DFS path problem
Hi there,I have a dfs related problem. When copying multiple small files from dfs path it gets very slow.If dfs path only includes one folder with target (e.g....
View ArticleDo I need DFSR in a single server environment?
I have a 2012 Host, running a single 2012 Guest. Guest is running as a DC with AD, DNS, DHCP, and File Services. DFSR is running, and it gives a warning every time my back runs (Backup is running on...
View ArticleUsing Windows Storage server 2012 R2 as NAS
Hi,We have an HP Nas as a cluster of 2 nodes handling all our shares, but we are looking in adding another NAS, and before going to HP again, I was wondering if we could use Windows Storage server 2012...
View ArticleEFS backup and restore without Recovery Agent
Dear all,I have a Windows 2012 R2 server (serverC) joined to a domain (domainA).Since I would like to secure my data, I have created a domain user (userB) who can encrypt a folder with files inside,...
View ArticleBackup consideration for Windows Server 2012 R2 deduplication
I'm using a Windows Server 2012 R2 box with a large-ish (24.5 TB) volume on direct-attached-storage (SAS) as a backup repository for VEEAM. I have deduplication turned on it's working very well.My...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Standard disk extension greyed out
Hi I have a Windows Server 2012 Standard box. I did the disk extension on the EMC storage unit and all is fine on the Storage unit. I rescanned disk management but the additional space is not picking...
View ArticleAccessing DFS Links needs to authenticate one more time
In domainA, there are serverA and serverB. A standalone DFS is created in serverA, \\serverA\DFS\DownloadsIn serverB, I configured DFS link \\serverB\DFS\Downloads pointed to \\serverA\DFS\Downloads....
View ArticleDFS to make a copy of a live File Server
Hi,We currently have a physical Server 2008 R2 box which acts as File Server with approx. 3TB of data on. We have a Server 2012 R2 VM which we want to be the new File server. Currently we are thinking...
View ArticleHow to configure SFTP on windows server 2003 without using any third party tools
Hi Team , Can you help me to configure SFTP on windows 2003 server.RegardsAnurag
View ArticleDeduplicaton overhead on SAN
Good day everyone. Recently we deployed new file server on 2012 R2 and decided to turn on deduplication. File server is a VM hosted on 2012R2 Hyper-V cluster. After deploying users start complaining...
View ArticleBranchcache and Remote Differential Compression - aka rsync - Server 2012 or...
Hi all,I'm searching for only a short information, but it seems nobody asked that before.Does Branche Cache Support Remote Differential Compression for Client UPLOADS ?Questions is: When a Client...
View ArticleStorage Spaces and PCIe SSD
Hi everyone,Can anyone tell me if I can make use of a PCIe SSD device in order to make use of the auto-tiering functionality within Storage Spaces? I would prefer to a PCIe SSD device rather than a...
View ArticleBest Practises for File Sharing and Print Server on Windows Server 2012
Is it better to have File Sharing and Print Server installed on the same Windows 2012 Server ?Or, they should be installed on 2 different Windows Servers ?Hussien Sherief
View ArticleEvent about missing share
Hello Guys,I'm trying to find some event in Windows Event logs, which is generated upon some share is not available. Or the same event when a volume is not available.I lost a disk on my server (Windws...
View ArticleCan a single folder be part of multiple DFS-R Replication groups?
We are re-structuring one of our DFS-R implementations and I'd like to build the new replication patterns prior to removing the old ones, to minimize the impact on existing replication. Would it be OK...
View ArticleHow to prevent user from saving file on local drives
Hi, We have a file server set up on a Windows 2003 Server. Is there any way to restrict users so that they can only open and view the file but they can't save it on their local drives? If not, can...
View ArticleDFS 2012R2 error "The file name is too long" word file.
Hi,i have two server with NFS, windows Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2012R2. when open file in shared folder with path long, from 2008R2, is good, but when open the same file en 2012R2, show the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting DFS Replication
Hello,The scenario is as follows:- ServerA: Windows Server 2012 R2- ServerB: Windows Server 2012- Replication Group: RG1- Replicated Folder 1: RF1 - ServerA as the Primary - around 250 GB worth of...
View ArticleDisable DFSR when restoring server?
I have 2 servers replicating data using DFSR. When restoring the entire server, should DFSR be disabled? I know that DFSR updates data based on the modified date/USN.
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