How will migrating disk array to new server in new domain effect DFS
HiAs part of an internal restructure we have introduced a new W2k8 domain. We have already migrated users across using Quest and we want to move servers across now. The old domain is W2K3 R2 based and...
View ArticleScale Out File Server & Networking
HiI am in the process of creating a SOFS and all is going swimmingly but am getting confused on the networking side of things.I have my CSVs & SMB Cluster running fine on two servers and have...
View ArticleData Deduplication service detected corruption on file share
I have dedup on HD mounted as VHDX file (on hyper-v cluster) which is placed on SAN. The file is 100 Gb. I am seeing file curroption on office documents. I have check everything from SAN to hosts to...
View ArticleLocate where new files are beeing put on fileserver
Hi I have large drives that everyone in company can put files onto. I would verymuch like to know where files are put as I sometimes "lose" 40-50 Gigs a day (and will run out of disk space...
View ArticleThe limitation of the partition in the Disc Management Server2012
Recently,I find that i can just shrink half size of my disc even though there is still some free space in my disic ,i am wonder how i can allocate all my free space in the other space into one space so...
View Articlecan't make changes to any folders on my server 2003
i added a computer to our network and gave the new user admin and permissions to the folder to make changes but when I try to make changes to files on that folder from the computer i get an error...
View ArticleSmall Storage Server setup suggestions, please
I am building a new small [primarily] storage server, to try out all the new Windows Server 2012 (and R2) features (Storage Spaces, ReFS, Deduplication etc). The motherboard has 6 SATA ports and the...
View ArticleVSS Volume Shadow Copy keeps failing on Windows 2008 Server
Get this error on a 2008 32bit server seems like every morning. We run Backup Exec 2010 R3 which I assume this comes from. ThanksLog Name: ApplicationSource: Application ErrorDate:...
View ArticleHowto do a mirror spaces rebuild: parallelized recovery
Hi there,i got a 4 drive SS with one virtual disk (2 way mirrored, 2Tb thin prov) on Server 2012R2 Datacenter Preview. The drives are 2x3Tb and 2x500Gb.I would like to know how to start the new...
View ArticleHow to allow users to create a file but deny modify or delete in Server 2003
This is similar to a lot of questions already out there but we require the ability to set up a folder so that users can create files in there (or copy files into there) but once done they cannot modify...
View ArticleDeduplication and restore from NT backup from windows server 2003
Funny thing.Our setup:San, hypver-v Cluster (2 servers). One of the servers on the hyper-v cluster is hosting a share which is deduplicated. Every day we make a full backup to tape robot which is...
View ArticleFolder names not displayed correctly
Hi All,We have a very strange issue on our Windows 2008R2 file servers. Our users have home directories on a few different shares. Most of the folder names are displayed correctly, but a lot aren't,...
View ArticleDFSR Conflict and deleted
HI ALLhope you can helpI have a client where we have set up DFS replication groups to replicate from 6 site servers to one master server which is then backed up.Everything has been working fine for the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 and SSD
Hello Everyone, I have a question about SSD and how it works in Windows Server 2012. I have got a home server with all roles acting as domain controller, wds, dns, shcp and file server aslo I made CCTV...
View ArticleWhich hotfixe do I need to resolve KB #2761922 (DFS namespace folders are...
The hotfix download link at the top of KB #2761922 points to two hotfixes (Fix411281 and Fix423534). Are both hotfixes needed to resolve the problem, or should I install only the most recent fix...
View ArticleDFS replication between two drives
What are the limitations of replicating an entire drive (eg: d:) to another destination drive using DFS replication in 2008. We have encountered abrupt halts in the replication while using in this...
View ArticleHow to connect to VHD on windows server 2008
Hi, is it possible to mount a VHD file on windows server 2008 (not R2)? I created a VHD on a network share using disk management utility using a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and I need to mount the...
View ArticleDFS replication problem - IPsec VPN
Hi,I'm having an issue with DFS replication over a IPSec VPN. I have two servers, one based in the UK and one in the USA. I'm replicating a folder with 150GB of data. The staging folder is set to...
View ArticleNTFS Permissions don't inherit
I've got an odd NTFS permission issue on a new Windows 2008 R2 Fileserver that I'm setting up.I'm trying to set up permissions on a folder such that anyone can read the foles of the share and all it's...
View ArticleDedup on 7z files not happening
Hi Everyone, I have a 2012 server that i want to use to store month back-ups. I recieve them in the form of 7z files with max compression divided in 5GB file. folder 2013-01 jan.7z.001 jan.7z.002...
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