ICACLS /Q does not suppress success messages in FOR LOOP
Hi all,The title of this topics says enough. I've made a script to reset the ACLs on a 2TB drive with dynamic links. Because ICACLS /T /L does still lookup all subfolders of a dynamic link, I needed to...
View ArticleDoes /MOV Switch in Robocopy deletes files if already exists?
I have a Robocopy job running Which Moves (I have used /Mov Switch) only files from Source to Destination. This task is scheduled and runs every 15 minutes.Now, the problem I'm facing is, When once the...
View ArticleWhat is the impact of DFS-R replication if domain controller is not available?
I would like to know if there is any impact to dfs replication (not sysvol) when all domain controllers are not available. The namespace server and dfs share are not hosted on domain controller, rather...
View ArticleDashboard storage tab does not show folders or hard drives
I had storage space set for my server folders and one of my hard drives failed - this has now presented issues that in the dashboard I get files to show or hard drives I can see them in file explorer....
View ArticleDFSR
HiI'm using 2 2012R2 Standard servers. I Cant replicate large files /Larger than 100GB. I found out following:• Size of all replicated files on a server: 100 terabytes. • Number of replicated files on...
View ArticleiSCSI Target Settings - disabling automatically enabled IP addresses
Hey guys,I could find a way to disabling the "new network addresses will automatically be enabled" function within the iSCSI Target Settings or via powershell. Can anyone provide a good solution? For...
View ArticleHome folder loses sharing
HiI have a couple of Windows 7 users who's home folders on a Server 2008 R2 file server keep losing its sharing. I have to share the folder again and add share permissions so they can access their...
View ArticleReplace 2 old SANS with Storage Spaces?
We have two old HP SANs we want to replace before they fail. All our hosts are Hyper-V and the VMs all Microsoft OSes. We can replace them with equivalent SANs but I would like to ask you was to the...
View ArticleVSS maximum storage limit
I have customer with a Windows 2012 server and they need to know what the Maximum limit is VSS storage. I have heard rumours of 57 something TB. Please verify.Thank you!Catherin HenneNetBackup...
View ArticleDomain Migration/File System ACL migration without Trust
I am doing a migration from one domain to another. Part of this will involve migrating the servers from the old to the new domains (the files themselves are staying on the same servers - it is the...
View ArticleDFS/Namespace Folder Sharing Permissions
I created a new DFS namespace and replication group, with a shared folder on several servers. Our admins have full access and domain users have read and execute access. I have an admin account, and my...
View ArticleDFS Storage migration options
Hi all,I am working with a customer who currently has an active/passive DFS physical cluster running on Windows 2008 R2. They do not use DFSR at this point as they are using their SAN to do block...
View ArticleDFS Targets Not Working
I need to accomplish a task. SERVER1 has 2 separate volumes; E: and F:E: contains a folder called DATA1F: contains a folder called DATA2I need to provide users a share path \\SERVER1\Share (or...
View ArticleSelectively move old files
Hi I am planning some data migration and need to move some old files to a different storage (USB or network share on a different server). So I am looking for the way to move files selectively (by the...
View ArticleWD My Passport Ultra 2.0TB Stopped being recognized on my computer.
My WD Passport Ultra 2.0 TB stopped working on my computer in fact everytime I plug it in and look under my computer all it says is Local disk (G) and when I click on the icon everything freezes and a...
View ArticleDFS Error 9061 (Replicated folder offline for too long) won't go away
We have a server that got disconnected from a DFS replication group for too long. The error says to remove the server from the group and re-add it. I've done that about 6 times and I keep getting the...
View ArticleDFS Maintenance Practices
I have two file servers both replicating full mesh to provide redundancy for our folders and files. Both machines are running Win2012 Standard. On this machines they both have a volume each in RAID6...
View ArticleThumbnails not displayed when accessing network share
When accessing files locally on one of our file servers (Server 2008R2) file thumbnails are displayed correctly; however, when the same files are accessed from a windows 7 PC via Drive Mapping (UNC)...
View Article2012 R2 DFS-R stops replicating content between members when folder...
Hello,Since upgrading our DFS member servers (one is a physical DC, other is a VM dedicated to DFS role only) to 2012 R2 I keep getting caught in a weird replication problem. I finally found out when...
View ArticleWindows Server IIS 7 FTP blocking networks after transfering files
Hi, I have a Windows Server 2008 that I use for various different functions; EAS, Webserver, and FTP site. I have had everything working for sometime and recently just set up the FTP portion so I can...
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