Disk is not showing up
Hi All,I have couple of new DELL servers where i need to configure disks , these servers have windows server 2012 installed on it. let me tell you about one server .One server has 6 disks attached each...
View ArticleDFS Linked Folders disappearing
I just built a brand new server with Windows Server 2012 and have configured a DFS Root with linked folders on it and found an issue. Scenario: \\Server\Storage share is setup for S:\ (NET SHARE...
View Articleftp configuration on Windows Server 2008 Standard R2
I've successfully installed the ftp feature on my Windows 2008 server. But, i'm having trouble testing it. i am unable to successfully log in. Perhaps it's a permissions issue? I'm not really sure....
View ArticleRobocopy Switch /DCOPY:DA
Hi ExpertsRecently I have been doing a lot of work in Robocopy on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. We are migrating Terabytes of data and I am looking at ways of increasing performance. Recently I saw...
View ArticleDFSR Replication Broken
Replication on my DFS has stopped. DC1 seems like it's current and DC2 stale.Here is my dcdiag - can anyone help? I'm panicking.Both are Server 2012 boxes.Directory Server Diagnosis Performing initial...
View ArticleDFSR Replication failure - Errors 9027 and 9028
I started a thread in the Windows General forum but I'm not getting much traction so I thought I'd try here. This is the last post I submitted:This evening, I ran the dfsrdiag utility. The command I...
View ArticleI can't create a NFS share on a Windows 2012 Storage Serve 2012
I have been trying to setup a NFS share but I have been unable to do so, I always get the following error:Server for NFS cannot update the share configuration. Try updating the shared directory again,...
View ArticleUndelete by diskeeper (for file revision control and accidental file delete...
we currently use Undelete on our 2008 serverI'm upgrading the server to 2012 - migration to new hardware, etc.I see there is a version 10 of undelete - is this the only option for real time file...
View ArticleQuerying VSS Writer Status on Multiple Servers
Does anyone have a solution to querying the writer status of multiple servers and directing that output to a file?I know you can do vssadmin list writers on a local server to check the writer status...
View Articlentfs partition lost space
One of my customers has a Dynamic partition that was running out of disk space. Doing a DOS or Windows Explorer Search only found about 240GB of data files though out of a 1TB partition.I moved these...
View ArticleInaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The...
Inaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The target of the symbolic link SOMEFILE.VHD does not existI have a Script that pauses the VM and backs up the .VHD files, using...
View ArticleFile server migration - Windows 2003 >> Windows 2012 -- Tool?
Hi We have to migrate our file server from a Windows 2003 to Windows 2012 server.Before I have used both Robocopy and File migration tool but now I'm looking for a new tool. Is there any? Can not...
View ArticleGetting DFS referral to server in remote data centre
HiI have a client who is running DFS-R to replicate data between two data centres and using DFS namespaces to map drives etc to the data shares. Both data centres are physically separate but act as one...
View ArticleServer 2008 Standard is losing permissions on a shared folder weekly
My customer has server 2008 standard. I created a network share from a Windows Vista workstation. About once every week or two the folder will lose the permissions, to a point where the administrator...
View ArticleMount point within a mount point?
Mount point within a mount point? Can that be done?In other words, a folder on a mount point volume that is pointed to another mount point?
View ArticleOdd DFS Behavior. Server 2012
Two 2012 servers with 2 drives in each.Server A has folders on each of the drives I want to DFS to replicate for me over to Server B.Server A, Disk 1, create DFS replication groups for 5 folders, point...
View ArticleServer 2012 - iSCSI Virtual Disks Missing After Reboot
Hi guys. I recently had to reboot my Windows 2012 Storage Server. When it came up, the physical disks that the iSCSI virtual disks reside on were visible, as were the VHD files, but the targets were...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 DNS and Zone problem
HiI have a Windows Server 2003 DC and a fileserver with Windows Server 2008.The clients sometimes losing the connect to shares.DC server appear eventvieweràEvent 2088 - Directory Service _ NTDRS...
View ArticleWindows XP Pro SP3 windows update fails with error: 0X80190194
Installed a lot of updates after a fresh XP Pro SP3 load on a test machine, windows updates working fine. Installed MS Office Pro 2003 Excel and Word, and downloaded and installed MS security updates...
View ArticlePhyllis Lampel
After upgrading to Windows 7, I cannot reinstall my HP 932C. It says it is not compatible. How come and do I have to junk the printer?
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