file server help.
hi all,Currently, we have Windows 2003 file server and evey user has home share \\fileserver\%username%$ and all users' shares are on the drive G.Now, we need to move users' shares to Windows 2012 file...
View ArticleImages becoming corrupt through shared areas
Hello,I'm experiencing a strange problem where images become corrupt when accessing the shared area from another server.File server (W2K12) is on the *.*.2.0/24 subnet and on the int.domain.co.uk...
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Server 2008 R2 EISA Partition
At some point soon I will need to extend the partition for the C drive and was thinking about using the EISA partition. I know this partition is sometimes used for recovery but it appears it was never...
View ArticleRobocopy Switches
Hello,I need to move a single file share off of one server and onto another so I was going to use robocopy to do so. However, I have completely confused with the amount of switches and don't know what...
View ArticleCannot delete file.
I have a file which cannot be deleted (or otherwise modified). It always says Access is Denied. When attempting to view owner, it says it cannot be displayed. I cannot take ownership, attrib, icacls...
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Create San storage using iscsi target
Hii want to Create a San storage for My hyper-v Server ; one of them is server 2008 and the other is Server 2012.I use iSCSI target for this purpose using this linkIntroduction of iSCSI Target in...
View ArticleFile server replication setup?
Hi,I have file server (Rather a server with a shared folder).I want to implement another server (these are vm's on hyper-v 2012) and ensure some sort of replication between both servers such that if I...
View ArticleCannot delete ‘file name’: Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you...
We are currently experiencing an issue when offline files is enabled and either the Desktop or My Documents is redirected to our SAN via GPO. The redirects are \\server\users\%USERNAME%\documents...
View ArticleFile in shared folder not accessible for one user
Hello all,At the moment our file server (w2k3) has a shared folder structure. Folders, subfolders and files inherit permissions from parent andEveryone has read, write, execute permissions.There is one...
View ArticleDFSUtil fails to create target folder but GUI does
Hi all, trying to use DFSUTIL to create some DFS links along with their associated shares. This would be the equivalent of creating a new folder in the namespace and specifying a share which doesn't...
View Articlequota management windows 2012 NOT AVAILABLE
Hello,Despite of installing File Server Resource manager from where I can set quota on folders, this option is not available in the Advanced mode of the "add Share..." wizard;It only says : "No quota...
View ArticleReattach iSCSI to a new Windows Server
Evening!I was wondering... We have a windows 2008 R2 enterprise server running our backup software. Which stores it into an iSCSI.Due to an unfortunate series of events. This server has went down and,...
View ArticleUnable to use Unallocated Space in Server2008R2
<p>In Disk Management I find an Unallocated Disk of 1676.00 GB , When I right Click to Make it a Simple volume , Everything is Greyed, Except Properties. Is their a method to make this...
View ArticleDFSR and nightly resyncs
We have an odd issue which has recently started. We have 4 offices connected using DFSR replicating 1,300,000 files. We recently replaced 2 older servers with 2012 standard boxes with two other 2003r2...
View ArticleW2K12 Deduplication [Reading Performance]
Hi,I've just installed a new 2012 DC server which is going to hold Veeam Backups.So I've created a storage pool around 8TB and created a new volume with deduplication enabled but here comes the issue,...
View ArticleNot enough space to complete operation
Hi,Im using windows 2008 server on Dell PowerVault NX. Some weeks ago I installed 4 new hard drives. Added to existing raid, and i was able to see them in disk manager (3,7 TB unallocated space), but...
View ArticleDFSR Replication Group missing in action
We have DFSR running between win 2003R2 and Win2008std. The Hub is a win2008 server and we have 9 spokes. The problem started when i noticed that the topology showed that 1 member was disconnected. The...
View ArticleSharing & Security Issue
HiI created one shared folder in Windows server 2008 R2. Under the main folder i created four sub folders & given different access to those folders.For ExampleIn Sub folder 1 - Design Dept have...
View ArticleQuick file server rundown
Hey guys,I'm working with a file server and I'm mostly a network guy. I need a quick rundown of exactly how exclusive and read/only access works with a file.When a file is opened a hidden file is...
View ArticleDFS Replication - Can it act like a back up ?
DFS Replication - Can it act like a back up ? If the data in the primary location gets deleted I beleive that it would remove the data from the replcaition site as well. But is there way to avoid this...
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