NTFS Permissions
I want to configure permissions on a folder so the users can't delete files, however if I unmark delete permissions this user can't rename files, an save as any file in this folder. Is there anyway to...
View ArticleReseat Disks in working SS
Hi,Is it possible to change my disks as I change my Case for my Server without having trouble with reseating the Disks in my Pool to a different SATA/SAS Port, Or is in a Storage Space is necessary...
View ArticleUser Documents Folders Not Following User to Other Computers
Thank you in advance.We just upgraded our Student Share Server from 2008 (old box) to 2012 (new box). A simple process, so we thought, as the school period started. When the Students log in for the...
View ArticleLarge scale domain system
Hi everyone.I have a big project in mind and i would like some help. I need to set up an active directory for almost 500 users. My knowledge is not that good and i have some basic questions. I have 5...
View ArticleDFRS 2 Servers
We have 2 servers a same site DFRS server configuration.Server A - Server BWe ideally have to all users referred to Server A, and when Server A is unvailable refer to Server B.We have looked at this...
View ArticleWork Folders: Delete obsolete device
Is there a way to remove obsolete devices from the list of devices that show up for a user (from the server side, not the client)? For example if a user gets a new device and the old on is re-purposed...
View ArticleSMB Connect session takes to long
I got a single machine on which I experience issues when I try to access a file share. Only outbound SMB connections are affected. Building up the initial connection to the fileshare takes a long time...
View ArticleiSCSI Target Cause BSOD
I have a Windows 2012 Storage Server that has been running well for almost 2 years now. It runs iSCSI Target service, providing block storage to about 8 servers via vhds. Last week a couple of the...
View ArticleCouldn't find built in security groups in advanced sharing
When I am trying to create a share,I couldn't find builtin security groups(both domain and local builtin groups) like Administrators,Backup operators in advanced sharing option and security permissions...
View ArticleExisting shares not accessible
Hi I am facing a weird issue in Windows 2008 R2 enterprise server.Users are not able to access any existing shares in it.Actions taken/Investigation done:1.Restarted the server, but no effect2.Checked...
View ArticleDFS Replication failed
Hello, I have Windows Server 2012 R2 with DFS role installed. I am using iscsi target connected as drive R:\ as source for replication, and another server as destination.When I start DFS replication,...
View ArticleWhat's the cause of Win creating TEMP profile after I delete local roaming...
Hi TechNet! At my newly aquired work as a IT guy I've run into an issue with deleting local user profile data on roaming profiles. Whenever I delete a profile on a local machine (I do it the proper...
View ArticleFiles Are Automatically Deleting from all Drives.
Hello Sir,I am using Windows 8.1 x64 on Samsung Gateway Laptop. I faced a very strange problem day before yesterday. Disk spaces of all drives except :C was suddenly getting filled automatically and...
View ArticleCannot browse to domain computers at another site. “logon failure: the target...
Hi I am getting a “logon failure: the target account name is incorrect” error whenever I try to browse to a share from a certain site.For example; Site 1, Site 2 and Site 3 all contain several...
View ArticleDFSR WIndows 2012 R2, preexisting cleanup
Hi,I have two Windows 2012R2 fileservers, one in each site (LIVE and DR). The LIVE site uses DFSR to replicate various shared folders to the DR site. Site to site link is 500MbSpecifically there are...
View ArticleBasic Question on Clusters
Managers at my company (medium size) has decided to store all files from all offices on a single server utilizing SQL and a file management software. I believe the time has come to cluster two servers...
View Article2012R2 datadepulication supported on Cluster Shared Volume?
Hello,I have a 2 node failover cluster and a VM running as my fileserver that uses a clustered share volume to store all of our documents.Is datadeduplication supported in this scenario ? I'm seeing...
View ArticleFile filter format in DFS
Hi, I'm replicating various drawing files, and our drawing application, REVIT, produces intermediate "journal" files, of the format "name 01.NNNN.rvt", whereas the actual files saved files are of the...
View ArticleDfsrRo continues to protect a folder on a RO member after it's no longer...
Removed a replicated folder in DFS management console, waited for AD replication, ran Update-DfsrConf...fromAd, waited some more, confirmed the folder in question no longer showed up in the DFSR config...
View ArticleDeduplication in Windows server 2012
We've been successfully using deduplication on several file servers since the introduction of server 2012.I have a major problem (for me). I'm having trouble accurately determining how much space...
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