2008R2 - My Documents redirected to share on 2008R2 server, integrated ZIP...
Hi, I ran into yet another weird issue. To prevent too much roaming, we redirected some folders under which My Documents. They are redirected to the users homedrive\Documents, which reside on a 2008R2...
View ArticleCorrect permissions for secure home directory
Let me start off by saying this isn't a question about getting home directories to work properly for multiple users. I am looking for some documentation on securing file servers and shares for home...
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Duplicate entries showing up in "Manage Open Files"
We are seeing an odd phenomenon with file sharing on our Windows Server platform. I'm posting here because I haven't seen anything quite like this in my Google searches.Off and on, when a user will try...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
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 ArticleNetwork Drive Mapping for users who have Port 445 (possibly others) Blocked...
Nice to see my original posts are still up. I was hoping that in the ensuing time someone had found a solution. At least I can now see many other posting the same problems. :) Thought I was losing...
View ArticleSpanned Volume to Simple Volume
I currently have a spanned volume with a database on it, on a Windows Server 2003.If I create a new simple volume with the required space and copy over the files from the spanned volume, then delete...
View ArticleRoaming Profiles - Access Denied.
Good Morning,I have a server setup at home running Windows Server 2012 R2. I am currently setting up Roaming profiles for all users within my domain.I have created a share on my F: named...
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 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 ArticleDFSR Error that the server does not have Adequate free space. But it does.
Hi, I have a 3 memeber DFS replication group on Windows 2008 R2 servers. On one of members replication stopped and the Health diagnostics report states that there is not enough disk space on the drive...
View ArticleDFS folder visibility and group membership
HelloI have a forest with multiple domainI have activated ABE on DFSMy design is :\\contoso.com\DFS-Site1 -> \\site1.contoso.com\DFS (explicit permission :...
View ArticleVSS Copy Service Error: Failed resolving account Administrator with status 1376
Hi all,New server and installation of Server 2008 R2, AD and SQL Server running on it.Whenever i run a Windows Server Backup i get the following series of Errors in the Application Log, in this...
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 Articlev8.4 OpenVMS mount nfs share on Windows 2012 R2
Background: I have used NFS on prior Windows servers using a third-party product Hummingbird (now OpenText) Maestro Server. I have not previously set up any user authentication. I simply granted...
View ArticleDFSR Server 2003 and 2012 sync'ing together
Hello All...I have 2 domains in the same forest connected via a VPN over the Internet. Each domain has a Windows Server 2003 DFSR server and replicates with each other a folder that contains 95 GB and...
View ArticleCan't format iSCSI disks
Hi everyone, I have a test lab (everything is Win 2012 R2) with 2 hosts and 2 VMs (on host1) that will use iSCSI storage from the second host. Everything worked fine, i was able to use the iSCSI target...
View ArticleServer 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 ArticleSpanned Volume
One of my server's disk setup is as follows:Disk 0: System (C:) 99GBDisk 1: Code (E:) 100GB, Database (F:) 20GBDisk 2: Database (F:) 350GBHow do I safely remove the Database (F:) on Disk 1 (so I just...
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...
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