DFS DNS not working on some Clients, NetBIOS does
Hello,i added a brand new Win8.1 notebook to my windows domain with DFS-N.On all clients a i can access the DFS root via \\company.local\dfs and also \\company\dfs. On the new client \\company\dfs...
View ArticleProblems with SMB File access from Win7 x64 to Win 2008 R2
Hello everybody,after a migration from Win 2003 to Win 2008 R2 we are facing some strange issues while accesing files on that File-Server. We have a special software which loads files in the background...
View ArticleMPIO advise required
Microsoft recommends to use vendor specific DSM for MPIO configuration. We don't have the license for powerpath MPIO. However when we install powerpath, even unlicensed it replaces the MS standard...
View ArticleMapped drive problem
Dear Team I have windows server 2012 R2 license with me working as File and print server.I have about 30 sysems conneced to this server. 27 systems work on operating service win7 and 3 on...
View ArticleProblem with Storagespaces LSI9207-8e and intel jbod2224s2dp
I´m trying to setup storagespaces on two server and a Intel jbod, the setup is: Two HP DL 380p Gen 8 servers with a LSI 9207-8e card connected with two SAS cables to a Intel jbod2224s2dp. Cable Setup:...
View ArticleDFS behavior on Server 2008 R2 / Windows backups / missing data
Hello,created a namespace, added a folder, configured full mesh replication between 4 members, everything seemed to work fine (data started replicating to all other members when added to any of them,...
View ArticleStorage Reports aren't finding known file types
I have a Windows Server 2008R2 file server and I've configured a "Files by File Group" report to find audio/music and image files on a specific drive. The report isn't finding all of the WMA and...
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Network Share (user Home Folder) no longer connects (Win7 64bit client, 2008...
User was able to naigate to their home folder (network location mapped to H:\ drive via active directory user object setting - profile tab), but now when they attempt to click on their H: drive they...
View ArticleDFS Replica Member
Hello,is it possible to rename DFS replica member without problems in replication process or any other issues?We had two DFS servers, SRV1 and SRV2 (2008R2). They were not namespace servers....
View ArticleShow only folders you have permissions against.
I have a client that complains how convoluted shares are for users with access to multiple shares.Currently, someone with access to 5 departments has 5 mapped drives. I want to implement it so that...
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Ownership of folders in file server
Hi Guys,I am facing a problem with my file server. I have a file server installed windows server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 in it. There are 4 drives and almost 99% folders are created by 1st domain user...
View ArticleMy Lab Test - DFS replication problem
Hi.. this are all in virtual setup for test and learning. I setup 2 win server 2008 and 1 win xp as client .Server 1 name - Mars: installed Active directory (first domain), domain name universe.com....
View ArticleMy Lab Test - DFS namespace accessing problem from Backup DC
Hi.. this are all in virtual setup for test and learning. I setup 2 win server 2008 and 1 win xp as client .Server 1 name - Mars: installed Active directory (first domain), domain name universe.com....
View ArticleChanging Hot Spare to Increase Volume Size
Not sure how this happened, but I have 4 HDDs (0 to 3), and HDD 1 is in state "Ready" instead of "Online", and as a Hot Spare. Is there way to change the Hot Spare to increase the total raid capacity?...
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Event 12317 every minute... File Server
Hello,I am getting the following error every minute on the File ServerLog Name: Application Source: SRMSVC Date: 2/20/2015 10:35:13 AM Event ID: 12317 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords:...
View ArticleSearching and Indexing Redirected Folders on the Hosting Windows Server Computer
In addition to a laptop, I frequently work directly on a Windows Server 2012 R2 computer. We have Redirected Folders set up on DFS (for failover redundancy) so that my Documents folder is in:...
View ArticleDirect Access Operating System Requirements
Hello all, I was under the impression Windows 8 pro supported the Direct Access features of Server 20102. Can anyone help me with the OS requirements for this feature? -jbrittain
View ArticleDFS Namespace targets not showing up on clients
Hello,I decommed a namespace server tonight, having added another.I only have two sites, a main site and a DR site, one namespace server per-site. I am testing on clients that are on the main site. I...
View ArticleFolder redirection with Offline files enabled - Can I change the location of...
I have a 2012 r2 server setup with folder redirection and offline files enabled. All this works perfectly.As you probably know, the local cache for offline files is stored at...
View ArticleDFS Root Folder Empty after mapping
Hi ,I have DFS Namespace created in a cluster mode across Windows server 2008 R2 in my environment.Some users have the problem that their Shared Folder (DFS Root Folder like...
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