ntfs partition lost space
One of my customers has a Dynamic partition that was running out of disk space. Doing a DOS or Windows Explorer Search only found about 240GB of data files though out of a 1TB partition.I moved these...
View ArticleGetting DFS referral to server in remote data centre
HiI have a client who is running DFS-R to replicate data between two data centres and using DFS namespaces to map drives etc to the data shares. Both data centres are physically separate but act as one...
View ArticleInaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The...
Inaccessible files - What is the "APL" file atributes? Why the error: The target of the symbolic link SOMEFILE.VHD does not existI have a Script that pauses the VM and backs up the .VHD files, using...
View ArticleFile server migration - Windows 2003 >> Windows 2012 -- Tool?
Hi We have to migrate our file server from a Windows 2003 to Windows 2012 server.Before I have used both Robocopy and File migration tool but now I'm looking for a new tool. Is there any? Can not...
View ArticleOdd DFS Behavior. Server 2012
Two 2012 servers with 2 drives in each.Server A has folders on each of the drives I want to DFS to replicate for me over to Server B.Server A, Disk 1, create DFS replication groups for 5 folders, point...
View ArticleServer 2012 - iSCSI Virtual Disks Missing After Reboot
Hi guys. I recently had to reboot my Windows 2012 Storage Server. When it came up, the physical disks that the iSCSI virtual disks reside on were visible, as were the VHD files, but the targets were...
View ArticleMicrosoft does not support the use of NIC teaming on iSCSI interfaces
I just learned that Microsoft does not support the use of NIC teaming on iSCSI interfaces. This is a practice I have been using for several years without any apparent issue. What are the problems...
View Articleiscsi and nic teaming
Does the microsoft iscsi initiator still not allow NIC teaming? I am seeing conflicting results from search engine info about this.
View ArticleFull backup solution for a Windows Server 2003
Dear community,recently we made an "IT-Check" at a lawyer's office. The office have got 3 lawyers / 10 PCs. They have got one server - Windows Server 2003 Std. running with Domain services. Because...
View ArticleDFS replication and availability
My question is this. I have DFS replication set up on two servers. The replication portion is working fine. I have a mapped drive that users get when logging in that maps to the DFS root. I notice that...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 DNS and Zone problem
HiI have a Windows Server 2003 DC and a fileserver with Windows Server 2008.The clients sometimes losing the connect to shares.DC server appear eventvieweràEvent 2088 - Directory Service _ NTDRS...
View ArticleDFSR diagnostic sharing violations and DFSRDIAG BACKLOG of approx 15 files
One of our clients has a Windows Server 2008 file server on site that is replicating (one way) to a Windows Server 2003 server in our hosting server room.Running a DFSR health report on either server...
View ArticleDFSR - file exclusions not working and large backlog
I raised an issue previously where several files were constantly in backlog:http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/71c08db3-8a1c-4e23-b3ef-ce7f22ee9824We now have an...
View ArticleBackup/ Image of Windows Server 2003 R2
Hello, We have a machine running Win Server 2003 R2 and would like to create a full backup/ image of the machine. Ideally it should be something like Norton Ghost, but unfortunately, that software is...
View ArticleWindows XP Pro SP3 windows update fails with error: 0X80190194
Installed a lot of updates after a fresh XP Pro SP3 load on a test machine, windows updates working fine. Installed MS Office Pro 2003 Excel and Word, and downloaded and installed MS security updates...
View ArticlePhyllis Lampel
After upgrading to Windows 7, I cannot reinstall my HP 932C. It says it is not compatible. How come and do I have to junk the printer?
View ArticleQuerying VSS Writer Status on Multiple Servers
Does anyone have a solution to querying the writer status of multiple servers and directing that output to a file?I know you can do vssadmin list writers on a local server to check the writer status...
View ArticleGetting DFS referral to server in remote data centre
HiI have a client who is running DFS-R to replicate data between two data centres and using DFS namespaces to map drives etc to the data shares. Both data centres are physically separate but act as one...
View ArticleServer 2008 Standard is losing permissions on a shared folder weekly
My customer has server 2008 standard. I created a network share from a Windows Vista workstation. About once every week or two the folder will lose the permissions, to a point where the administrator...
View ArticleStorage Spaces mirroring, ReFS self-healing, and VHDX volumes
I know ReFS is supposed to be able to automatically retrieve the good copy of a file in a mirrored Storage Space if it detects a file is corrupted.However, in my instance I have set up a mirrored...
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