Create DFS Namespace on cluster - 2008R2 using CLI -or PowerShell
Hi, I've been assigned to create 100's & 100's of DFS namespaces on Windows 2008R2 clusters. The customer want it to be automated so I've been trying to create / reverse engineer how to create DFS...
View ArticleHow to find "access denied files"
Hi,Retaining current permissions and ACLs of files and folders in it, I need to copy a big shared folder with a big number of files and folders to another server. I use "xcopy" command with its...
View ArticleWSS2008R2 - Moving LUNs to another server
I've been trying to move a LUN on a Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Enterprise which is attached to Server A over to Server B, without success. Here's what I did:Remove the virtual disk from the iSCSI...
View ArticleUsing KB125996 to move shares from Server 2003 to 2008R2
Hello,I am aware of the FSMT, but was hoping for a simpler method of moving Windows shares from a 2003 server to a 2008R2 server.Both servers are virtualized and using a SAN. I can easily move the...
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Trust Domains and Sharing
Hello,I have a trust between RIP and RID domains, when I try to give permissions to RIP to one of drives on a RID server, I get the message below. These only happens to a few servers and not all...
View ArticleMove DFS Management
I have DFS Management installed on a 2012 domain controller which I would like to retire. Is there a easy way to migrate this to a new domain controller of the same 2012 OS with no downtime? There is...
View ArticleEvery user can read any file while ACL mass change in progress
Hi!We're having some strange things happening here. Maybe someone can help us what exactly is/was going on here.1. We have to add an additional user in the NTFS ACL list for all file shares in our...
View ArticleStoring Desktop hard drives in storage array
I am wondering if anyone has setup their networks where you have a large storage array that the users desktops boot from, using iscsi, AoE, or similar. If so would I set that up with windows server...
View ArticleSetting Permissions for Administrative Shares - From Windows Server 2008 R2...
Hi,I have a corporate Inventory application installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 and I need to deploy some Agents to Windows 7 Desktops.This app requires having access to C$ and Admin$ in the Desktops,...
View ArticleWhat is the Maximum size of ISCSI lun supported on Win 2008R2
hello,I have a win 2003R2 backup server and have multiple ISCSI volume of apprx 2 TB each via ISCSI initiatorAlso using win 2008 r2 storage server to initiate them.I do want to have bigger disk, can...
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 ArticleThe SMB client failed to resume a handle on a file share with continuous...
Hi.We have a 2-node WS2012 cluster that has a file server role with couple shares configured.We're however constantly getting spammed by the following errors in the eventlog:1) event 1002, source:...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 issue = Storage space degraded
I apologize for posting to the server area, but it is storage spaces related.I had a drive lose power, degrade a storage space and then I plugged it back in.The drive is physically fine, but now I...
View ArticleUnable to access mapped network drive, DFS
TL;DR: Unable to map a network drive on one particular computer, except if circumventing DFS. OK - So I have exhausted all my options in this matter, so all suggestions are welcome. Keep in mind the...
View ArticleNeed to copy files from multiple machine to multiple locations on server in...
My scenario is below: 1. I have 20 machines and data for backup would be on only in one folder of each machine. 2. Need to create 20 folders in server and copy the corresponding machine's data to the...
View ArticleWindows 2012 can't access UNC Path with SMB 2 enabled
We have three 2012 Standard R2 server for DFS Service. Two server in same location and one in different location.Server1 and Server2(Same Location)Server3 (Different Locatin) We are facing issue with...
View ArticleNTBackup errors and closes as soon as scheduler used
On several of my 2k3 Servers, R2, SP2, I am trying to set Scheduled Tasks to run my NT Backups. In using the Wizard, or not, in Backup, I get to the"Backup Wizard - When to Back Up" screen, with the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office and DFS namespace
Hey guysWe recently switch our folder redirection to a DFS server and now we have users experiencing "Trying to Connect to domain.localand I don't think its an error more just a visual message but is...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 essentials to use 3X 2TB HDD RAID 5 array
Hi all, I recently installed Windows Server 2012 essentials on my home server and I'm trying to use my 3x 2TB RAID 5 array as data storage. I installed Windows Server on it's own 500GB HD and during...
View ArticleWin2008 R2 Backup Failure: Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup...
Failed to get exclusive lock on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) system partition. [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Backup [ Guid] {1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D} EventID 517...
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