audit directory and searching through the logs for deleted file
Windows Server 2003I have found article http://whatevernetworks.com/?p=108 And in description of this article is: to found deleted files in auditing directory I have to found event 560. But I have...
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i have a request to change the name of a shared folder. I know there is NTFS permissions to consider so I want to be sure that when I change the name there aren't any other considerations Any advice...
View ArticleDFS Namepace Server High Availability not Working
Hi, my current environment is the following. A Single Forest\DomainWinows 2003 Forest\DOmain functional level48 DC's at multiple sites worldwide2 Windows 2003 Domain Controllers also acting as the...
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 ArticleFTP Issue "Unlink" error on Windows 2003 Server
Hi, I have an issue with FTP. I am loosing files. Due to the unlink error below files are being deleted on the remote server before they can be donwloaded.Can anyone help ?230-User logged in Authorized...
View ArticleDFS Users able to write to Root Folder
Setup: Win 2k8 R2 on both clustered serversServer A C:\DFSroots contain DFS folders and folders with targetServer B C:\DFSroots contain DFS folders and folders with target + other files created/moved...
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 ArticleWindows Server 2012 Join domain
I received a Windows 2012 Standard server from a vendor that was partially configured. When I fired it up, I set the IP, mask, gateway, etc. I can ping from the console of the server and see my DC,...
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SMB3 Multichannel theory question
Hello!http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2012/06/28/the-basics-of-smb-multichannel-a-feature-of-windows-server-2012-and-smb-3-0.aspx"This typical configuration involves an SMB client and SMB...
View ArticleDistributed File System Replication (DFSR) STATIC RPC PORT
I would like to set the static RPC port that DFSR uses via registry; I do not wish to use the command line option dfsrdiag staticRPC /port:. Anyone know if this can be done via registry? (Server...
View ArticleDFS Namespace error 1297 after bad patch
After a bad kb my server is having some really odd issues. I have got all the other services that the patch broke up and running except for DFS Namespace. I am getting error 1297 : A privilege that...
View ArticleAccess based enumeration not working in DFS
HelloI have DFS server running on server 2008 R2Created namespace server \\server\users and then namespace created under that called test2.enabled access-based enumeration for the namespace server...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Deduplication and Macs
We are in the process of evaluating Server 2012 R2's Dedupe functionality and I am wondering if turning it on affects macs accessing deduped data negatively? Anyone has any experience with this?...
View ArticleCan DFS be used to improve access times?
I’m curious to know if DFS can be used to improve client performance when we have a large number of users all attempting to access the same data simultaneously. Specifically, I was curious of...
View ArticleShadow Copies wiped out.
I have a Windows 2008 File Server which we have shadow copies running on 1 volume M-F 8-6 which gives us about a 1 weeks worth. This morning I was shocked to see that all my shadow copies were gone...
View ArticleError no 57 and Error no 50 coming in 2003 virtual Machine file Server
Hi All, I am getting regular warning message on my file server. this is virtual file server having os windows 2003 enterprise edition with SP2. Error No:- 50{Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable...
View ArticleBest practice for assigning permissions
Good morning,I am trying redo permissions on our shared folders, and want to incorporate some sort of best practice and be security conscious.The current environment is permissions is assigned directly...
View Articlethree-way mirror disk requirement
In Windows 2012 Storage Space, why 3-way mirror requires minimum 5 disks instead of 3? How does 3 way mirror works? I tried to find the tech paper on MS website but either I didn't try hard enough or...
View ArticleSync My Documents with offsite server
Hi Guys I would like to achieve this rather simple scenario and need help: I want all user Documents to sync with a server located outside their offices.All users are on Windows 8 Pro. The server is...
View ArticleStorage spaces tiering and number of SSD requirement
Hi guys, I'm looking into using Storage Spaces and SOFS as a storage solution for a new Hyper-V cluster. I think I've got the basics down on designing the storage space and virtual drive, but I seem to...
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