Are any of the migration documents still valid for server 2012?
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Server 2012 R2 Migration FRS to DFS
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Giving error in File sharing
Hello,
I am getting error while accessing a shared resource, please find the error "the network folder specified is currently mapped using a different username and password,, to connect a different username and password,, first disconnect any existing mapping to this network share"....but from other PC I can access that shared resource . I am using MS Server 2008R2, please help.
Swaprakash..
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Is there a way to make DFS shares show up when browsing the network?
When computer is right-clicked and "map a network drive" is selected. When the browse for folder is selected, is there a way to make the DFS shares show up?
It would be great if the domain showed up and the dfs shares were listed.
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Ports to be opened on Cisco firewall to print from DMZ to print server
Hi,
I have a windows 2008 R2 server set up as a printer server and trying to allow clients in the DMZ to print across the Cisco Firewall. Seems like printer server is listening to TCP 515 for lpd and I already opened TCP 515, TCP 139, UDP 137-138 but client still could not print. When I opened the access list to IP level client was able to install the printer and test print. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Recurring DFS event 5014
I have a 6 server replication mesh. all 6 servers are 2008 R2. i get recurring event 5014 between server 1 and server 2, yet server 1 and server 2 have no issues with servers 3,4,5, & 6. all data is eventually replicated but there is constant
traffic between server 1 and server 2. there are no firewalls between these 6 servers.
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Clock for windows XP
Does anyone know why the clock wont hold the correct time when I start up it changes to a random time and date when I switch off and on
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Storage Space Thin provisioning & De-Duplication Results in Useless Trim and Excessive Physical Disk Usage
Hi all,
So I've been playing around with the new storage spaces, de-duplication & thin provisioning features in Server 2012. So far I have to say the results have been confusing, frustrating and downright disappointing. I have found a handful of people who have had similer experiences.
In my current experience, the way that server 2012 attempts to free up spans of data on a storage pool is completely useless resulting in masses of wasted physical storage space. If you take 1000gb or so of data. Delete half of it, then copy half back on. What you end up with is ~1300GB of allocated space!! De-duplicate the data and the problem is massively amplified due to the way spans on the storage pool are allocated and free'd up. I have tried many methods of optimizing, triming etc... but have yet to find a way of reclaiming back the used physical space. I currently have a test volume that is storing 1TB of data which is "using" 3.6TB of space!!!
- Are Microsoft aware of these shortcomings?
- Is this documented behavior anywhere?
- If de-duplication causes this much trouble, why is it allowed on a thin provisioned storage pool.
- Are Microsoft planning to rectify or make the process of freeing up allocated spans better or more visible?
- Is the thin provisioning a late afterthought and just not ready for production use?
I love server 2012, I love hyper-v, I love what storage spaces can do, but in its present incarnation it is clearly not a feature I can recommend for production environments (despite the insane performance, good job on that btw!!)
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Add "System" to all folders without changing current settings.
SERVER 2003, 32-bit
Due to a new backup program, requiring SYSTEM security to all folders being backed up, I need to make sure SYSTEM has full permission to all subfolders and files in the backup scope. The problem is, some folders have inherit permissions off, and explicit permissions set.
i.e.:
Under folder USERHOME each user has a folder, user1, user2, user3, etc. The user1 through 3 has security of Domain Admins, and the user.
I need to add SYSTEM to userhome and ALL subfolders and files. When I do replace, I of course loose the user1, user2, etc. permissions.
How can I just ADD SYSTEM to all the subfolders? Is there a command line?
Thanks!
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File disappears soon after its creation
Hi Friends,
i have one shared folder which i recently created & given the required permission to users on it.
its works fine for me & users as well & they used to store there files in it.
but after 2 days we are facing the issue as whenever we are creating the files it just appeared for a second & goes disappear then.
I created this folder as earlier folder had the same problem reported & i couldn't diagnose it. but on this time its non-tolerable.
Please help
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File Server Migration - For ORG A Forest to ORG B Forest ( Need to create and Map Security Group automatically on new Migrated Folders - Please Help
I have two forest With Trust works Fine .
I have file server in ORG – A ( Forest ) with 2003 R2 Standard
I have a File server in ORG - B ( Forest ) With Windows server 2012 ( New Server for Migration )
I have 1000 + folders with each different permission sets on ORG-A. We are using Security groups for providing permission on the share Folders on ORG A
I need to Migrate all the folders from ORG – A to ORG – B.
I am looking for an automated method of creating Security Groups on AD during the Migration, Once the Migration is Done, I can add the required users to the security groups manually.
Example.
