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View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Excel corrupt.
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View ArticleRobocopy file parameter not working properly (intermittently)
Hi,I am trying to use robocopy to move outdated files to a new folder, here is the script I used: robocopy ".\ori_folder" ".\archive_folder\2007" "200710*.*" "200711*.*" "200712*.*" /MOV /r:3 /w:10...
View ArticleHow to create a separate OS boot disk and raid array in Windows Server 2012 R2
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View ArticleLooking for advice on setting up drives for VMs on Hyper-V
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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 ArticleFinding copyrighted files on fileshares
Hi folks,Just a quick question to see if anyone knows if there is any software or even a script out there that will scan network shares for files , with particular file extensions they may be...
View ArticleWS2012R2 Datacenter Hyper-V hosts with WS2012R2 Fileservers (SMB &...
Hello everyone.We have a setup with 4x hosts running WS2012R2 Datacenter Hyper-V towards 2x Fileservers WS2012R2 connected to a shared JBOD. All of the servers communicate over infiniband. We run the...
View ArticleFile Sharing and Permissions for Different level of Users
we have Department with 15 Sub Departments in our Company and about 100 Users.We have to Create the Hierarchy of Different Folders and put some Policies like:- Department Manager can see and Access all...
View ArticleEvent ID 51 Disk warnings on devices that are not plugged in
I have a server that throws hundreds of Event ID 51 at the end of most system state backups, examples are:- An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR67 during a paging operation.- An error...
View ArticleWSB manual space management
According to the Backup Version and Space Management in Windows Server Backup article:"If the backup storage location is full, Windows Server Backup automatically deletes the oldest backup version to...
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 ArticleHow to check that the backup was successful
I use Powershell to perform backup. After completion of the Start-WBBackup cmdlet I would like to check whether backup was successful or failed. Is there any reliable way to find this out? I tried:...
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 ArticleSMB2 lease break issue
We recently converted a file server from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012, and ran into performance problems with a share.All client PCs in this case are running Windows 7.We have a folder...
View ArticleDFS Replication not working and no error
DFS Replication not working and no error.Server1 D drive and Server2 D drive can't work but E Drive to E Drive DFS Replication normally work properly one way. Md. Ramin Hossain
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