storage spaces jbod enclosure mirroring
Are three enclosures needed in order to have two-way mirroring of jbod enclosures?If I have two jbods and two failover nodes both serving up data. I want to make the jbods mirrors of each other so...
View ArticleNTBackup & Task Scheduler - Error 01xf
Hi everyone,I'm trying to create an NTBackup solution which would back up my hard disks weekly, combined with Scheduler to make it automated for my Windows Server 2003 system.The first time I tried it,...
View ArticleError while partioning my hard disk
When i'm trying to partition the volumes i'm coming across with an error saying "There is not enough available space in the hard disk to complete the operation".
View Articledfs replication isnt logging events
my dfs replication serviceis not logging any events in the event viewer
View ArticleStrange Defrag error 0x80070057
Hello everyone,I am observing a strange issue with defrag on Windows Server 2012 R2. There is a hardware RAID volume using deduplication in VDI mode and containing some virtual machines. Deduplication...
View Articlecmdlets for a usable storage space
I have available 8 x 2TB HDDs and 4 x 400GB SSD's which I want to create a Tiered Storage based Storage Spaces volume with. I want to use 10GB of space for the Quorum volume later. I'm missing...
View ArticleMy files are getting deleted automatically.
Hello,please please help me out.I m using windows server 2008 R2. The D drive is being shared over the network. The files are getting automatically deleted everyday or the same day either. i have got...
View ArticleDFS Replication no longer bidirectional
Hi all,I have encountered some issues with 2 servers. Both servers are running Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise.These servers are both DCs and they've been running DFSR successfully for a while. I noticed...
View Articlemklink 'Unable to find required directory'
I have a task of accessing directory D1 located on remote machine M1 from machineM2.For this, I created a symbolic link for D1 on M2 using the command:mklink /d C:\D1 \\M1\e$\D1Now, from machine M2, if...
View ArticleWeird file renaming permission issues
Hi!We have a file rename permission issue. Here is the background:We created a 2008 R2 DFS namespace called UserData with Read/write share permissions for Administrators, Everyone and System. UserData...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Deduplication Problems, 0 B SavedSpace and 0 OptimizedFiles
Objective:On a Windows 2012 R2 server, enable Deduplication on a new 20 TB D: physical volume. This volume will become a target for Veeam Backup and Replication backups.Problem:Deduplication fails to...
View ArticleMapped Drives using GPO to DFS Referrals no loner available for 2-3 minutes...
HiWe have a global issue affecting both laptops and desktop computers. When a user returns to the computer after 30 minutes, in which time the computer has entered sleep mode, the user attempts to open...
View ArticleUnable to (Re)Add Disk to Storage Pool - Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Hi, in setting up and testing Storage Spaces on a brand new WSE 2012 R2 installation (all patches applied), I created a basic 2-disk Storage Pool with a fixed-provision Mirror Space (maximum size) with...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup - 0x80042407, seriously?
I installed server 2008 on a test server with 4x250GB drives in a RAID5 array. Windows was installed on a 60GB partition, the rest of the array was left as free space. After installing updates and...
View ArticleWhere is RDMA at these days?
Hi folks,I've been trying to get back in touch with what's happening in the storage space as the relevant hardware isn't something I'm knowledgeable on and in light of the fact that a year or so ago...
View ArticleIOMeter hangs when running to a NFS share from Windows Storage Server 2012
Hello, I am trying to measure performance of NFS share coming from Windows Storage Server 2012 using IOMeter also running on windows Server 2012. I can create the share on WSS2012. Windows 2012 client...
View ArticleDFS-N over VPN issues
Hi, Server: Windows 2008 R2Client: Windows 7 pro 64bitShared folders configured through DFS-N using: \\domain.name\namespace\sharedfolder1User connects using a VPN that is authenticated using RADIUS....
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View Articlefolder sharing firewall ports
hii i need to connect a windows 2003/2008 server to another windows 2003/2008 server only for accessing a shared folder wich ports should i open on the firewall?thanks
View ArticleUnable to connect to Virtual Disk service + other issues
Hi,I have a 2008 R2 server, primary duties are DC and handling the iSCSI connection to my ReadyNAS Pro.Last week I tried to setup DFS-R to another NAS attached to a separate server, all looked OK but...
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