Search Index performance (W2008 R2)
HiAre there any limits to the number of files the search index can process on W2008 R2 ? We have a file server which is connected via iSCSI to an external SAN device. The data volume is approx. 2TB...
View ArticleACL folder access permission problem.
Hi,I having problem of remove an user from a folder, after i remove user A from folder and user A still can access to the folder, i go to folder and check permission tab, find out user A i deleted just...
View ArticleHelp! DFS Root Server Issues
Yesterday, we took a Windows Server 2003 box offline and retired it for good. We were unaware at the time of removal that this server was part of the DFS infrastructure. It did not host any shares,...
View ArticleDFS Namespace won't start and ABE not working properly
I have a network file server that I'm using ABE on. I did some updates to the default domain policy that enabled it on my servers properly.Before I did the update ABE was working fine, and hid the...
View ArticleServer 2012 DFS over WAN, Home dir's & TS profiles
I am considering deploying Server 2012 DFS for our two sites to host redirected Home dirs, TS profiles, and general network shares, ideally in an Active/Active or if I have to an automatic fail over...
View ArticleExclude DfsrPrivate from DPM protection?
So, I've been trying to troubleshoot intermittent one way DFS replication (in a full mesh setup) with a Microsoft support engineer. I'm running server 2k8R2 on my file servers (one is a DC), and...
View ArticleVDSBusTypeFileBackedVirtual and VDSBusTypeSpaces in VDS_STORAGE_BUS_TYPE
Hello all,I want to know more about the enum values VDSBusTypeFileBackedVirtual and VDSBusTypeSpaces in VDS_STORAGE_BUS_TYPE. I wanted to find out if any disk visible to VDS is a physical one or...
View ArticleMigrate the file server from 2008 to 2012 with data permission
Hi,I have to upgrade the data/file server in terms of software and as well as hardware and I would like to keep the permission on the files/folders.Any tips on it please. Currently, I have HP Pro...
View Articlethere is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation
When I try to expand the disk on my windows 2008 server I get this error: there is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation any suggestion are greatly appreciated Thanks AL
View ArticleQuery Directory SMB2 Command Problem
HiI am using SMB2 Command Query Directory in order to fetch directory information from a server. While I am using the flag "SMB2_INDEX_SPECIFIED" I can see that Server keeps on sending information...
View ArticleManaging Server 2012 Core Disk Remotely
Good Day All,I’m working with Server 2012 Core in a lab environment and I’m having an issue with disk management that makes the process inefficient.I’ve enabled all the required firewall rules (on both...
View ArticleHyper V 2012 clustered shared storage and file services and a single iscsi...
Hi,we have a situation, two Hyper-v hosts if failover cluster with mpio to a single iSCSI target, all servers (guests) are running from the iSCSI target using the iSCSI as a clustered shared...
View ArticleStorage Server 2012, dedup & snapshots, iSCSI vs SMB3
Hello,We are soon going to deploy a server 2012 storage cluster with a fiber channel san as the backend disk. Our dilemma right now is that our file servers are getting to be too large and our VMDK...
View ArticleDFS replicated folder health report / Excel Temp files / Access Denied
Hello,When I run a DFS health report I get a couple hundred errors on Excel temp files. (named random characters)I guess this makes since and is not a problem, but I'm wondering if there is a way to...
View ArticleProblems with shared Excel files disappearing with DFSR on Server 2008 R2
Hello all,We have a problem while saving Excel files that are "shared" (multiple user editing) in DFS replicated network folder.Environment: 2 x Server 2008 R2 (hosting shared Excel files in a network...
View Articleiscsi cannot be connected
I have Server Storage 2008 and setup iSCSi Target but I can't connect from any computer in network. I have other iscsi device works fine.Event ID 10 and 113 generated: "Login request failed. The login...
View ArticleDFS question, setting up replication between two servers issue
We have implemented Windows 2008r2 DFS. I have a question on replication folders. We have a folder/share that has several (but not all) of its sub folders currently replicating to a remote server....
View ArticleShare and NTFS Permissions Issue-Windows Server/Windows 7
Dear All, I am facing a domain level issue, the problem description is: 1. I try to create a folder and Named "Folder 1" and share it with every one with "Read" permissions only. 2. I created another...
View ArticleEnable Windows server 2008 R2 to ask for credential rether than showing...
We have a windows server 2008 R2 machine and this server is acting as a domain controller as well. And all of our client machines are using Windows 7 professional and connected to this domain.There is...
View ArticleRAID5 Array does not show up under disks
I have a server connected to two raid arrays. Each raid array is configured as RAID5.After bringing up Windows 2012 with the raid arrays attached; I went to Server Manager and found one of the arrays...
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