Network shares are offline
Something strange just happened with a server 2008 R2I am able to ping other devices on the network either by ip addres or by dns name. works fine.But, when I use windows explorer or try to reach...
View ArticleExtremely slow Computer Management - Share -Sessions on Windows 2012 R2...
We're migrating old Windows 2008 R2 file server to 2012 R2 cluster, and I have noticed, that "Computer Management - Share -Sessions" mmc console is very slow.I'm aware about...
View ArticleDFSR\Private folders - safe to remove?
I have two Windows servers, one 2008 Standard and another 2008R2 Standard.There were DFS replication between them. I deleted all folder replication.Both of them are still the namespace servers, but...
View ArticleCopy Local User Data from Multiple Computers to a File Server
Just recently acquired a new company with 20 standalone computers (desktops and laptops, Windows 7 and 8.1), that are part of a WORKGROUP, with no local server at all. This site will be getting a...
View ArticleRepair-VirtualDisk on Storage Spaces simple volume with retired disk?
Hello,Does anyone know if it's possible to retire a disk from a Storage Space simple volume, and use the Repair-VirtualDisk commandlet to migrate any data off the retired volume? It sounds like this is...
View ArticleStorage space parity disk supported with Dedup on?
Good day,Is a parity virtual disk supported with dedup on? Reason why I ask this is: we are using a host server with Hyper-V. Configured a parity virtual disk. Assign a volume and turned on dedup....
View ArticleShadow copies issues with Windows Server 2012 R2, deduplication and...
Hello, I have a virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 with a data volume with deduplication and shadow copies enabled. During this weekend some Windows process deleted all the shadow copies and I don't know...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012R2 NTFS issues with Mac Clients (solved)
Hi AllFirst of all, I’m a MS user so I really have not a lot of Apple Mac experience, but since our Creative Service department does have mac’s and want to work on a Windows servers I got involved.To...
View ArticleBizarre issue - deleted files keep reappearing
I've been using DFS-R for quite a while, and I have never seen this before. About 6 months ago users from one department complained about deleted files automatically reappearing.We do one-way...
View ArticleAllow Users to Write and read Data, but deny delete
I got a requriement, wherin user shoudl be allowed to add and modify data and only the Delete option shoudl be removed.I changed the NTFS permission to "Deny" Delete, but this allow deny the users to...
View ArticleHow to get the drive letter of a Volume using command prompt
Using windows command line tools i want to get the drive letter of a volume, by specifying its volume number.For example i have a HDD with 2 volumes: Volume-0 and Volume-1I want to set a Variable say...
View ArticleCan Ping Share but cannot access...sometimes.
So this has been plaguing my environment for awhile and is starting to happen more often. I have a web server (2008R2) that accesses a file server. Both are located on the same network at the...
View ArticleUpdated GPO mapped drive, now: Location is not available error.
I have a very strange problem and I don't know what to do:1. We moved all of our "groups" data from Server A to Server B. 2. We updated our GPO that mapped the drives to point to Server B. 3. We have...
View ArticleNon-Domain Computers No Longer Access Domain Shares
Hey All,I have a few Windows 2003 servers running AD on a domain.I have some users who have AD accounts on the domain but have been accessing from computers (PC and MAC) that are not on the domain....
View ArticleConfused about folder permissions on a domain-joined Win 2K3 server
Hi,I have a Windows 2003 Server (not sure if R2) that hosts a number of shared folder for the organization.I have one shared folder in particular which I need to work on; the folder:- has full control...
View ArticleDFS and NetApp HomeFolders
Deare colleagues,We have several NetApps providing File Services to our Busines lines (departmental data, shared data, Users Profiles and Home Directories).Home Directories are "autoshared" and hidden...
View ArticleHow to solve iSCSI Target 16TB size limit?
HiI am using ISCSI Target on a pc with Server2008 R2.When I create vitual disk in iscsi target ,it says the virual disk size should be more than 8MB and less than 16TB. How can I solve the size limit...
View ArticleDFS Replciation from windows 2003 R2 Std to windows 2012 R2 Std
HI ,Can any one confirm, Creating a replication between windows 2003 R2 32bit std to windows 2012 R2?we have a server(profile and user data) windows 2003 R2 32bit std on one site, we are trying to...
View ArticleNamespace storage
I have done an in place upgrade from server 2003 to 2008, Windows Media Services is the only thing running on this server. I have tried to import the registry keys since they do not import on this...
View ArticleWindows Diskpart: How to select disk based on LUN ID
I have multiple LUNs attached to my Windows 2008 server from a SAN storage controller. Each LUN has a unique ID. However, it has no correlation to the disk number in the Windows. For example in the...
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