Getting a drive letter to "stick"
I have an external 2TB WD that I use to copy files to. It needs the drive designation to be Z: When I plug it in, Windows Server assigns it G: I go to manage my computer and reassign it to Z: When...
View ArticleISCSI Target Scheduled Snapshots
I know there are cmdlets to snapshot a target but is there a built in way to schedule snapshots?Alternatively, is there a cmdlet to list snapshots for a target so I can create a script to run on a...
View ArticleI need help
Please can anyone help me with a solution to my Windows server 2008 issues? Explorer and some other features cannot open no more, all am having is a display with Explorer.exe. no such interface...
View Articlemigrate File Server from windows 2003 to Windows 2012 R2
HelloWe are trying to migrate our File Server (DFS) from windows 2003 to Windows 2012 R2 no replication. Previoulsy I used to migrate using Windows Backup and Restore till Windows 2003 but now with...
View ArticleNew Error : Optimize-Volumes -SlabConsolidate gives "ObjectNotFound" error...
I have a server that's been running this command regularly for a long time and working successfully. Optimize-Volume d -SlabConsolidate -VerboseThe last day or so the command nows gives the results...
View Articledfs initial replication
Hi,I was wondering whether you can allow users to access the target of an initial replication while the replication is still going. If so, how will dfs cope with changes and deletions on that share?...
View ArticleFolder Owner Is Local Administrator and not Administrators Group
Hi all,I've discovered a strange problem on a Windows Server 2012 Standard File Server that I have created. I'm starting to set up a folder structure, but every time I create a folder, the owner of the...
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File Share Permissions Not Working After Upgrading Windows 2003 to 2008 R2
I have been through hell the past couple days and would like some info on a few things.Yesterday we went to reboot our Windows 2003 Fileshare server and it simply would not come up due to a bad...
View ArticleHow to find "access denied files"
Hi,Retaining current permissions and ACLs of files and folders in it, I need to copy a big shared folder with a big number of files and folders to another server. I use "xcopy" command with its...
View ArticleiSCSI Software Target - Disk is corrupt (locally) not on on the target
Hi,I have a Windows 2008R2 server on which i have installed Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. I have created a Virtual Disk and an iSCSI target configuration on this server.The target is a virtual...
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Trust Domains and Sharing
Hello,I have a trust between RIP and RID domains, when I try to give permissions to RIP to one of drives on a RID server, I get the message below. These only happens to a few servers and not all...
View ArticleCreate DFS Namespace on cluster - 2008R2 using CLI -or PowerShell
Hi, I've been assigned to create 100's & 100's of DFS namespaces on Windows 2008R2 clusters. The customer want it to be automated so I've been trying to create / reverse engineer how to create DFS...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 essentials to use 3X 2TB HDD RAID 5 array
Hi all, I recently installed Windows Server 2012 essentials on my home server and I'm trying to use my 3x 2TB RAID 5 array as data storage. I installed Windows Server on it's own 500GB HD and during...
View ArticleWhat is the Maximum size of ISCSI lun supported on Win 2008R2
hello,I have a win 2003R2 backup server and have multiple ISCSI volume of apprx 2 TB each via ISCSI initiatorAlso using win 2008 r2 storage server to initiate them.I do want to have bigger disk, can...
View ArticleNeed to copy files from multiple machine to multiple locations on server in...
My scenario is below: 1. I have 20 machines and data for backup would be on only in one folder of each machine. 2. Need to create 20 folders in server and copy the corresponding machine's data to the...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 issue = Storage space degraded
I apologize for posting to the server area, but it is storage spaces related.I had a drive lose power, degrade a storage space and then I plugged it back in.The drive is physically fine, but now I...
View ArticleUnable to access mapped network drive, DFS
TL;DR: Unable to map a network drive on one particular computer, except if circumventing DFS. OK - So I have exhausted all my options in this matter, so all suggestions are welcome. Keep in mind the...
View ArticleWindows 2012 can't access UNC Path with SMB 2 enabled
We have three 2012 Standard R2 server for DFS Service. Two server in same location and one in different location.Server1 and Server2(Same Location)Server3 (Different Locatin) We are facing issue with...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office and DFS namespace
Hey guysWe recently switch our folder redirection to a DFS server and now we have users experiencing "Trying to Connect to domain.localand I don't think its an error more just a visual message but is...
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