File in use when disconnected from wireless/wired network - Network Shared Drive
Hi,We're having an issue where we are getting a "file in use" message when disconnected from the network. To replicate the issue, what we have been doing is: 1) Connect to the wired network with...
View ArticleIs it Normal to See a Backlog from Non-Authoritative to Authoritative Partner...
Added SERVER3 as the third member of an existing DFSR replication group. The other two members are SERVER1 and SERVER2. While adding SERVER3, I indicated that I only wanted it to replicate with...
View ArticleIdea: Storage Spaces Tier & Resiliency Settings
Anyone else experimenting with Storage Spaces and find that the Tier should be where Resiliency Setting are defined?It would make sense to have Tier's will various resiliency settings. (Write-Intensive...
View ArticleMissing updated information in a file
Windows 7 workstation, Windows Server 2012Issue:Workstation A updates a file and saves the file on Server in a shared folder, Workstation B access the file from the server and doesn't see the updates...
View ArticleWork Folders instead of DFS-R
Was interested to see if I could use Work Folders instead of DFS-R to sync folders between 3 locations.Site A Datacenter would have Folder Site B and folder Site CSite B would have Folder Site B which...
View ArticleWork Folders - How many dedicated servers do I really need for internet based...
I want to deploy Work Folders with external access. I have deployed it internally which only requires 1 DC and 1 Work Folder/File Server. Based on what I have been reading I need to deploy 4 servers...
View ArticleWhen attempting to connect to network shares, why am I being told to "Check...
Last night I upgraded my machine to Windows 8 Pro RTM.Everything seemed to be going well, but then I tried to access a network share.I get a window that says:____________ Network ErrorWindows cannot...
View ArticleEvent id 4502 -- dfsr
Hi,We have customer servers which has DFSR configured. There are two folders D:\Home and D:\Users which are under DFS replication. We were seeing the event id 4502 daily for the above folders. We did...
View ArticleStorage Spaces and 2 Samsung 840 SSDs
Hello Everyone,I have an issue that i need assistance on. In Server 2012 R2 using Storage Spaces it seems to be unable to differentiate between 2 SSDs of the same model. It sees them both but if i...
View ArticleIncrease in DEDUP RATE after migration. Why?
I had an OLD FileServer, WIN2012R2, 3 TB Volume with Dedup enabled and average rate of dedup it was 49%-52% over tha last 3 years. IN 2016, the free space of the volume is going down and in january we...
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Security permissions and ownership of the files are getting automatically...
Hi,I have an issue in one of the folder, when creating new file under shared folder or updating the same intermittently it creates permission issue and unable to access as ownership gets...
View ArticleDuplicate a lun and present to new server=loss of NTFS permissions?
I have a disk that I am presenting to a 2008R2 cluster. I duplicate that disk on the SAN, so I am basically presenting that exact same disk to 2012R2 server. I am then losing access to all the folders...
View ArticleMoving shares with all permissions
Hello everybody. I have Server 2008 R2. We using it as file Server only.There in no Active Directory setup. There is no domain - network setup as workgroup. I need to move all shares with permissions...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 DFS replication
Hello All,Which DFS replication is a best solution to manage, to take backup, for redundancy with namespace and multiple folder targets.1> Replicate a single root folder (with all department folders...
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 ArticleFolder for Each domain user on a hard drive
Hello, I was wondering if I can have a 6TB HDD on my server and each domain user have like 500GB each and a folder that only they can use. Thanks!
View ArticleServer 2012 Filename Too Long
HiRecently I replaced a branch office server migrating the services from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. One of the services is the File Server role. The server is a Hyper-V guest with a file storage area on its...
View ArticleLimit SMB for domain logged user only
Hi.We want to deploy an SMB sharing on one server which allow only domain logged user to access.If a user without domain logging want to access, server should deny it without asking for a domain user...
View ArticleShared Folders Session Super Slow, even Freezing, Server 2012R2
Hello, I am using a "Windows Server 2012R2" and I am using it as a scale out file server. When I navigate into the "Computer management / System Tools / Shared Folders / Sessions" the listings are...
View Articlemodify rights user folders
built a new server for our network and moved our user folders over. everyone can access their folders however nobody can modify. Each folder has modify/read & execute/list folder...
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