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FSRM 2008R2 reports big different size with folder properties
Hi Everyone,I'm having this issue and spend huge amount of time to search around but cannot explain why FSRM reports a big diffeent on used space compare to Windows Folder Properties.As you can see...
View ArticleUnable to use a virtual disk on CiB as a Witness disk without making it a...
Hello Everyone,I hope someone can help us with this one. We have a customer with a 2-Node cluster in a SuperMicro CiB. The issue we are facing is that with Windows Enterprise edition we are unable to...
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Cannot Access DFS Replication performance counter
Hi I am setting up DFS Replication on Windows Server 2012 . I have given Accounts access to Performance log users group as well but still Im getting this error on the health report .When I check the...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleHow to make clients have their own storage on windows server 2012 R2?
HeySo I have a server running Windows Server 2012 R2, I got 5 clients connected to it.On the server I have a second volume of 4TB which is made for client storage. So I'll like it if every Client got...
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Creating a SAN with MS iSCSI Target
In this configuration, how do I make sure that the iSCSI traffic takes the SAN route?
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RDP- redirect local mapped drive resource
Hi All,Background:Forest/Domain A (W2K8R2)Forest/Domain B (W2K8R2)Forest A and B are trusted.Users in Forest A map some drives (DFS shares) via GPO.Now, some users need to connect via RDP to a specific...
View ArticleConvert a physical DFSR node to a virtual node without re-initialization?
Currently, our primary file server is a physical machine with file storage on a SAN. We're using DFSR to sync (two-way) files with a branch office. We'd like to virtualize the primary file server...
View Articlerobocopy commands to copy data with NTFS permissoins from windows server 2008...
Hi, I am planning to copy all the share folders along with data to the new server ( server2) and decommission the old one (server1)The other server is also on the same domain as server1. i want to use...
View ArticleCopy the parent folder with ROBOCOPY
I am trying to Move one folder +Contents from one drive to another. ROBOCOPY E:\Users\Laviathin\Pictures\"Art"\Manga G:\Will\"My Pictures"\Manga /MOVE /FP /ETA /LOG:MANGA.TXTI want to to Move the...
View ArticleRequest advice on File Share Sizing
Hi,Anyone please advice me about file share with failover cluster on WS2008 R2 or later.I have a data about 9TB for 1700 users roaming profile. Anyone please advice me about server sizing of failover...
View Article2003 SMB client much faster than 2008 R2 SMB client
Hi,Old client: Windows Server 2003 SP2New client: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1File server: Windows Server 2012 R2 with 2014 November RollupCopying a folder with a large number of files from a file share...
View ArticleFile search on Server 2008 using Windows 7 workstation
Trying to get Windows 7 clients to search a network file share using the search index on the file server, but doesnt seem to be working.My setup is: Windows Storage Server Standard 2008 (not R2),...
View ArticleWork Folders Stopped Working - The sync server needs the user's current user...
Our Work Folders deployment has just stopped working.Once the user has logged in to ADFS they get the following error message "The sync server needs the user's current user name and password...
View ArticleNew Large Files on a Windows 2012 Server
I would like to have a weekly report showing me what large file have been added to a drive in the previous 7 days - is this possible? I am aware of the FSRM reports that run but I'd rather not have to...
View ArticleDeduplication and DFS Replication (RDC) over WAN
Hello Everyone !We are running a Windows 2012R2 File Server on site A. The server has deduplication enabled on the share and we do replicate the content of this share to a Windows 2012R2 Server on site...
View ArticleDFS Replication service is unable to access the performance counter
Issue description:Exactly the same as:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Situation: Server A B...
View ArticleCannot optimize volume - Receive error "The specified extrinsic Method does...
When I try to optimize a volume on a server running Windows Server 2012 (R1). I receive the below error. This volume is an ISCSI target to our Compellent SAN. Other Servers don't have an issue with...
View ArticleApplication Information service won't start.
I am trying to added a share on a Windows Server 2008r2 domain controller. Had one that was working fine. Now it's not working. Trying to re-add the share and i get a error that says "Your system...
View ArticleFolder visibility
Hello,I have a 'folder' share on my Windows Server 2008 Standard R2. Within the shared folder, are several subfolders (each for my users). NTFS/share permissions are set at the 'shared' folder level...
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