Checking Offline Files Usage by Domain User - Server Side
Hello.Our IT staff is looking for a way to determine which domain users have Offline Files set up on their PCs. I don't fully understand how Offline Files works, but I'm guessing it is mostly a...
View ArticleWindows Explorer is very slow when working locally on 2008 R2 server
We have 3 file servers in our office. All run Windows 2008 Server R2 X64 Enterprise. File server services are all they do.One of the servers runs perfectly.Two of the servers... when an office user...
View Articleblock only file/folder deleting allowing renaming
Is Possible to block only file/folder deleting?I need that users can rename/move/modify files, but not delete them.I Have changed the advanced NTFS permissions and deny "Delete" permission to the...
View ArticleOffline defrag DFSR database
One of our DFSR servers stopped replication and reporting JET error -1078 which tells me that an offline defrag is a must. I have noted that the automatic online defrag events have also stopped since...
View ArticleTrying to override NTFS permissions with Share permissions
I’m having trouble coming up with new permissions settings to an existing file server share (Win Server 2008 R2). Let’s call it \\SVRA\ShareA. I’m trying to deny access to this share (in testing I'm...
View ArticleMoved to Server 2012 getting Access Database Corruption
We moved our company file shares to a new Windows 2012 server and are now having issues with Access databases becoming corrupted when accessed by multiple clients at the same time. Does anyone have...
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Server Work Queues performance counters displaying incorrect values
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 File and printer roles installed.After reading Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2 and implementing some changes in LanmanServer, the Server and Workstation...
View ArticleMultiple NICs on same server
Hey Guys!I'm trying to configure some iSCSI connections on a server with 2 NICs. Now i also have two separate SAN boxes so i was thinking of dedicating one nic to each box.I've read that there can be...
View Article2008 R2: How to allow less than 10% free disk space?
Recently a 2008 R2 file server reached the 90% full mark on a non-OS data partition, and it started telling people with accounts on the server that they can't save anymore files. I do not have quotas...
View ArticleDFS Folder Target Site Associations Incorrect With Server 2012
I've just brought up a new 2012R2 file server to add to our existing DFS infrastructure. All other DFS servers are 2008R2 and are working as expected.The new 2012R2 server is getting the wrong AD site...
View ArticleShadow Copy - Fixed number of File Versions
hello,we are planing a big file server, arround 20 TB, many people will work on that.we want to enable shadow copy in the file server in order the users can restore themselfs previous versions of their...
View ArticleAre there any issues with using DFSR for data collection with BranchCache in...
We currently use DFSR (for Data collection) to replicate data from our site servers to DFSR Hub servers at our Data Center where it is then backed up to tape.For one of our site servers, Site A, we...
View ArticleRunning Tasklist command with Administrator Priviledges
Hi,I am trying to use tasklist command in my bat file to retrieve the list of users running some process say test.exe.I am using following command in my bat file.tasklist /v /fo table /nh /fi...
View Article"The specified network password is not correct" WS 2003 Small Business and...
Hello all,I really need your help. When I try map a drive or access to server under "Network" (where you can see all computeres) and try access the server I get error:"The specified network password is...
View ArticleChange bytes per sector windows server 2012
Hi,We have installed windows server 2012 Datacenter Edition on Cisco UCS C24 M3 server. We need to install this with 4K bytes per sector and 4K bytes ber physical sector. When we specify the unit size...
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...
View ArticleDistributed File System Replication (DFSR) STATIC RPC PORT
I would like to set the static RPC port that DFSR uses via registry; I do not wish to use the command line option dfsrdiag staticRPC /port:. Anyone know if this can be done via registry? (Server...
View Articlefile perm inheritance. move folder, different result on differnt os 7 builds
I have two windows 7 x64 Ent non-SP1 builds. They were built with different ISOs. The ISOs are different sizes so there’s at that level something different between the two. But the difference I’ve...
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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...
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