Folder 1 on ORG – A has Security Group Called SEC-FOLDER1-ORGA
I need an automated method of Copying the files to ORG – B and Creating a new security Groups on ORG –B Forest with the same permission on parent and child Folders. I shall Add the users manually to the Group.
Output Looks Like
Folder 1 on ORG – B has Permission called SEC-FOLDER1-ORGB ( New Security Group )
Also I need a summarized report of security Group Mapping, Example – Which security Group on ORGA is mapped with Security Group Of ORGB
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Procedure to migrate workgroup server to domain?
Hi, One of my satellite offices has been working with a server 2008 file server as a workgroup. The administrator has created local accounts on the server for all of the users.
We are about to embark on moving the fileserver to the domain, and then the user workstations. Is it possible to join the fileserver to the domain, and then create user accounts, apply appropriate ACLs, then move the workstations over to the domain over a period of a week or two, and still allow workgroup users to access files, or will access to files be granted only to domain users?
If anyone can point me to some best practices for workgroup>domain migration, I'd love to do some reading.
Thanks,
Kevin
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DFS File Hash Keeps Changing?
First some background:
- 2 DFS Servers running Storage Server 2008 w/ SP2
- Both servers are in a replication group that replicates a folder in the namespace to both servers.
- The servers are in different AD sites connected by a fast WAN connection.
- The replication schedule is set to 24/7
The problem I am having is that the replication backlog never catches up. The backlog is currently at 1,900,000+ files but only from SERVER1 -> SERVER2. Replication from SERVER2 -> SERVER1 is successful with no backlog. The majority of file changes are made on SERVER1. After troubleshooting this for a week or so trying to find out why the backlog keeps increasing I've found the following:
- The file hashes on SERVER1 are different than the file hashes on SERVER2 when checked with the DFSRDIAG FILEHASH command. The hashes are different even on files with the same modified date, NTFS permissions, and size.
- If I run a robocopy and copy files from SERVER1 to SERVER2 the hashes are the same.
- Files I've added as recently as 3/31/2014 with no changes made since have different hashes on both servers which is causing DFS to try to replicate them even though it doesn't need to.
It seems like something is causing the file hashes to change on every single file in the replicated folder on one of the servers. I've checked the antivirus (TrendMicro) and it is supported on DFS and isn't even configured to run any scheduled scans. I'd like to reseed SERVER2 via robocopy so the hashes are all the same again but I'm afraid that same problem will just happen again.
Does anyone have any idea why the file hashes would be changing even if the file timestamp, permissions, size, etc the same?
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Storage Spaces 2012R2 not automatically rebuilding.
I have two clustered nodes accessing a shared Intel JBOD. In the JBOD I have 4 SSD's (200GB Each) and 8 HDD's (300GB Each). I created two virtual disks (CSV1, Mirror, Fixed provisioning, 1.25 TB). I also have a small Quorum Virtual disk
(CSV1, Mirror, Fixed, 6GB). Everything works perfect and the cluster passed the validation. All hardware is on the supported list including the drives. If I physically remove a drive the storage pool will show as degraded and both virtual
disks will show as incomplete (as expected). Everything continues to function normally. My problem is that an automatic parallel rebuild never takes place. I have 381GB of free space on the pool which is larger than any of the physical drives.
I set the RetireMissingPhysicalDisks flag to Always which I understand should set the missing drive to retired and cause a rebuild of the space. If I slide the drive back in everything goes back to healthy. If there anything else that needs to
be set to get the space to rebuild on its own?
ObjectId : {1}\\Snowball\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storag
e/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.ObjectId=
"{a63c5689-b1ef-41f7-b772-f001c4b2c1a3}:SP:
{4095f566-b8d9-11e3-8130-a0369f3308c2}"
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : {4095f566-b8d9-11e3-8130-a0369f3308c2}
AllocatedSize : 2782065065984
ClearOnDeallocate : False
EnclosureAwareDefault : False
FriendlyName : StoragePool1
HealthStatus : Warning
IsClustered : True
IsPowerProtected : False
IsPrimordial : False
IsReadOnly : False
LogicalSectorSize : 4096
Name :
OperationalStatus : Degraded
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription :
PhysicalSectorSize : 4096
ProvisioningTypeDefault : Fixed
ReadOnlyReason : None
RepairPolicy : Parallel
ResiliencySettingNameDefault : Mirror
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks : Always
Size : 3191160700928
SupportedProvisioningTypes : Fixed
SupportsDeduplication : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds : {70}
Usage : Other
Version : Windows Server 2012 R2
WriteCacheSizeDefault : Auto
WriteCacheSizeMax : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin : 0
PSComputerName :
FileSystem : Unknown
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Strange System Shares appear on SOFS management page
Hi, my SOFS cluster is working perfectly fine, but Strange Shares keep appearing on the Server management page for the file and storage > shares section, it grows all the time and more shares appear, I have deleted them and it hasn't caused any issues. does anyone know what they are for, and why they are being created ? could it be something todo with DPM backups ?
is this something to worry about or just ignore ?
thanks
Mark
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Detecting and Clearing SCSI reservations in Windows 2003 & 2008 servers
We are having issues with some of the Windows 2003 & 2008 servers with high SCSI reservations which is highlighted as a concern for the performance issues with the Storage array. Can someone suggest with the commands to detect SCSI reservations on
the server side and also to clear the SCSI reservations. Is there any ways to prevent high SCSI reservations?
