Migrate fileshare cluster role Between Two Multi-Node Clusters: what about...
Hello,I have to move my file share cluster to 2012 R2.My actual setup is:Node A = 2008 R2Node B = 2008 R2Remote server = 2008 R2Cluster Name = Cluster2008FS Cluster Name = ClusterFSThere is a DFS...
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Do you have any suggestion for me to format RAW file system to NTFS and also rescue my remained drive files? These external hard drive files are made for the business presentation in the next Monday. I...
View ArticleOffline Files (Background) Sync makes File Explorer and other programs...
Hi TechNet,I have a problem with Offline Files and especially with VPN users.For VPNusers, theslow-link policy is activated with abackground syncinterval of onehour. But, when Offline Files is syncing,...
View ArticleDetermine last file access by real user
Hello,there is a Windows Server 2008 R2 based system. I want to track, when a file gets last read (like jpeg was viewed or txt-File was opened in notepad) by a real user. Real user means not to be a...
View Articlehowto make created folders/ files from one teacher, read only for other...
Hello there,as an admin @ school I was wondering how to make created folders/ files from one teacher, read only for other teachers? - In a 2008domain, created a group "teachers" - created a folder...
View ArticleFiling System
Hello Everyone, Our current filing structure has multiple mapped drives on each workstation. The issue is that we are about three companies in one. A few employees are complaining that the mapped...
View ArticleNetwork Share access issues
Hi,We are having issues connection to a File Server which started two days ago - not aware of any changes happening. If I use the same log in on various Servers some are able to browse to the server...
View ArticleCannot optimize volume - Receive error "The specified extrinsic Method does...
When I try to optimize a volume on a server running Windows Server 2012 (R1). I receive the below error. This volume is an ISCSI target to our Compellent SAN. Other Servers don't have an issue with...
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FSRM 2008R2 reports big different size with folder properties
Hi Everyone,I'm having this issue and spend huge amount of time to search around but cannot explain why FSRM reports a big diffeent on used space compare to Windows Folder Properties.As you can see...
View ArticleCan not copy files to network share
Hi everyone.We have a Windows Server 2003r2 64-bit. There are a few network share on this server and folders with user profiles (we use roaming profile in our infrastructure).A few days ago some users...
View ArticleDFS-R Restore Access To Path Denied Error
I am trying to restore the contents of ConflictsAndDeleted folder to a desired location withRestore-DfsrPreservedFiles cmdlet but the command breaks after restoring only a 7-level folder tree up to a...
View ArticleClient delay when "validating DFS namespace service on ..."
Hi,We are running a 2-site domain (main and DR). In each site we have 2 Domain Controllers. Main - DC1 - namespace server (WS 2012) Main - DC2 (WS 2012) DR - DC3 - namespace server (WS 2008 R2) DR -...
View Articledisallow adding files or folders in folder root, allow doing so in...
We have a shared folder called Department Folders, which is the folder ROOT.It contains department folders such as Finance, Human Resources, etc.How do I set permissions on Department Folders folder so...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Enterprise - 1 Virtual Disk - Using UEFI - 4.5 TB available -...
Hello everyone, I'm building a new Dell R720 server. It has a RAID 5 - 6 x 1TB array. I am attempting to install Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. I used the build disc supplied by Dell. The BIOS is UEFI...
View ArticleIs there a remote tool that will allow me to view space usage on my files...
Hello allI am managing several file servers with 4-5 partitions each. I am noticing that we are rapidly running out of disk space and I need to track down the culprits. Does anyone know of any tool...
View ArticleFailed redundancy on creating a simple mirror ?
Hi,I have a brand new server with two hard disks. I have installed windows 2008 and tried creating a mirrored volume. I can create the mirrored volume (disk 0 and disk 1 mirror), but as soon as they...
View ArticleDFSR 2012 R2 running very slow and only in batches - please help 853,655...
Dear all,We had a major grid-wide power out about 3 weeks ago. It outlasted our UPS and was also at 3am so the servers on site went down hard.After this we brought the servers back up and DFSR appeared...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012r2 Essentials - Dashboard - Server Folder and Hard Drives...
Hi,Following the last series of Windows updates, I'm experiencing problems with our WS2012R2 Essentials server. When opening the Dashboard, the 'home:getting started' tab shows all correct except...
View ArticleMove File Share
We have a huge company file share on a virtual Windows Server 2003 box. I need to move the share to a Windows Server 2008 virtual box and retain all the security permissions.Is Robocopy the way to go...
View ArticleDFS not replicating on one site
Hey folks,I have DFS replication coming from about 12 sites, and works without issue. Site number 13, however, never starts replication. Setting up replication worked fine. Found the folders to...
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