI Target installed).I would...
View ArticleURGENT - Change the timestamp on Modified access on folder in Windows 2003...
HiHow can I change the time stamp (for modified access )on a folder on a Windows 2003 Server folder?Thanks
View ArticleFile Server (Services for Network File System) role not installing
Hello.I am to connect a NFS folder to my Windows Server 2008 x64.On one server installation of the File Services role along with Services for Network File System went smooth no problem. The same...
View ArticleAddressing slow transfer speeds for Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces with parity-based drives are now widely recognized to be intolerably slow. With SSDs I get perhaps 15MB/s writes on a 4-disk setup.#1 Have there been any announced plans to fix this...
View ArticleSharing folders win2k8, accessing from another computer with win7
Greetings,The Scenario is the following.I have a win2008 file server and i want to share folders to specific users, so far every attempt i've made failed.If i create a folder and share it with the...
View Articleglobal security group permissions not propogating
I have a single flat domain that has migrated from NT to 2003 to 2008. A number of the global groups go back to the mid ninties.I recently purchased a EMC VNXe 3300 for addition storage, joined it to...
View ArticleDFS File Permissions Offline files and syncing
An odd issue. WE have laptops that use offline files and DFS for their offline files.When we go to sync the offline files for any users, we will get an access denied error to the path....
View Articlewindow 2008 R2 SP1 - NFS gets interrupted by other Tcp packages
I am facing problem with NFS on windows 2008 R2.I am using Windows Server as NFS for some Unix-based CPU cards to load applications.normally it loads in seconds without a problem. but when I start some...
View ArticleAccess-based enumeration preventing running of executable files
Problem is occurring on a w2k8r2 server. We are having problems with any shares that have ABE enabled - executables in those shares will fail to run with the error "the specified path does not...
View ArticleStorage Spaces - Disk resiliency
Hi,I'm testing Storage Space on Windows 2012 R2 at the moment and I'm a bit puzzled with disk redundancy.I have a server with 24 SATA disks attached through a JBOD controller (1 enclosure). I then...
View ArticleIs not a supported file type or file is damange
Hi I have the following issue when I try open a file from a share in to a Windows 2008 server I receive the followind error message "Is not a supported file type or file is damange" what is strange...
View ArticleHelp with unique directory/file security request
I've recently been asked by a division of my company to rearrange our file structure on our network attached storage servers. However, I'm having a little trouble coming up with a solution to manage...
View ArticleStorage Spaces not working as expected
I've created a test environment using Server 2012 R2 to test and evaluate Storage Spaces. So far I'm not getting the result that I was expecting, so I'm wondering if someone can shed some light on it...
View Article2012 R1 Mounted Volumes within a Share cannot be access via share
Hi GuysI've installed a new VM running Windows 2012 R1 to be used as a file server, deduplication will be usedI have a folder called c:\share on the server, and within here i mount volumes for each...
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