Bandwidth for single SMB operation
Hi!I have two servers Win 2016 with network adapters 10Gbs (with RSS support, but without RDMA). If run 4-5 file operations in parallel (copying a few very large files), then the total speed will be...
View ArticleWindows Search missing files when searching from parent but not subfolder
We have recently moved a file server from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 and are experience very bad Windows Search results. I have Windows Search installed on the file server and have indexed the contents (over 1...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Network share - search / indexing issue
Hello,I have a network share the was moved from a Server 2008 R2 to a Server2012 R2 system. The issue is searching the network files on the new system. I can open 2 explorer windows, one to the old...
View ArticleHow would we get Shadowcopy to send notification of status - e.g. successful...
Hi,How would we get Shadowcopy to send notification of status - e.g. successful shadowcopy - with some stats. Either email or event log alerts would do. Any alerts or reports?thanks,
View ArticleServer 2016 Work Folders and Windows 10 1803 Sync Question
We've just deployed Work Folders in our organisation and so far we're loving it. It solves a lot of issues and enhances our user's experience.I have a question about .ini files. We have essentially...
View ArticleShared Access
Hi All, I had a windows 7 machine built to share a folder on my workgroup network. I slowly grew my network and begun getting an error that there was too many simultaneous connections. I was told to...
View ArticleWorkstation service wont start - error 2
I'm running Windows 2008 server enterprise r2 and I got hit by a nasty virus that modified a bunch of my services and its dependencies. Since then I'm having a problem getting the workstation service...
View ArticleWindows 2016 storage server (NAS) iSCSI VHDX virtual disk - backup method?
I have a Windows 2016 storage server (NAS) with a local iSCSI Target virtual disk that stores video files. I understand the .vhdx virtual disk is always open (shared). I also understand this "virtual...
View ArticleDFS Namespace Folder creation error: File Already Exists
I am moving from a traditional File Server with Mapped Drives to DFS on a Windows Server 2012 R2. I created 2 namespaces with Folders below the Namespaces. I did move a folder from old server to the...
View ArticleMapped Drive Showing Incorrect Storage Used
My organization uses Windows Server 2008 R2 for our file server. Each user has a mapped drive with 10 GB of storage space, which is mapped to a folder within the file server. One user has a mapped...
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Storage Spaces Direct S2D - Performance Storage Tier not created...
Hello everyone.I have two nodes configuration for Storage Spaces Direct.The servers were built following the R730xd Dell Matrix Compatibility with S2D with certified components, firmwares and...
View ArticleDFS Client Access Logging
Hi all,Had a question I was hoping you might be able to help me with - I've done some research but have come up empty handed. Is there a way to tell what clients are accessing files/folders through...
View ArticleDFSR breaks after reboot
I have set up a replication group and folder between two 2012R2 servers. Replication works fine until I reboot one of them. Then I get Error 1202 in the Events log with this message:The DFS...
View Articlepermissions
Hi experts i am confused with permission, i have shared folder for example under Folder A i have Folder B, under Folder B i have Folder C and under Folder C i have Folder D A --B ---C ----D On Folder A...
View ArticleDFS-R Backlog Appears Stuck
I inherited 2 DFS-R hosts connected via a WAN. We'll call them Michigan and California. We have several replication groups, one of which is massive, in the realm of 1.4million files and 1.6 Terabytes...
View ArticleServer 2008 SP2 Lost default display columns in file explorer e.g Name / Size...
This is the most obvious of various issues, I am just posting this in the hope that it reminds anyone of similar issue. This server crashed overnight, was struggling with lack of virtual memory and...
View ArticleWindows 2016 Workfolders monitoring
Hi Team, while troubleshooting Workfolders issues on Windows Server 2016 we noticed that the result of get-SyncUserstatus and also the users properties in server manager differs from what we see in the...
View ArticleQuota Template for user's home folder
I have several quota templates configured for different user's home folder, so user can't use over the quota template limits which they belong to. Recently, I found more and more users have space usage...
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Difficulty adding new member to existing dfs replication - "cannot be added...
Hello, We have an existing dfs namespace simply named domain.com\dfs that has 3 replicated folders, Applications, Users, BranchData. At each branch office there is a local file and print server, and...
View ArticleAudit changes to DFS replication Group
Hi Guys,We have a folder replicating via DFS. The replication is set up for over 400 machines. We had someone delete the entire Replication group. Is it possible to audit or log when any changes are...
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