Getting a drive letter to "stick"
I have an external 2TB WD that I use to copy files to. It needs the drive designation to be Z: When I plug it in, Windows Server assigns it G: I go to manage my computer and reassign it to Z: When...
View ArticleiSCSI virtual disks left behind by vss provider?
Hello all,I have a Windows Server 2012 Failover cluster running a number of virtual machines. Storage for the cluster is provided by a Windows Storage Server 2012 instance and mapped to the nodes via...
View ArticleISCSI Target Scheduled Snapshots
I know there are cmdlets to snapshot a target but is there a built in way to schedule snapshots?Alternatively, is there a cmdlet to list snapshots for a target so I can create a script to run on a...
View ArticleI need help
Please can anyone help me with a solution to my Windows server 2008 issues? Explorer and some other features cannot open no more, all am having is a display with Explorer.exe. no such interface...
View Articlemigrate File Server from windows 2003 to Windows 2012 R2
HelloWe are trying to migrate our File Server (DFS) from windows 2003 to Windows 2012 R2 no replication. Previoulsy I used to migrate using Windows Backup and Restore till Windows 2003 but now with...
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Event ID 12306 FSRM SMTP cannot send email
Hi,I built a new file server and copy my setting over from my old file server FSRM. When I send a test email from FRSM options I get the following error in the event In the event viewer I get - Log...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 DFS unable to create namespace
Hello, I am trying to create a DFS namespace in a Windows 2012 domain. The forest functionality is Windows 2012 and all the servers are Windows 2012. When I try to create the Namespace from the...
View ArticleNew Error : Optimize-Volumes -SlabConsolidate gives "ObjectNotFound" error...
I have a server that's been running this command regularly for a long time and working successfully. Optimize-Volume d -SlabConsolidate -VerboseThe last day or so the command nows gives the results...
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 Articlestorage 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 Articledfs initial replication
Hi,I was wondering whether you can allow users to access the target of an initial replication while the replication is still going. If so, how will dfs cope with changes and deletions on that share?...
View ArticleCleanly Remove Storage Tier from Virtual Disk
I have got a tiered Virtual Disk composed of 1 HDD and 1 SSD (just a lab setup). Is there a way to cleanly remove the SSD tier from the virtual disk - I'm guessing marking the tier as readonly then...
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 ArticleVolumes disappeared from DFS replication
Hi all,Recently I set up DFS replication on Windows 2012 Std Server. Few days ago I tried to connect the 3rd server to this replication and found out that all volumes except C:\ drive are disappeared...
View ArticleFolder Owner Is Local Administrator and not Administrators Group
Hi all,I've discovered a strange problem on a Windows Server 2012 Standard File Server that I have created. I'm starting to set up a folder structure, but every time I create a folder, the owner of the...
View Articleadd a DFS file share path in User Profile disk in RDS 2012.
I'm trying to add dfs file share path in User profile disks .I get a error message "Access denied"Is it possible to add a dfs file share path ?
View ArticleCREATE PARTITION ERROR
Hi, I try to create new partition on SSD for Windows OS because I deleted Local Disk Vol. (I am using Windows 7 PE) ----------DISKPART>SELECT DISK 0DISKPART>CREAT PARTITION PRIMARYVirtual Disk...
View ArticleDFS Replication Event 4004 -> The volume manager is shutdown
Hi all, yesterday I tried to setup a DFS replication between two Namespaceservers with an iSCSI disk each. On both disk are several folders. Each of the folders should be synchronized via DFSR. But...
View Articlediskless boot using iscsi
I have a test lab setup with a server running 2008 r2 with the iscsi target 3.3 software installed. I have a second computer with a intel nic that supports iscsi. I created a target on the 2008 r2 box...
View ArticleRobocopy / Copy to compare source to destination but copy files to a...
Hi Folks,I have a system setup where 2 folders on separate drives / locations are normally mirrored via DFRS. This works perfectly and I have no issues with this.However, the system that owns these...
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