File Size Quotas... Not possible?
I'm trying to prevent people from uploading any file to a specific share that exceeds a certain size. FSRM works great for folder based quotas but there appears to be no native support for preventing...
View ArticleHow do you register an iSCSI Target with an iSNS server (Windows 2012 R2)
I can't find any doumentation for setting up iSNS registration for a iSCSI target in Windows 2012 R2.I did find some documentation that is for 2012 non...
View ArticleStorport.sys BSOD on Windows Server 2012 R2
I recently purchased a Server that houses 45 4TB drives to use as my backup to disk solution. I installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard so that I could take advantage of Microsoft's Storage Spaces. I...
View ArticleTraverse ONLY
I got an unusual request for folder permissions. A user needs to get in about 4 sub-folders deep, but not be able to open any files that exist within that path. I thought I could just give "Traverse...
View ArticleFind locked file on a Terminal Server
We run a 2008 R2 Terminal Server with upwards of 100 users logged in. We have an application that most of these users can be running and when they are in this application there are many shared files...
View ArticleAccess denied trying to capture MPIO config
I am using 3PAR storage with MS DSM/MPIO and I cannot capture configuration on any of my servers (WS2K8 and WS2K8 R2), I get access denied. A pop up with "Failed to pobe MPIO storage configuration,...
View ArticleDFS - Is there an automated way to flip the target in a failover situation
We use DFS and DFS-R. Server 2008 R2. We have our files split between 2 file servers, roughly 4 TB on each one. They replicate to one partner each at our DR site.To avoid the problems caused by a...
View ArticleiSCSI virtual disks left behind by vss provider?
Hello all,I have a Windows Server 2012 Failover cluster running a number of virtual machines. Storage for the cluster is provided by a Windows Storage Server 2012 instance and mapped to the nodes via...
View ArticleHow to change cluster size free ?
How to change cluster size free with some software like MiniTool Partition Wizard or partition magic ???
View Articleunable to schedule Shadow copies access denied
Server 2003 R2 SP2. We noticed our external drive that stores our VSS files was dead. We replaced it and attempted to recreate the scheduled shadow copies for our data drive. When we attempt to...
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Question about FSRM on disk volume
Actual capacity:E: (99GB) / F: (249GB) / G: (499GB)FSRM capacity: E: (95GB) / F: (245GB) / G: (495GB)- My question is the disk volume displayed same as FSRM capacity, is it normal ???- Since there are...
View ArticleDFS replication 2008R2
Hi,I've got a server replicating from a site over a 1mbps line.The source server hasn't been replicating for 2 weeks due to large video files. after removing the files, I can see from dfsrdiag.exe...
View Articlestorrept report not running on Windows 2003
I am trying to run this FSRM report:storrept reports generate /Report:FilesByFileGroup /nowait /scope:"%SHARE%|%HOME%" /format:"dhtml" /mailto:%eMail% /filegroup:"XXXX Audio Files|XXXX Video Files|XXX...
View ArticleRebuild of a storage space
Hi !I was wondering if any of you knew about this...If I build a storage space on a physical server, and for example, my motherboard was to die. I will need to buy a brand new MBoard, and do a fresh...
View ArticleUnderstanding EnabledLinkedConnections
Adding this registry key has been a solution for tons of problems related to network drives for a long time, and its explaination doesnt make sense for my part. I understand that tokens are created for...
View ArticleStrange Defrag error 0x80070057
Hello everyone,I am observing a strange issue with defrag on Windows Server 2012 R2. There is a hardware RAID volume using deduplication in VDI mode and containing some virtual machines. Deduplication...
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iSCSI drives regularly disconnect
Hello allI have the following lab setup:1 WS2012R2 DC4 WS2012R2 (Core) nodes (20GB OS disk) with each 4x 50GB storage.2 WS2012R2 (GUI) fileservers (60GB OS disk) with no additional local storage.The...
View ArticleEvent ID 55 - Corrupt File System - In Server 2012 too?
I'm wondering if anyone had experience with Event ID 55's in Server 2003 or 2008 and, if you found that in going to Server 2012 you no longer got those?
View ArticleNetwork Share Error
I have a network share \\server\deploymentshareRecently we started getting this error: refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer or on a network. Check to...
View ArticleDeduplication combined with differencing disks for better or not ?
We have a test hyper-V for various VMs. It is naturally easier for us to start from Parent disk which is sys prepped and move on. On the other hand, deduplication(2012 R2) claims to be most...
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