Server 2012 USB 3.0 Drive Not Recognized
Hello,This is my setup:Dell Server running ESXI 5.5 (with all updates to get the USB 3.0 card driver to start and recognize)USB Card is Renesas basedGuest: Server 2012 Standard (NOT R2)I am trying to...
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Work Folders - Not Functioning Correctly - Sync Stopped. Blocked by security...
Currently trying to deploy Work Folders so that when a user logs in, all of his/her settings are pointing to the local Work Folders which are then synchronized with the Work Folders server. I have...
View ArticleMy Document Libraries folder redirection
I have an end user who's document library was pointing to the old file hosting server. Ran the Redirect.exe and had the user log off and log back in. After he logged back in his documents folder was...
View ArticleCan't find Unmapped Unix User Access option
Hello,I followed the instructions found here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh509022%28v=ws.10%29.aspxin order to enable Unmapped Unix User Access. I'm on a Windows 2008 R2 server and...
View ArticleStorage Spaces & Disk pools
Hi,Windows 2012R2 Storage Spaces.Is there a maximum size for a disk pool. I have a client that wants a 25TB disk. should we make several smallwer disks rather than one large disk ?RegardsRichard
View ArticleShadow copy creates just one copy
Hi there,On main file server we use one big 8Tb volume and shadow copy is enabled for it. SC is configured for daily backups, every night, 2.7Tb free on the drive, 9Gb current copy, no limit (was set...
View ArticleFile Screening and Roaming Profiles
Hi,We plan on implementing File Screening to stop movie and video content on our users home drives.Our environment:Windows File Server 2008 R2Desktop environment: XP, Vista and Win7 mixedAfter reading...
View ArticleVirtualDisk on Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Pool stuck in "Warning: In...
Greetings,I'm having some trouble with my Windows Storage Pool and my VirtualDisk running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 installation. It consists of 8x Western Digital RE-4 2TB drives + 2x Western...
View ArticleTiered Storage Spaces Capacity Calculator
Hi there,I'm having trouble working out how important the size of the SSDs in a Tiered Storage Spaces deployment is.We're working on deploying clustered storage spaces with 2 SOFS head units to create...
View ArticleCreate OSDX file for Windows Server 2008 R2 Search
I have Windows 2008 R2 fileserver (~7TB of data) with Search Services running and many Win7/Win8 clients.How do I create the OSDX file for the index on the Windows Server to distribute to my desktops...
View ArticleFailed to create a shadow copy - Volume Shadow Copy Service error
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,we have a Windows Server 2012 R2 (fully patched)On this Server we are running File and Storage Services. I was able to enable Shadow Copies on Volume F:\ (used space 419 GB,...
View ArticleDFS Namespace is inaccessible when DC4 is up and running
DC1, DC2 and DC3 are at site A. DC4 and DFS server (2008 R2) are at Site B. DC4 is Server 2003 and not a Global Catalog. DC1, DC2 and DC3 all are Server 2003, FSMO role holders and a Global Catalog....
View ArticleStorage spaces , stale metadata
Hi!First of all, unfortuneatly I wasn't able to attach screenshots, so I'll try to describe the problem in text.I ran in to a storage spaces problem on a Windows server 2012 where the pool is degraded....
View ArticleCan Windows Search be used to search tags in non Microsoft (pdf) documents...
Our server has the indexing service installed, which so far doesn't seem to search within non Microsoft documents.Will "Windows Search Service" being installed on the 2008 server overcome this?If so,...
View ArticleDFS Replication permission issue on read-only member
I have two member servers. One is a primary running 2008 SP2. The other is a clustered file share on WS2012 R2. The non-primary is set to read-only.I can't access many folders locally on the read-only...
View ArticleCorrupt CAB File
Hello,I hope I have placed this in the correct forums here on TechNet. I have a corrupt CAB file and am looking on ways to correct it. We use WINRAR to open CAB files. When I attempt to open it via...
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ISCSI Initiator reports "Disk -1" ?
Hello,i have a netgear NAS that acts as ISCSI Target for my Windows Server. The NAS has 2 NICs, which are configured with independent IP-Adresses: 192.168.100.2 and 192.168.101.2My Server provides a...
View ArticleShared Drives Intermittently Dropping
Hello,I have an issue with most of my clients (Win7 and WinXP) accessing the Shared Drives. I have brand new Windows 2012 R2 Server acting as the DC, File Server, DNS, and DCHP. Almost all users are...
View ArticleUSB Hard Drive enforce Read ONLY on plugging
My company ingests forensic data and it is considered corrupted if any of the file/folder metadata is altered at all. I have a Windows 2012 R2 server that drives are connected to so the data can be...
View ArticleFiles Opening on Read Only
hi team. we are having an issue where users that have full control to their shared folders, when opening a file they get prompt open in read only or notify. when the file is opened, we have them save...
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