Windows 2012 R2 Storage spaces - even number of disks with mirror?
Hi,I'm just testing Windows 2012 R2 storage spaces on a lab with an MSA70 containing 25 SAS disks.So I created a storage pool with the 25 disks, then tried to create a mirrored virtual disks and it...
View ArticleDFSR - [WARNING] Found 2 objects with same ReplicationGroupguid
Hi All,since same days, when I use dfsrdiag command to check backlog count about a specific replication folder group I received the following Warning: (the same warning is present on source server and...
View ArticleDFS replication query
Hi Experts,I have the following query with regards to DFS replication.I have 1 DFS domain based namespace, where there are 18 DFS servers running in Windows 2003 R2 based servers.We are going to...
View ArticleLinking DFS Namespaces with Skydrive
I did some brief searching online and found nothing matching. At the company I work for, more and more folks are moving to Dropbox, Google drive and so on to store their departmental content (moving...
View ArticleMounting an NFS Filesystem - limitations
Currently we virtualize our Windows Servers using XenServer. We are aware Snapshots are available but really don't need that level of DR. We do however, like to take exports of a few select servers...
View ArticleStorage Tiering not automatically tiering
HelloWe have setup a Server 2012 R2 Server with a storage space consisting of a Hard Drive and an SSD. We have setup storage tiering (When you open the Virtual Disk it says that Storage tiers are...
View ArticlePS shows missing mirror pool disk healthy, is primordial so cannot attach...
I've come across various issues I have been able to work out, love server version storage spaces but haven't seen this yet. Using Desktop hardware/2012 Standard Eval. as 12 disk Das2 disk pool, 1tb...
View ArticleActive directory domain services stopped after removing routing and remote...
Hello everyone;;I am in deep trouble.. I did install routing and remote access and then lost connection to the server remotely. Then I connected a monitor to the server and removed the role... then it...
View ArticleUnable to connect to File Server using UNC path
Hello Guys,I have a file server running windows server 2008 r2 and it is also a DC. I am able to RDP/Ping and resolve the name for that server from any other machine on the network but am not able to...
View ArticleIn a mess over DFS
Hi,I've gotten myself into a bit of a mess. Successfully installed Server 2012r2 on Friday. Raised Forest Functional Level to 2003 so it could become a DC. Spent Friday / Saturday replicating files...
View Articlelanman service
i can't start the lanman service on my server : windows server 2008 R2 64 bits i obtain when trying start it the message " error 21: the peripherique is not ready"thanks kor helping, sorry for my bad...
View ArticleLose network share preriodically
share access to a data server periodically stops. This access is through a mapped drive only outside the site but in the same network. If you go to a site computer, and access the shared drive, it is...
View ArticleEvent ID 55 on volume is not in server
<span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN"> <p>I am getting below event on...
View ArticleCan browse subfolders, but cannot map
We have a very strange issue that started last week while I was out of the office. We had a switch go down, and after replacing we are unable to map home directories to subfolders. I can map to the...
View ArticleWhere can I find information about Windows Search Service in Server 2012 R2?
Hi.Where can I find more information about the Windows Search Service in Server 2012 R2?I'm evaluating how well Server 2012 R2 would fit as a file server for a customer and even though the Windows...
View ArticleDrop file for students
I need to create a file for students to drop their files in. I have set the permissions on the share for full control and the user on the security tab to write to this file only. The users error is...
View ArticleStoring/Using Machine images
HelloI remember several years ago, I could load a "diskette" into my workstation; it would prompt for which image I wanted to load on the current workstation. Then it would find its way to the server,...
View Articleftp 7.5 , hide directories for users who don't have access?
hi, installed ftp 7.5 and have it working using AD credentials but users who don't have access to directories, see everything. I'd like it so that they only see the directories they can access, like...
View ArticleMicrosoft Account Permissions on Share
Hey,since windows 8 it is possible to logon on a computer with my Microsoft account. My question to this is if I have a Server (e.g. Windows Server 2012 R2) is it possible permit a Microsoft account to...
View ArticleServer Execution Error
Hi,i am just after a bit of advice.i have installed a 2012 server and i am using this to store our users Home Drives.i have set all permissions correctly and pointed the home folders in AD profile...
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