Prakash
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Remote File Sharing Options - Server 2012 Standard
Looking for an option for file sharing outside of the office, other than having to use VPN. I know there is directaccess in 2012 standard, however, our machines are Windows 7 pro and machines are only bound to a workgroup, no domain. Trying to find alternatives as we want to utilize a cloud server for company file sharing. Let me know if there are any options out there.
Thanks, Bob
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Server 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,
Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:
Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008 R2 Hyper-v Cluster -> Passthrough Disk -> Server 2012 R2 File Server VM
Essentially 3 times now, roughly a month or so apart. The file server stops accepting connections. During this time, the server is perfectly accessible through rdp or with a simple ping. I can browse the files on the server directly but no-one appears to be able to access the shares over SMB. A reboot of the server fixes the issue.
As per a KB article I removed nod antivirus from the server to rule out a conflicting filter mode driver after the second fault. Sadly yesterday it happened again.
The only relevant errors in the servers log files are:
SMB Server Event ID 551
SMB Session Authentication Failure Client Name: \\192.168.105.79 Client Address: 192.168.105.79:50774 User Name: HHS\H6-08$ Session ID: 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Status: Insufficient server resources exist to complete the request. (0xC0000205) Guidance: You should expect this error when attempting to connect to shares using incorrect credentials. This error does not always indicate a problem with authorization, but mainly authentication. It is more common with non-Windows clients. This error can occur when using incorrect usernames and passwords with NTLM, mismatched LmCompatibility settings between client and server, duplicate Kerberos service principal names, incorrect Kerberos ticket-granting service tickets, or Guest accounts without Guest access enabled
and
SMB Server event ID 1020 File system operation has taken longer than expected. Client Name: \\192.168.105.97 Client Address: 192.168.105.97:49571 User Name: HHS\12J.Champion Session ID: 0x2C07B40004A5 Share Name: \\*\Subjects File Name: Command: 5 Duration (in milliseconds): 176784 Warning Threshold (in milliseconds): 120000 Guidance: The underlying file system has taken too long to respond to an operation. This typically indicates a problem with the storage and not SMB.
I have checked the underlying disk/iscsi/network hyper-v cluster for any other errors or issues, but as far as I can tell everything is fine.
Is it possible that something else is left over from the NOD antivirus installation?
Looking for suggestions on how to troubleshoot this further.
Thanks
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My laptop won't extend disks.
When i tried to extend disk X to disk E from computer management, when i right clicked disk x extended volume was not bold i couldn't click it, please help.
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DFS trips often
Hi
I have a file server windows 2008 R2 having around 18 shared drives. In a domain controller, DFS is configured targeted these drives. At least once in a week users loose connection to access the DFS namespaces. Checked all logs in File server and domain controller for any clue. Nothing seen.
During the problem, i can browse the DFS link and access the drives in the File server itself, but not in the DC or from any networked systems. I should say network is ok and i can ping, rdp to all servers including file server and DCs. From any networked system i can see the DFS targets but cannot browse the contents.
Only way to bring back the service normal is to restart the file server.
Is there anyway to pinpoint where the exact issue is? Where should i check for an hint? DFS/Application/System event viewers are all ok and doesnt show any errors related.
Thanks for any help.
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Cannot add new volume to Win2012R2 OS drive
I have two SAS raid-0 arrays on my workstation/test server. I usually keep data on array2 and OSs on array1.
Array1 has 3 OS installations since I am testing a few things using win8, hyperv2012 and win2012R2. I created the Win2012R2 volume with 80GB and left about 700GB for use by VMs but after installing the OS, the volume wizard does not show any space for the drive.
Volumes for the OS drive shows 100% allocated for 931GB but I know that there is only about 300GB that was partitioned including Win2012 so I am unsure how to release that space for use.
Disks shows that the OS is installed on a MBR partition on an 931GB SAS drive.
I have another drive in the system for the OS and a few attached backup drives to move the other OS installs in case I have to reformat array1.
Any suggestions on how to access and use the 700GB unused space on array1?
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