Windows Server 2012 R2 - File Server Error: Event ID 8197 SRMSVC
My client's file server is logging this error message every 20 minutes and I am baffled at what it could be. I've ran CHKDSK successfully, but this error keeps coming up. Any suggestions would be...
View ArticleReFS corruption
A few weeks ago, I created a striped virtual disk using storage spaces on Win2K12R2 formatted in ReFS. I copied a large amount of data to the disk with apparently no issues. I am now finding problems...
View ArticleHyper-V over SMB3 problem
Hello. I have a problem with my Hyper-V cluster. It is simply a failover cluster with Hyper-V role consisting of two nodes. It uses SOFS share for VM storage. SOFS is run by second storage failover...
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Extended REFS partition but new size/free space doesn't show in Explorer
We have a large ReFS partition on a Server 2012 R2 machine that we came close to running out of space on. It sits on an LSI Raid-6 volume (which we have several dozen in production, never have issues...
View ArticleMicrosoft DFS Folder Access Issue
Hi,We are planning to migrate Standalone DFS in Windows 2003 with Cluster Environment to Windows 2016 Cluster Environment.We found in Windows 2003 DFS is configured like \\DFSNameSpace\Shared...
View ArticleSMB does not work with RRAS enabled
first of all . all setup was tested and worked awesome setup wasI7 4770k8GB ramgigabyte H97HD3 motherboard Intel I350 t4 server 2016 stdthen motherboard burned .. and we changed it . as well as full...
View ArticleCannot access shared folders
I have a fresh installed Windows 2008 R2 where i applied the SP1.It is on a "non-domain" network where i need to share files.I can ping from workstations but cannot see any share.Tried disabling...
View ArticleDetermine whether a request came directly to a share or via a DFS referral
So I have a reverse version of a question I see posted here quite often. I see a lot of people ask how to find out where a DFS referral is pointing them, or which server is being used, but what I would...
View ArticleMoving fileserver with folder redirection and offline files enabled not...
Hello,We need to change the fileserver where folder redirection files are currently hosted, lets call it Server1. We have also enabled offline sync for all these files (desktop,docs,pics etc). So files...
View ArticleDFSR move to new folder
Hello, I have to move the DFSR folders from one drive to another. I have found a guide and another explaining how to do it. I have followed the guide - robocopy the files, move the share, compare the...
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DFS Management Console Version / EOL
Hi,I just want to know that does DFS have version history. In 2008 R2 DFS Management version we have is 6.0 and also same version is in 2012 R2.Is there a way we could find out latest version or EOL..??
View ArticleAny way to retain folder permissions copied from a location to a new...
Hello,I have a strange request. I don't think this can be done, but I thought I'd check with Microsoft first.Customer is running a Windows 2012R2 Standard Server.They have several templates saved as...
View ArticleDeduplication status incorrect in server manager
Hi!I have a 2-node Windows Server 2016 failover cluster set up as a file server.Disks are SAN LUNS mapped as raw devices to the vmware virtual machine.We have configured data deduplication on the...
View ArticleRebuild a new File Server Cluster and reattach SAN
Hi GuysI have a 2 node file server cluster with iSCSI SAN as storage. I want to rebuild my nodes on new servers using Windows 2016.Can I detach my SAN from the old cluster and reattach to the new...
View ArticleCan't convert MBR to Dynamic (Not enough space). Trying to RAID1 primary disk.
Hi, I seem to be getting this error when I attempted to convert my primary basic disk (C:) to dynamic so that it could be mirrored in a software RAID1 in Windows 10 Pro. Primary goal here is to get my...
View ArticleAuditing on File Server
Hello,We have Windows Server 2008 R2 configured as domain controller and file server role configured on same server.We have mapped file server hard disk and thousands of files are accessing by users on...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 crash over SMB
I encounter an weird issue with Windows Server 2012. Whenever I copy any local exe file to a windows-base network drive, it will crash immediately and reboot. However, when I copy these exe files to...
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Work Folders - 0x800700e1 - Operation did not complete successfully because...
We are seeing the above error for some clients. The laptop i am looking at at the moment is a fully patched (August updates) 1709 device.It is running a third party anti virus application which is...
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