Detaching deduplicated volume from SRV2012 and attaching to SRV2012R2?
I have a cranky Server 2012 server that needs upgrading, but it is a virtual machine and the file share volume is separate from the OS volume. I can detach the file share volume from the old VM and...
View ArticleFSRM alert not working
I have setup folder quotas using FSRM on win2008R2 server. The test email can be sent successfully to the administrator. But when folder quota is exceeded the threshold, there is no email or event log....
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 - Offline Files are Read-only(?)
I'm running IIS on this server, and I have the content stored on another server. The files are accessed via share.I have the shares that store the website data put into the sync center so that the...
View ArticleFRS / DFSR Sysvol Migration - Writable DC's stuck at "Eliminating"
I have 6 of 18 DC's that are stuck at "Eliminating". I am getting Event ID 8021 on these boxes. I read where you may need to disable "Prevent from accidental deletion" on the old SYSvol folder,...
View ArticleQuestion in windows server 2008
Give an explanation of what happened with this user in each case of the following and as an administrator find a way to support him:Case 1: A user logs on to his machine locally. He proceeds to work on...
View ArticleiSCSI windows 2012 server and hyper-v storage pools
Hi,I know you can do it with SAS enclosures connecting to clustered file servers which would then offer a CSV to the hyper-v servers. But in this case I just want to recycle some of our old file...
View ArticleAll of sudden not able to access the shared folders in windows server 2008...
Hi,We have windows server 2008 R2 64 bit which is our file server and where we have all our production folders. And all of sudden we were not able to access the shared folders and we did not get...
View ArticleFile server migration to windows server 2012
Hi, I want to migrate my organization file server from windows server 2008 r2 to windows server 2012 with DC & DR site, my DC site has SAN storage & DR site has no SAN storage. My existing...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager (FSRM) - Configuring email notifications
Hi all,I'm having a problem configuring FSRM email notifications - I get the error "Failed to send the test email due to the following error: Cannot send the email due to an error..."Checking the event...
View ArticleFuture of Offline Files and Folder Redirection
The question is, will OneDrive solutions supersede (make useless) the Offline Files solution?I have a case, where Folder Redirection and Offline Files implementation creates some serious performance...
View ArticleVirtual Machine VHDX being removed
I have been having a strange occurrence: Host Running windows Server 2012R2 using storage spaces for the volume hosting VHDX filesHost Volume has never experienced any chkdsk errorsGen 2 VM Running...
View ArticleI cannot open my external local drive
When I try to open my external drive.. the system automatically display this message "do you want to scan and fix local disk(G).. there 2 option.. Scan ... or continue without scanning ....... so I...
View ArticleItems not being found in drive search
Good morningI am currently experiencing an issue on a windows server 2012 standard machine.My issue is that I cannot seem to find files in a folder on one of the shared drives when searching for it. I...
View ArticleWindows 2012 - DFS
I setup a new Windows 2012 file server several months ago. I installed the DFS role as we planed to use DFS to replicate the file data to a second file server later. It's been a while since I used DFS...
View ArticleNFS Client Character Translation.
Hello,I am mounting a files system on my Windows 2012 server that has been exported from a Linux File Sever. The mount is working fine but the exported file names have some characters that are illegal...
View ArticleDFS replication is reporting okay but isn't working in one direction
Two 2008 R2 DFS servers replicating 24-7, full bandwidth, both waysWe have two DFS servers where DFS replication seems to have completely stalled in one direction. Diagnostic reports show 0 issues. Is...
View ArticleFolder Quotas Not Working
I am trying to set up file quotas for my end users at a school. The problem is that whenever I set the limit, the users can't save anything at all. The error message says that there is no room...
View ArticleCascading Folder Security Rights
Hi,We have a scenario here. Permissions with one of our file servers have been messed up. We need to have an admin account set in the sub-folders. The issue is that if we set the admin account in the...
View ArticleReplication is not working
Hi Everybody,DFS was configured and working fine on 2 Windows Server 2012 64 Bit. But now no longer to replicate. I'm have Done some do some troubleshooting. But still failed to solve the...
View ArticleMSDTC Service won't start
Hi,Running Windows Server 2008 R2.Service stops running with "Failed to initialize the needed name objects. Error Specifics: hr = 0x80004005,...
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