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We have a client that was recently affected by the CryptoLocker malware. We are restoring folder by folder rather than a blanket restore since some files that were not affected may be overwritten by...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 - ..\winsxs disk space issue
I'm having the known issue with ..\winsxs causing the system partition to become full.Several months ago I did the follow fix to apply service pack 1 and this did free up some disk...
View ArticleDFS Replication group Creation
I am domain user for a Domain and a member of adminitrator group of 2 DFS Server, I am not able to create DFS replication group getting error " The replication group cannot be created, there are...
View ArticleBest solution for data availability for end users --- reverse redirected...
Roaming profiles and redirected folders do not seem to work for our environment. They often become troublesome and cause much help desk time and resources.Is there a way to have a roaming profile and...
View ArticleRemoving files with long names.
Hello:I've managed a few windows file servers over the past few years ranging from (server 200 to 2012 R2). Some of the groups in the organization that I work for have a fairly complicated...
View ArticleTier Storage with SAS drives
Is it possible to have hot storage on HDD? I have a HP disk storage shelf with 25 900GB 6G SAS 10K rpm in a raid 10 configuration. This provides about 10TB of file storage data for users home directory...
View ArticleDeduplication and DFSR
Hi,I have a couple of storage areas which use DFSR to provide resilience between two file servers. I would like to increase the available space by using deduplication in Windows 2012 R2. I have a...
View ArticleIOmeter doesn't see Storage Spaces vdisks
I've created vdisks (Storage Spaces- one simple and one parity) in Server 2012R2 and they show up in Server Manager, but IOmeter (2006.07.27) doesn't show them- only the physical disks show up....
View ArticleCannot extend virtual disk
HelloI had a storage pool with 3 HDD, the column size is 3.I have added to more disk to the storage pool.I have 1 Parity vdisk using all the space. How to i extend this vdisk to use all the space of...
View ArticleFSRM not being able to email even with send as rights set correctly
i'm having problems with the email setup in FSRM. in exchange 2013, i've added the computers to an email account called FSRM@mydomain.com and i can see them in the "send as".in the default from email...
View ArticleWindows 2008 connected via UNC Session to a isilon
Hello,following "Problem".Isilon is a NAS System which provied NAS Space via SMB or NFS. In our solution the Windows Server 2008 connect the Fileshare via UNC Path witch works good.The Isilon also...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012R2 Work folders - why are users suspended
I can't seem to enable my users that I have assigned to work folders in Windows Server 2012R2. Every time I create a new work folder and add a user they are suspended by default. When I try to right...
View ArticleFSRM on Windows Server 2012 MMC crash
HII think I found a bug. On a fresh windows 2012 Server with installed updates and installed FileServer Resource Manager, the MMC crash after click on "Configure...
View ArticleWS2012 Server for NFS issues
I've been using a NFS share on my WS2012 box to server up media to my Plex server and Boxee box. When it works, it generally works well, but I've found that any time the server is rebooted, the NFS...
View ArticleSFTP in Windows 2008 R2
Is SFTP included in Windows 2008 R2? (without using 3rd party applications). Not the FTPS either. My web searches so far didn't give positive answer.Thanks in advance for your inputs
View ArticleChanging Boot Partition via Windows
Hello, I am have a back-up server running Windows Server 2008 R2. This server has 8 partitions, 7 that are exactly the same than the others servers and one that will look for the servers and if one of...
View ArticleDFS server removal
Hello,I have a domain controller that I would like to decomission and remove. It is also one of three namespace servers. How can I remove it as a namespace server? It actually isn't sharing any...
View ArticleFSRM 2008 R2 reporting inaccurate quota usage amounts
I've got a Win2008r2 Enterprise server with FSRM 2008R2 installed. I switched someone's quota from soft to hard when they reached 472% of their quota, to try to curb their appetite for disk space!...
View ArticleServer 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...
View Articleexperience slow file server performance
Hi all,currently we are expecting some strange problems with our fileserver. It is a Windows Server 2012 server with newest hardware. After one to two weeks uptime, Windows 7 clients cannot load their...
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