2012 storage pool
Hello. I have an HP DL380 G6 server running Windows 2012 Server. The server has the following disks available (no raid/array configured):2x136GB SAS 15k8x72GB SAS 15k4x500GB SAS 7.2kUsing the raid...
View ArticleCombine Hardware RAID1 with SIMPLE TIERED Storage Spaces Windows Server 2012 R2
I have a lot of customers with HP ProLiant ML350 Servers using HP SmartArray controllers. Since you can NOT configure SmartArray Controllers to handle Harddisks in JBOD mode (which is a requirement...
View ArticleMigrate from DFS 2003 R2 or (Windows Server 2000 mode) to Windows 2008 R2
Hi,I'm currently running a single DFS namespace (13 folders) which is in Windows Server 2000 mode. It was originally installed on Windows Server 2003 R2 member hosts when the domain was 2003 R2. I've...
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Cannot decrypt or backup files
Hi Everyone,I am getting some failures in my backup software when trying to backup certain files. After some digging it turns out these files are encrypted, however when I try and clear this box:I get...
View ArticleFile Server Migration NTFS Permissions cleanup
Hello,I have migrated a file server from Domain1.com to Domain2.com, using the lates ADMT tool the security translation that i have choosen in the wizard is Replace so I can get the same users on...
View ArticleWitness Client failed to find a Witness Server for NetName \\servername with...
Hi,I'm getting a hundreds of Critical SMBWitnessClient alerts in event managerWitness Client failed to find a Witness Server for NetName \\servername with error (The interface is unknown.). Retrying in...
View ArticleWindows server 2012 File Server - Corrupt Images
Hi Guys,I migrated a windows file share from Windows server 2003 to a new virtual windows server 2012 data centre server. All appears ok except for one issueThere are numerous word docs on this file...
View ArticleDuplicate files appear after new file created
Hi,I have a file share for scanning from the printer. Every time I scan a file to a that share duplicate file appears with same name and \1 in the end. I cant find what application does it. Any...
View ArticleWhere is the iSCSI.cfg file stored on Microsoft servers?
Where is the iSCSI.cfg file stored on Microsoft servers?EADR in Data Protector relys on this file for creating recovery.iso's
View ArticleDFSR issues - Backlog reset
Hi,I have some fileservers with a huge amount of data. Both servers are Win2K8 R2. Topoligy is fullmesh. All works fine and pretty fast.On 2 servers I get a backlog for files that do not (longer) exist...
View ArticleWindows Storage Server 2008 DISCOVERY Error?
Few weeks ago I setup a hosting a SQL databae on my MS Storage Server.Then we move application to another location, so I manualy deleted all virtual disks, LUN's created by SQL host wizard.Now when I...
View Articlereplacing a failed disk in storage space ! unable to remove a retired disk
Hi Folks Not really asking for much !! we are using windows 2012 R2 storage space ; one disk failed and marked as retired. today we received replacement disk ; added that to storage pool - fine....
View ArticleDFSR with two members, both in Initial replication state?
We have in total 3 servers replicating a given folder, one server has its replication in a completely broken state because of some DB error on its volume.Now, out of two servers for the above...
View ArticleFiles and Directories Disappear Server 2008 R2
When files are copied to the users home directory they are there at that time and check out OK. From that time up to 5 days later they just disappear. Nothing in any logs or the file audit logs. On one...
View ArticlePrivate network folder for each user on Windows Server 2012
Hi,I'd like to share a folder on my Windows Server 2012 network with each user that other users can't read. How could I do this?
View Articlesysvol replication fails
Hello everyone,I have a problem after changing primary dc in company. Old DC became unstable, so we replaced it, migrated all to a new one. Old dc was 2003 r2 server, new one is 2008 r2. Error: The...
View ArticleRisk to recreate DFSR Group Replication in Windows 2008 R2
DFS replication group has been deleted and I need to recreate it. Now what I just want to make sure if I recreate the replication group are all folders between my 3 servers will resynch without...
View ArticleFiles go missing from Share
Hi,I'm having an issue where files are being deleted or go missing from a share on a Server 2003 Machine.Files on the share are being deleted by different PCs at different times. During one instance...
View ArticleDrive capacity on servers
I was asked an interesting question yesterday and honestly didn't know the answer. As we view the drive capacity in the property of computer, they are often depicted in either Blue or Red (presumably...
View ArticleDeduplication Schedule
Hello-We have data dedup enabled on a volume that contains user profiles. The dedup works great. I get 87% savings. What we are trying to figure out is how the schedule works. We are not concerned...
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