ReFS on Storage Space - specific operational questions
I have done a lot of experimenting with storage space (and like them) and am considering ReFS for use on a photo editing workstation where there are lots of rarely used images that I want to protect...
View ArticleOffline files pointing to an old file server?
Hi All,I have some challenges with offline files. Within my organisation there are a number of laptop operators that utilize offline files, which is normally fine. However we recently changed our File...
View ArticleWhy does file operations hangs after deleting folder on large NTFS volume
There is a computer under Windows Server 2012R2 with 54,5 TB NTFS volume. Volume is almost full and highly fragmented (defrag.exe says that it has 98% fragmented space). It is used for storing video...
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Cannot delete share of folder that has been deleted
I had a folder shared using server manager file and storage services. I deleted the folder and now cannot delete the share.I checked in the list of registry shares and it does not exist.
View ArticleDISKSHADOW Hangs when attempting to backup Hyper V VMs
I've been backing up Hyper V VM's for a while using DISKSHADOW (for testing purposes). For the most part it works great, but every now and then I run into a Hyper V Host that just, for no apparent...
View ArticleProblem with folder redirection / indexing.
Hello,i migrated some files (around 1,5TB) from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 with Robocopy. Installed file services, created namespace, verified permissions. Then i tried to redirect user folder to this...
View Articlecopying from network location
i have an FTP site like ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx username password for it. i had added a network location for this ftp site in "MY COMPUTER" and it is accessible correctly and named it as "remote-ftp". i...
View ArticleOpen files reverting to read only
Got a problem I am struggling to resolve.When opening a file from our file server it opens correctly with read/write access. This is confirmed when checking in the "open files" mmc.After leaving the...
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Windows stalls when copying reaches 99% or when saving changes to...
I have a virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard which I use as a file server. The users access these files over via a network share on the virtuel server.I have checked all settings and...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012R2 cluster NFS access denied on RHEL
Hi All,This is regarding a file server on w Windows Server 2012r2 cluster with NFS shares set up.Short description of the configuration used: NFSv4 is used. RHEL clients are accessing the shares. They...
View ArticleCannot create new folder since Windows Updates
I'm heaving troubles creating a new folder since I installed some Windows updates. I browse to the DFS namespace using the following path:\\contoso.com\data$\myfolderWhen I right click inside the...
View ArticleNetwork location - Ramsomware
We are using to access shared folders the map drive option. But, it was infected by ransomware. We want to use network location like an option. Has been it infected by ransomware ?Does we have other...
View ArticleWindows Search not working in share
I have 2 Windows Server 2012 Std. and a number of Windows Server 2008 servers. We have been sharing the drives and providing access to users. recently, we have noticed that Windows search does not work...
View Articlepagefile.sys size increased
Hi.!I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 in one of my server and also i'm using Hyper-V on that same server. This server is configured with Intel Xeon E5645 @2.40GHz (2 Processors), 32 GB RAM. but still...
View ArticleInfomation from a Local Windows account to a domain account
Hello, How do I get information from a local windows account to a domain account? If possible.Thanks!
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Disks and SAN policies
Hi,Need assistance please, I have a Windows 2008 R2 cluster, the disks as seen from Disk management on both nodes are shown as unknown and reserved. There is an exclamation mark next to each disk...
View ArticleDFS Moved Files
I have two file server both 2012r2. I installed the DFS Namespaces and DFS replication roles on both servers. I then created a simple namespace called ITDFS and added a folder to the namespace called...
View ArticleWork Folders - Client 0x86000005
Hi, I am testing work folders at the moment and having an issue with one client machine. When I try to add the folder using the wizard I get to the last step and when I click Set up work folders I...
View ArticleFile lock lost
Hey, we currently have the Problem that after we upgraded to windows 10, files can be opened and by two persons at the same time (with write permission). This leads to the problem that the chnages from...
View ArticleDFS Namespace and replication
Hello All,I configured DFS namespace and give the physical path direct to D:\Public folder. This folder contains users data on server DFS01. Next I added another namespace server called DFS02 and...
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