DFSR log flooded
Hey,I have something weird going on in my dfsr logs, some weeks ago one of the members has crashed. I have disabled every replicated folder for that particular member, waited some refreshed the config...
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 ArticleRecover purged data on windows server 2012 file system with active deduplication
Hello,I have a very difficult situation, i was using robocopy command to move data between two virtual disk in a windows 2012 file server, but i miss used the command and it purged most of the...
View ArticleDisk1 from SAN always mounted offline even after San Policy is set to Online All
Hello,I am Running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition. I am seeing this behavior that first disk from SAN i.e. disk1 on windows is always getting mounted as offline irrespective of SAN...
View ArticleFiles Stuck in DFS Replication Backlog
We have two Windows Server 2012 servers with several different replication groups configured to replicate different folder structures between them. One of these replication groups seems to have a...
View ArticleFSRM Define file types that don't count towards Quota
I'd like the user's home folders to have a 5GB quota, but i don't want their .pst files to count towards that 5GB quota. I haven't found a definitive answer as to whether or not this is possible....
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 ArticleInstall windows 2012 on IBM server x3550
Hi all,I want to install my windows server 2012 on a IBM server (model x3550). On the server is already installed Linux protected with user and password (but I have forgot these), so when I try to run...
View ArticleFSRM - Run A Command - security
Hi,I'm, (testing), trying to run a .cmd file when a file arrives in a folder.I have configured a passive filescreen to allow the creation of a txt file.The filescreen will send an email to a...
View ArticleDFS namespace
Hi,We actually have a file server on Windows Server 2012 with DFS namespace configured on VM (VMWare). The system and its its shares have been working properly for 1 week.AD is actually on Win Svr 2008...
View ArticleFile Server Capacity Planning
Hi All,i was assign to replace or upgrade a file server that will be used by 300 users, 24/7, very important documents.Current server specs:Windows 2008 Sp1 Dual Core2 GB RAM2 Disks Raid 0i have few...
View ArticleVSS and VSSADMIN to "Freeze" NTFS for snapshots
Hello. I am hosting an NTFS volume on a SAN who's vendor does not provide any kind of VSS provider to quiesce a file system priot to a block level volume snapshot. The volume I would like to snapshot...
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 ArticleStorage Spaces Tiering Service running forever, killing user performance
I just installed a new Storage Server 2012 R2 OEM box, with a single mirrored storage space using 4x Samsung 840 Pro SSDs and 12x 3TB Toshiba 7200RPM HDDs. I used the wizard to configure this as a...
View ArticleIntermittent Slow Response time on DFS 2012 and AD 2008 R2 SP1
Hi, We recently migrated our AD infra from 2003 to 2008 R2 SP1. In the same line we also migrated our file server (10 days ago) from 2003 to 2012. We implement DFS namespace (Domain based) on the File...
View ArticleIssue overwriting or saving .PDF files on server. File currently in use, but...
Hello all, and thank you for taking the time to possibly assist me.. Since my first day of hire at said company, Primary Domain controller was a Dell Power Edge 5200 server running Windows Server 2008...
View Articlewindows server 2012 standard - slow performance in file sharing
I recently installed two windows server 2012, one is for DC, one is for File Sharing; it works fine in the beginning.Lately, it comes a problem, every once a while it is very slow when opening a file...
View ArticleRicoh Aficio MP C2051 Scan to Folder - Windows Server 2012 Error:...
I have recently upgraded a clients servers to Windows Server 2012 & since doing so have lost the ability to scan to folder.Both servers are domain controllers and previously on a 2008 domain...
View ArticleWarning when trying to launch application over mapped drive "We can't verify...
We have 2 load balanced application servers that map drives with programs on them for users from a central server that are giving the warning "We can't verify who created this file. Are you sure you...
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DFS link Folder icons not displayed on DFS network Folder.
Hi all:I am migrating from windows server standard 2003 R2 to windows server standard 2012 R2.I have created an alone DFS system on 2012 like 2003.To increase the user recognition for network folders,...
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