not able to access file server
Hi all, i am having a bit of problem with my office file sharing. first let me say about my office. we have a file server that is in 2008 server. ( where all the shared folder are store)file server...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Tiering Service running forever, killing user performance
I just installed a new Storage Server 2012 R2 OEM box, with a single mirrored storage space using 4x Samsung 840 Pro SSDs and 12x 3TB Toshiba 7200RPM HDDs. I used the wizard to configure this as a...
View ArticleIn DFS, How to make servers LEAST COST for different subnets.
Hello, We setup DFS in our domain (SERVER1) and we replicated the DFS namespace into a server which is also a member of the domain but it is on a DIFFERENT SUBNET (let's call this server SERVER2). How...
View ArticleHome folder is not showing in some domain client PC(Domain users).
Hi,I have windows server 2008r2 enterprise with ADDS, GPO and File server service and client windows 7 SP1 (Domain client). i created shared folder for home drive and assign home folder to domain user...
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Shadow Copies are working but not showing in previous versions for 1...
Hi,I'm having an issue on Windows 2008R2 where a single drive is making shadow copies yet I am not seeing anything in previous versions. I can revert the full drive but not restore/browse the previous...
View ArticleProper way to give permissions to subfolder, but not any folders above it
I need to give someone permissions to a folder that is buried about 4 layers deep on a file share, to which they can't have permissions to the folders/files above that specific folder. I can give them...
View ArticleSOFS limited to 2 PCIE slots
I am going to deploy SOFS using existing HP DL360p G8 hardware. The problem I am facing is that I am limited to 2 PCIE slots and I need 4 SAS cables from each node to the JBOD as well as I need 2 NICs...
View ArticleCan't access shared folders on win 2012 R2 with Android phone
Hello, this is my first post here so I don't know if I choose the right category......But anyway, my problem is like thisI‘ve got a win 2012 r2 server(192.168.1.10), installed with essential...
View ArticleDFS random error when Secondary DC off
Hi to all!Need you help to resolve some issues with DFS. My structure is 3 domain controller.1)Primary 2008 R22) Secondary 2003 R23) 2008 R2on Primary have DFS enabled and physically files allocated...
View ArticleChanging Boot Partition via Windows
Hello, I am have a back-up server running Windows Server 2008 R2. This server has 8 partitions, 7 that are exactly the same than the others servers and one that will look for the servers and if one of...
View ArticleWebfolders / Webdav URL
I have a website that works fine with the WebDAV redirector.When "Web Folders" were supported, there used to be a FOLDER= parameter in the URL, that would allow a (domain) user browsing an HTML site to...
View ArticleSet/re-set active DFS share for all computers in a site
we have groups of computers in two sites that are configured to access files in DFS replicated shares, replicated between servers within each of the two sites.The other day, I happened to look at the...
View Articleexperience slow file server performance
Hi all,currently we are expecting some strange problems with our fileserver. It is a Windows Server 2012 server with newest hardware. After one to two weeks uptime, Windows 7 clients cannot load their...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration error:The directory name is invalid
Randomly when people open files on our DFS file servers with ABE enabled they receive an error (The directory name is invalid). Disabling ABE seems to resolve the issue but we would like to keep ABE...
View ArticleCreating a RAM/memory based iSCSI virtual disk on Window Server 2012 R2 64-bit
In the past, with Wintarget on WS03 and with the Windows iSCSI Target 3.3 on WS08R2 I have been able to create RAMDISK based virtual iSCSI disks using the the RAMDISK:<size in MB> notation in the...
View ArticleRobocopy not copying ACLs
Take following directory:D:\Directory\Sub\D: has explicit permissions and are passed to sub directories.D:\Directory\ has inherited and explicit permissions.D:\Directory\Sub\ only has inherited...
View ArticleDFSR log flooded
Hey,I have something weird going on in my dfsr logs, some weeks ago one of the members has crashed. I have disabled every replicated folder for that particular member, waited some refreshed the config...
View ArticleWindows 2008 connected via UNC Session to a isilon
Hello,following "Problem".Isilon is a NAS System which provied NAS Space via SMB or NFS. In our solution the Windows Server 2008 connect the Fileshare via UNC Path witch works good.The Isilon also...
View ArticleRecover purged data on windows server 2012 file system with active deduplication
Hello,I have a very difficult situation, i was using robocopy command to move data between two virtual disk in a windows 2012 file server, but i miss used the command and it purged most of the...
View ArticleDisk1 from SAN always mounted offline even after San Policy is set to Online All
Hello,I am Running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition. I am seeing this behavior that first disk from SAN i.e. disk1 on windows is always getting mounted as offline irrespective of SAN...
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