Is Volume Shaw Copy useful for a WRITE only System ?
Hi,We are considering setting up Volume Shadow Copy for a Windows Volume that contains Records Management System documents.More than 99% time, we only WRITE to that volume. Only a few will be retrived...
View Article2008 R2/ Win7 Offline Files Sync causing High Load on server
Hi Everyone, I have recently been investigating extremely high CPU Usage from the System Process on my company's main File Cluster.We managed to track SRV2.sys Threads causing high CPU load within the...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration on CAD /Design Files 2008 R2
Hi,I'm currently having some issues with our Windows Server 2008 R2 File Cluster, where the System Process is chugging along @ 80-95% CPU, which I personally find strange. After 2-3 hours of this type...
View ArticleAccessing Win 2008 Enterprise from workgrup with user accounts
Hello people: I have the following tree in a Windows Server 2008 (no domain controller) in lan with 6 workstation,c:foldersharedfolder managemenetfolder 1folder 2folder processfolder 3folder 4I have...
View ArticleSharing and Storage Management not opening in Client machine
I have installed Rsat tools in Windows 8 for administration of server services like fileserver resource manager, share and storage management etc.,when i open Shares and storage management from the...
View ArticleFile and Path Max length - issue
we have file server and the folder path is exceeding the max path values. Is this resolved with Refs ?orIf i have linux box as file server and will this limitation be still there because client PC are...
View ArticleWindows Serch is inconsistent
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 server with the File Services role and the Windows Search service installed. We do not have the Indexing service installed. There is a piece of software that...
View ArticleDuplicate Share Names Windows 2000 Cluster Server
Hello,I have a rather strange problem with a Win2K Cluster server, and I'm brand new to Clusters, so forgive any seeming ignorance. One of the shared folders has two shares with identical names. when...
View ArticleDisk Quotas not showing
Hi,I have enabled quotas on all the user folders which contain the users home folder and desktop.I have done this using the 'File Server Resource Manager' on a Winbows Server 2008.However I have one...
View ArticleMemory Usage on 2008 R2 file server is high and doesn't seem to be accounted for
this is a vmware vm running 2008 R2 server with file services with 8 GB of RAM at 95 percent usage.The memory usage by processes doesn't add up to 7.5 GB and the active memory on the vm is only 1.2...
View ArticleCan't add folder to DFS anymore
Hi community,I wanted to delete a folder target but accidently deleted the whole folder. I tried to recreate it but it keeps on failing with "The folder target cannot be added to the folder. The remote...
View ArticleHow to restore data from a missing partition?
Recently, one of my hard drive partitions is missing. I just cannot find it in My Computer. However, I have stored thousands of pictures on this partition. How can I find all these missing pictures...
View ArticleFile Resource Manager Reports with Deduplication
I recently setup a file server running Server 2012 R2 with deduplication turned on. When I run the "Files by Owner" report in File Server Resource Manager, I'm getting post-dedup results. For...
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SACL and DACL is not woking together while trying to set ACL on an object.
Hi,While performing an in-house testing I tried to set SACL and DACL together on Windows 2012 server. Its not clear from the smb2 spec. But receiving an error "STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER". Please see the...
View ArticleActive directory domain services stopped after removing routing and remote...
Hello everyone;;I am in deep trouble.. I did install routing and remote access and then lost connection to the server remotely. Then I connected a monitor to the server and removed the role... then it...
View ArticleFile Server Migration from 2008 Standard to 2012 Standard accross different...
Hi Im going to migrate File server from Windows 2008 Standard server to Windows 2012 Standard . Source and Destination Servers are on different subnets . According to...
View ArticleShare and storage management queries
I have planned to stop remote accessing the Physical File server (windows 2008) and want my IT team members to use Share and storage management from their client machines remotely.I am able to delegate...
View ArticleStoring/Using Machine images
HelloI remember several years ago, I could load a "diskette" into my workstation; it would prompt for which image I wanted to load on the current workstation. Then it would find its way to the server,...
View ArticleCan anyone force windows 7 X64 to accept Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card?
Adaptec 2940 had 64 bit drivers for 2003 server and xp X64 and can run in emulation mode using aic78xx.sys in x86 windows7.Is it at all possible to get this card to install for use in windows 7...
View ArticleData redistribution after adding a disk to a storage pool.
Hi all... I'm experimenting with storage spaces. I started with a three disk pool and a parity virtual disk. Later, I added a 4th physical disk to the pool and I expanded the virtual disk to include...
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