Storage Spaces Disk Failure Notifications
Hi there,I work with backup & recovery systems on a daily basis & am always seeing disk failures - it comes with the turf, high data turn over means more wear & tear... Now Server 2012 I'm...
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Storage Spaces Protected Partition Show Negative Capacity and Free Space
Is there a way to remove this ghost partition? I'm not sure how it got created, possibly from a prior corrupted server build but I've rebuild my server since then.I think its preventing me from...
View ArticleFile Server Migration from Domain A to Domain B
Hi,I have a File Server in Domain and I want to move to Domain B. Why?User are working in Domain B but when they want to access some files, they have to login into Domain A to get file access.How is...
View ArticleDFSR backlog spikes
I set up a DFS system for my company about five years ago, and until recently it’s been working flawlessly and without any issues. We have one domain with four sites, and in each site there are two...
View ArticleSearch index limits in Windows Server 2012?
In Windows Server 2008 it was recommended to not index more than one million files. We found that to be a reliable recommendation because we had stability problems when we tried to do more. Has that...
View ArticleFile server migration - Windows 2003 >> Windows 2012 -- Tool?
Hi We have to migrate our file server from a Windows 2003 to Windows 2012 server.Before I have used both Robocopy and File migration tool but now I'm looking for a new tool. Is there any? Can not...
View ArticleConsistent Hard Drive Diagnostic Software
I'm trying to find a reliable set of diagnostic tests to detect hard drive failure. I have evaluated several S.M.A.R.T. tests and CHKDSK, and have found that they often do not agree in terms of health...
View ArticleWindows - Special/advanced permissions - Windows 2003 >> Windows 2008/2012
HiWe recently migrated file server from a Windows 2003 to Windows 2012. We used Secure Copy from Dell (Quest) and it worked pretty well.But, we had some problem with special and advanced rights. It...
View ArticleHow to reset the folder quota?
We implemented the folder quota on Windows Server 2008 R2 file server. Recently, user reported that their folder quota is full, it is true if I check it through FSRM (19.9GB / 20GB). But when I check...
View ArticleInaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The...
Inaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The target of the symbolic link SOMEFILE.VHD does not existI have a Script that pauses the VM and backs up the .VHD files, using...
View ArticleEvent ID 43, Source iScsiPrt
Greetings,My first post here.I am wracking my brain trying to understand the following issue and could use some help.I have a several Dell M600 Blade with MS2k8R2(x64) SP1 installed. On one of the...
View ArticleFile Server Permissions
We'll be moving to AD soon, and are testing various things currently. Before I go testing this I figured the answer would be pretty easy. We are currently building a file server for testing. In the...
View ArticleError removing physical disk marked as Retired
I have Server 2012 with one storage pool and one virtual disk. The virtual disk uses layout parity and thin provisioning. It contained 4 physical disks. One of the physical disks failed. It was pulled...
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 ArticleMirroring a local volume to a iSCSI volume (software RAID 1)
Is it possible to mirror a local (non-system, data-only) Volume to a iSCSI Volume with Server 2008 R1? To add the mirror itself shouldn't be the problem. But after restarting the server, the iSCSI...
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Remotely Configuring Shadow Copies Server 2012 Core
I am running into trouble remotely configuring Shadow Copies on a Windows Server 2012 core file server using the Computer Management MMC snapin.I am getting the following error message when trying to...
View ArticleCan't access a shared folder on Server 2008 R2 Standard
I have been trying to access a shared folder on C drive of a customers server for a week. All was working well until operating system was corrupted and had to reload OS. Now I have reloaded a second...
View ArticleWhy domain user work as domain adminstrator?
In my company domain have one user account work as domain administrator. When i make check for this user, i see this member in just one groupDomain User. I try to make share for any folder and gave...
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DFSR deleted 500 GB Data.
Dear All,I am facing one issue with one of my customer. They have 3 servers as FILE Servers.One server they have in HeadOffice Site and another Server in DR Site. Before few days we found that one...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager - Unable to email
Hi,I have a 2012 cluster. On this FSRM is running.When I goto test the email funtionality I get the eventID 12306Error: IFsrmEmailExternal::SendMail, 0x8004531c, The SMTP server requires a secure...
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