remove existing share folders in windows domain client machines
Hi Team, I used sysinternals tool shareenum & found in our Windows domain network many users have shared folders in their local machine which is highlighted by auditor. Now i have found a way...
View ArticleUse robocopy for mirroring
Hello  everyone!I use robocopy for mirroring some file resources at win2012 by using bat-file with scheduler.But I have some troubles, and i can't find a resolution. Maybe someone could explain...
View ArticleTransfer of large filesover iSCSI reported as complete by OS way before...
New to iSCSI and trying to set up a Synology RS813 NAS as a backup repository for a 2012.R2 hyper-v host. The iSCSI initiator on the 2012.R2 server connects to the NAS iSCSI target (block based)Â via 2...
View ArticleMount NAS Share in Windows 2008 R2 using CIFS
Hi All,We have a requirement to setup NAS file share mounted to Windows 2008 R2 server using CIFS. This share needs to be visible for all users who logged in to the server and should be a permanent...
View Article[Forum FAQ] How to map a drive to a domain name
SymptomThere is a shared folder (Share) on a DC of contoso.com. If you access the shared folder using the path\\contoso.com\Share, you will find the shared folder is empty. If you try to create a new...
View ArticleOffline files location on local filesystem on client machine ?
What is the default location for offline files synced via 'Sync Center' in windows 7 on local filesystem ?Aditya Mediratta
View Articleoccasional ntbackup failure with event id 4354 source event system and ID...
SBS 2003 sp2We have have 4 backups that run nightly, one system state to usb, one for the c drive to usb, one for the d drive to usb and one usb to tape. About once a week one of them will fail, not...
View ArticleDFS asks users for name and password, redirected folders v slow
I am having real problems with redirected folders using DFS and win 6 (2008 server TS) and win 7 (workstation) clients. In the folder redirection for my docs and desktop I have used the FQDN as the...
View ArticleError mounting DFS on CentOS 6.4
Hi, I'm having a few issues mounting a windows DFS share on a centos 6.4 server. Initially I followed the instructions on this blog but I'm still getting the error...
View ArticleOffline Files unavailable on some systems when off-network (Windows 7 Pro...
The short question is why would Offline Files fail only on some systems when all configurations seem identical? Â Here's the scenario:We have Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection deployed to our Win7...
View ArticleIs it OK to replicate a folder structure using multiple replication groups?
We have a two-way hub-and-spoke DFS replication topology. Our headquarters is the hub, and each of the branch offices is a spoke. Each spoke has its own two-way replication group (lets' call the...
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 Articleget-dfsrfilehash
Hi,I am trying to get the file-hash table for my dfs replicated data .. i just want to compare with source server whether it's correct or not but i am not able get the get-dfsrfilehash command on my...
View ArticlePerformance tuning and tweak for 1000+ user accessing File Server 2012 R2...
Hi People,Can anyone here please share some knowledge and suggestion of any settings that I need or should implement forWindows Server 2012 R2 file server that will be used by 1000+ user access...
View ArticleReinstalled server, recreated user profiles loading temporary accounts
I've had to reinstall Server 2008 R2 due to a system crash, and unfotunately had no backup of the AD. User accounts are on a shared folder and accessed through a profile path...
View ArticleAfter share moved to new Server User can't save .xls file anymore.
Dear Forum,we have a strange problem here. Situation:A fileshare got moved from a very old Server 2000 to our new 2008 R2 Server. Ever since the departments share moved Servers she (and her colleagues)...
View ArticleDFSN Reports
Hi Team,We have installed the DFS in our environment in a 2003R2 server. We have only one Namespace and many target folders.I want to take a report which gives me the list of users to which the...
View ArticleIs it possible to extend volumes with DFS without taking any resources offline?
I am running two Windows 2008 R2 servers (hosting DFS) within a VMware 4.1 environment. From the VM side of the house additional space was allocated. My question is: Can I simply expand my volume using...
View ArticleHardware for SoFS cluster for Hyper-V
Hi,I'm considering placing a SoFS cluster in front of my existing SAN to allow a Hyper-V 2012 R2 cluster to use SMB 3.0 shares for storage. 10Gb Ethernet and 8Gb FC used. I would connect the Hyper-V...
View ArticleIn DFS, How to make servers LEAST COST for different subnets.
Hello, We setup DFS in our domain (SERVER1) and we replicated the DFS namespace into a server which is also a member of the domain but it is on a DIFFERENT SUBNET (let's call this server SERVER2). How...
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