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Potential Disc error - "Volume Bitmap is Incorrect"
When SQL Server and file share backups begun failing on a Windows 2008 SQL server I started investigating. There were also SQL Analysis server issues which our Sage support provider claims to have...
View ArticleWindows 7 locking files by computer name rather than by user
If a net session command is run, I see a mixture of XP and 7 computers connected to various shared resources. All Windows 7 computers have an IP address for their computer name and have multiple...
View Articlefile server needs to be replaced
thanks for the time.I'm in a bit of a bind. Need to replace our file server. The concern is that it is part of a DFS service. It is the root server. I am guessing I cannot just go in and create a...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 / DFS / IIS / "The specified network is no longer available"
Migrated over to 2008 not all that long ago, all was going OK until last weekend - alot of our clients were experiencing errors, from what I could see it was all relating to a file access problem. We...
View ArticleCan someone explain the numbers I'm seeing here, related to server 2012 Dedup?
On a 2012 Standard server, I have deduplication turned on for a data volume. Several directories are set up as exclusions in dedup settings, so there are only 2 directories which should be getting...
View ArticleDFSR design best practices: Discontiguous DFSR folders in the same...
I have setup a DFSR replication group as follows and was wanted to confirm this is inline with best practices:I have 3 servers in the same branch office. Each has a different folder I want to...
View ArticleClients accessing files via DFS Namespace seeing long pauses....but not with...
Hi All,Been working on this for several weeks now and wondering if I've missed something basic.Head Office with 3 Branch OfficesW2K8R2 servers as DC's in each officeRunning Domain Functional Level -...
View ArticleDedupe and BKF files
I'm currently backing up three 2003 Servers to a share on a backup Server (running 2003) with the NTbackup tool. I am considering upgrading the backup server to Windows 2012 and am interested in the...
View ArticleShare Permission fro Mac User
I have a user that uses a Mac and can connect/make new documents and files in a Windows share. She accesses the share by using the AD username and password I created for her. When she tries to rename...
View ArticleFolders on Network share becoming System, Hidden
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller that runs as our file server also. I have a Public folder that is shared on our network with 21 other folders inside of it. Recently 4 specific folders...
View Articledfsr health report says files received, but server is offline
I have a hub and spoke replication group with one hub and about 80 spokes.The hub was taken offline temporarily and during that time a health report was generated with dfsradmin via this...
View ArticleDFS flat shares
I am migrating DFS from a 2003 standard server to 2008R2 standard. Moving shares and folder structure is not a problem but the DFS does function diferently in 2008 Since the domain and forest are...
View ArticleStrange folders in DFS
I have several windows 2008 R2 and windows 2003 fileservers, also I have windows 2003 domain controllers as namespaces servers. I am trying to consolidate all (185) shares to a single DFS...
View ArticleFile server migration from domain A to domain B.
Dear FriendsFor some reason we are planing to migrate our file server FS1 which is member of domain A to new domain B.FS1 consist more thane 400 root folder and 1000+ sub folders, I am looking a...
View ArticleW2K12 Dedupe
I have a Windows Server 2012 File Server w/ 6TB of data. 70% of the contents are Adobe Files and Pictures, the rest are MS Office files. I'd like to turn on dedupe on the volume.Are Photoshop and...
View ArticleVolume Shadow Copy - Older Copies Can Only Be Seen by Administrator
A regular user reported she could only see the previous versions of a file going back to 6/25. Looking at the same file the domain administrator could see previous versions going back to 5/15. I...
View ArticleDFS file paths
W2K8 R2 domain enviroment, DFS NameSpace is \\domain.local\dfs, single domain.We have some users who can see file shares with their given permissions using\\domain\dfs\Accountants\User.One while others...
View ArticleAdding a new folder in DFS Management creates a .DFSFolderLink inside the new...
This is my first time setting up DFS. I added a Namespace, then added a Folder using the DFS Management tool. Every time I do this, inside the new folder is a link named .DFSFolderLink. Why is it doing...
View ArticleDFSR Replication Question
First time poster, long time lurker, but will appreciate some help here. One of our servers that was in a DFSR replication group just experienced a ungraceful shutdown and our primary objective here is...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 disk space disappearing
I have a 2008 R2 server with a 40gb C: drive that showed as having 24k free. If i unhide everything and then use diskmonger or disktree then they report that only 24GB are actually used.Shadow copy...
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