DFS-R should files and folder be same on each server
Hi allTrialling DFS-R with my MDT solution and looking at the replicated folders on each server the files and folders are the same but size on disk is not. is this normal?RegardsRonnieRegards...
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Hello, Quick question, hoping for a answer. I am currently looking into replicating approximately 350 GB of data from file server A to file server B at a collocation site. I have performed my initial...
View ArticleShare Migration to new Server 2012 system
We're planning to replace our principal Windows 2008 R2 file server with new hardware. We're installing Serer 2012 on the new server. Our existing file server data is stored on an HP LeftHand SAN and...
View Articlehow to delete specific folder and all of its old verions on windows server 2008
on windows server we have snapshots taken twice daily.now there is a folder to be deleted but can't seem to get rid of all the old versionsfor example the backup for a specific version...
View ArticleSync issue with Android phone
I have bee trying to sync my music library to my phone so I can delete music and free up memory on my p.c. It worked about half way through the files and then went stupid and now the computer...
View ArticleDe-Duplication on 3TB of data behaving weird
Hi All,So have been playing with the lovely new Storage Spaces and De-duplication features in Server 2012 and have come across some strange behaviour. The test volume in question contains just over...
View Articlepermissons in a last module
Pray for all,Please help me out i am trying to share a folder which contains larger amount of sub folders, which are not only larger in numbers but also biger in size, when i try to apply permission on...
View ArticleTrace DFS root and link query reqeusts
Dear Colleagues, We want to migrate an DFS namespace environment with thousand plus links. We are looking on for a way to do a basic business application impact analysis, to identify application...
View ArticleMigrate clusterd File Server from windows 2003 64 bit to clustered windows...
Hi guys, can you tell me the right way to do this migration, keep in mind that the network name needs to be the sameActually this is my scenario I have a two node windows 2003 64 bit clustered with a...
View ArticleRestrict Users to Delete files in Shared Foder
Dear FriendsI have a share Folder. I want users to access it, create folders and files and edit them. But restrict users to delete files and folders inside the shared folderAny Solution?M. Zubair...
View Article[2008R2sp1] Slow performance on Failover Cluster fileshare
We have several HP DL360G6 machines of which some are management servers, some are Hyper-V 2012 cluster, and some are Exchange / File / SQL cluster. The File cluster role is normally running on one...
View Articledfsrdiag.exe backlog showing one nameless file?
When have a dfsr hub and spoke setup for a replicated folder.The permissions were set on the spoke folders so no end users could modify the contents.To my surprise, when running a health report on the...
View ArticleMake Backup From Data on the File Server
OS: Server 2008 R2Hi There,I have 4 Tb data on my file server (SAN) and right now shadow copy is active on the servers so I have 30 days backup.I would like to make a backup of them every weekend to...
View ArticleDynamic Memory and Data Deduplication
Hi,I'm currently testing W2K12 Deduplication feature on some servers, and I was wondering if I could enable "Dynamic Memory" on the VM in Hyper-V? Because the job only uses percentage of memory for the...
View ArticleDFS Namespaces
Hello,I have a question and wanted to know what kind of problems I may run into if I have some servers running Server 2008 R2 and some Servers running Server 2012, both running DFSR. Will there be any...
View ArticleMake Backup From Data on the File Server while Files Are Open
OS: Server 2008 R2Hi There,I have 4 Tb data on my file server (SAN) and right now shadow copy is active on the servers so I have 30 days backup.I would like to make a backup of them every weekend to...
View ArticleDFS migration - Srv2008SP2 to Srv2012
Hello,we have a working DFS namespace with two replicating file servers (Srv2008SP2, 32 Bit).Can we add 2 Windows Server 2012 as members for replicating the volumes and afterwards dismiss the old...
View ArticleNFS Share on 2008R2 not working
Hi there,We have an NFS share on a windows 2003 box which works fine. We have built a new Windows 2008R2 and want to move the shares into this server. The permissions look identical but for some reason...
View ArticleSystem Writer is not found in the backup
Hello,I have a new and updated Windows 2012 Standard OEM version on DELL Server. When trying to run a Bare Metal update I am receiving the error "System Writer is not found in the backup". I have...
View ArticleHow to copy local users windows server 2008 r2
Hello everyone, Due to a hosting issue, I need to copy local users and groups from one server 2008 R2 to another in a different hosting company. Please note that those servers are not part of a forest...
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