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SMB Locking in 2008
I'm having an issue with an app who's files are hosted on a 2008R2 fileserver. The app is running slow at times. I wiresharked and saw lock requests from clients. What kind of locks are these and can...
View ArticleUnknown error? Winodws Search?
I think these are related to Window Search but I am not sure. They were in a file called VOLSHEXT.LOG. I searched the internet could not find anything and also no entries in the Event-log. Could...
View ArticleDFS-r Seeming to Select Incorrect Primary Member
Hello,So I'm having a strange issue here. I'm trying to set up a replication group between two sites (Denver and LA) with little success. I've tried setting up a test replication group between these...
View ArticleiSCSI with 2 Servers (Same LUN)
Current Setup:dc1.domain.com and dc2.domain.comFreeNAS configured with a LUN on a SANFile & Storage Services Installed on both DCsI have the FreeNAS connected to dc1 as a local disk.My question is...
View ArticleRunning SubInACL after Robocopy in Destination CIFS share ?
Hi All,Can someone please assist me as to why I got millions of Error 5 - Access Deniedwhen trying to copy the NTFS drive onto CIFS share using the following Robocopy script in Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleSharing Breaks After Migrating Data Using ROBOCOPY
I am using ROBOCOPY (run from the 2008 R2 server) to migrate data from a Windows 2003 clustered array to a Windows 2008 R2 clustered array and am experiencing sharing issues at the new location.Command...
View ArticleRecover corrupted .bkf file by SysTools BKF Repair.
Hi All,My .bkf file corrupted due to power failure, and now i bought SysTools BKF Repair to retrieve the data from .bkf files. Theare are a few catalogs, say Catalog 1 and Catalog 2, in the corrupted...
View ArticleWin2012 R2 Intel i350-T2 RSS enabled but SMB3 RSS false
I am trying to figure out why RSS is not enabled for SMB3 on a Windows 2012 R2 server with Intel i350-T2 nic cards using Intel drivers 12.11.97.0. Ethernet 4 is connected to a 1GB switch, the card is...
View ArticlePatch 2807849 applie on Windows 2012 R2
Dear all,I have the same problem (System writer in vssadmin not found) on a Windows 2012 R2 server I tried a lot of things to get the system writer back.Is it safe to apply the 2807849...
View ArticleDeleting offline folder cache
Hello All,I need expert advice on the following; We need to delete the offline folder cache on the windows 7 clients for over a 100+ users in our environment.Let me describe the scenario -- All the...
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Windows 2008 R2 System Volume Information too large
Hello,My System Volume Information folder on my Win 2008 R2 is over 300GB, total partition size is 3.7 TB. I'm using this partition to store third party backup software files. maybe a 100 files, that...
View ArticleStorage Space and Mirrored Drive
Sorry if I'm adding more to clutter to the Storage Spaces conversation, but I can't seem to find an answer to an issue I have.While doing an inital test of Storage Spaces, I did the following:With two...
View ArticleCannot add multiple file screens on a specific path
I have a situation where the limitation of adding a single file screen to a specified path just doesn't work. Using Windows Server 2008 R2 64BitWe don't allow users to store things like images, video...
View ArticleHow to prevent creation of My * folders on Home drive
First a little background. Our enterprise (some 11,000+ computers) utilize Active Directory to manage user logons and credentials. Every user has a home drive mapped to one of our many servers as part...
View ArticleDomain User Cannot Access "My Documents" Subfolder
Hello, I have a users who uses a Windows 7 PC and a Windows 8 Laptop. The user is joined to a Domain and can access the "My Documents" folder and sub folders without an issue on the Windows 7 PC. When...
View ArticleNeed help to move my unallocated space to my system partition
When trying to check the healthy state of my D partition in Disk Management, I find there is some unallocated space behind this partition. Moreover, comparing to create a new partition with the...
View ArticleHELP!! Storage Space Space Suddenly wants to Format, Unable to Access Data
Help please! This is for a Windows 8.1 used as a Home Media Server, Every thing was working fine and one day when I turned on the Server I was unable to access the Storage Space, and windows was...
View ArticleMigrating from FRS to DFSR - Order?
We have a root domain, and a single child domain. I want to migrate to DFSR, but I have a few questions:1). Will they both upgrade together, or must I do one then the other? If the latter.. does it...
View ArticleRoaming Profile - Add Administrators rights to profile folder without taking...
HiIs there any utility to apply 'Administrators' rights to user's roaming profile folder on Win2K3 server share without taking ownership and without affecting the user's existing permissions. I've...
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Storage Spaces Tiers optimization - how to disable totally ?
Hello,Is Storage Spaces tiering optimization happens automatically then Storage Spaces thinks it has to be done ?In my server i have set "Storage Tiers Optimization" task in task scheduled run every...
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