Server 2012R2 hangs when attaching a ReFS Parity Storage Pool
It appears that I have inadvertently damaged my Storage Space when upgrading from Server 2012 to Server 2012R2 (or maybe it is just a coincidence) and I am looking for help in repairing/recovering my...
View ArticleAuditing on file server - Alert when a special amount of data has been copied
Hi guys,guess the title says it all. Having several file servers on Windows Server 2008R2 and looking for a (third) party solution which alerts me by e-mail when a special amount of data has been...
View ArticleHow do I initiate a scrub of a ReFS drive or ReFS SS mirror?
How do I scrub a ReFS disk, or a ReFS + SS disk? There are checksums on the disk, and from what I read Windows verifies the checksum when the data is read and alerts if the file is corrupt, and it...
View ArticleDFS-N&R Migrating from 2003R2 to 2008R2
Hello All, I am assigned with a project of migrating existing DFS-N&R on 2003R2 to 2008R2, and decommission 2003R2 DFSservice. Is there any MS recommended howto documentation or checklist....
View ArticleDFS reports a failing source drive
Server 2008 R2 (fully updated), 2 Dell PowerEdge T410 with perc 6 I/R controllers running RAID 10. All drives on source and target have at least 30% available space. The RAID on the source has been...
View ArticleInternet Information Services (II) Manager
HI,Please help regarding our IIS or FTP, last time we were using server 2003 everytime the user logon using their username and password they can able to see directly only their folder but now we were...
View Articleactuall data less, but storage lun i.e E: partition shows it is full
HI ALL,I have a file server. and a storage lun is presented to it , size is 2.5TB. It is partition is E: in the system.i can see in properties of E: that it is showing 2.20 TB used space and 298 GB...
View ArticleWinXP SP3 not getting IP from Win2012 DHCP Server
Hi,I have a Windows 2012 DHCP server, and as clients we have mixed OS ie, XP & Win7 in Win7 we get proper IP from DHCP but in XP , in DHCP Server Address lease it shows as leased but in xp side...
View ArticleDFS not working when Offline Files are enabled
Hi I have a problem, when Offline Files are enabled on a Laptop the DFS Drives do not work I am able to browse directly to the server, but unable to map to DFS Shares Can anyone assist? This has only...
View ArticlePrimary DFS-R member (Win 2012) deletes files on initial sync
Hi there,Yesterday we set up a new DFS-R server (Windows 2012 R2, windows updated) and configured the various replication groups we needed. After a bit of time we saw that the DFS-R wasn't replicating...
View ArticleWill antivirus scan "undedup" deduplicated files?
Hi!Does running an antivirus scan on files require files to be "undeduplicated" to normal file structure before the AV scanner can scan them?The scanner in our case would be Symantec SEP 12.1 RU4......
View ArticleServer Domain Controller Problem
Dear Sir, I have a Domain Controller in my company. I want to specify some permissions for a user on a folder contains his files. I want to give him all privileges except (delete). I already denied the...
View ArticleFiles Permission types
Hi,Is there is a way to define a user the possibility to rename files, copy them (for backup) and viewing them, without the ability to change their content?I mean defining it in the directory level,...
View ArticleSOFS Throughput Issues
A question very similar to mine exists here.I have a SOFS cluster (3 hosts). I connected each without nic teaming at first and later tested with nic teaming. I'm using a single 10GbE Netgear M7100-24X...
View Articleproblem with replicate sysvol/netlogon
HI,I have problem w replication on Windows Server 2012, on all dc's server service NtFrs is stoppped, event ID dfsr 5014, 5008, 4612, ntfrs 13575 when I added new DC, sysvol and netlogon is not...
View Article2012 R2 Indexing vs. DeDup?
I found some threads on here about Windows Search not working on DeDup volumes? Most of the threads are pre-R2 timeframe so I am checking in to see if there is any updated info on if this was fixed in...
View ArticleDFSRS spiking CPU to 100%
I've taken over at a new company that is a complete mess when it comes to their file servers. They're running DFS from the main office to a colo for DR but the namespaces are a complete mess (structure...
View ArticleShared Sessions Limit
Is there a way to limit the amount of time a shared folder session can sit idle? Is there a way to kill that session based on time?
View Articleshares and storage management in ws 2012r2
Windows Server Standard 2012R2I would like to know which files are open by which users. I've search technet and I have found article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/en-en/library/cc725689.aspxBut I...
View ArticleAfter reinstallation of Windows 2008 Server, how can I remap my workspaces...
I am having Windows 2008 Standard Server in my company. We use it for file storage service. Recently I had to re-install Windows 2008 freshly as the server was automatically rebooting again-and-again....
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