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 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 ArticleChange server domain retaining permissions
We have a requirement to change the domain membership of a file server but permissions of files stored on the server must be retained with matching groups on the destination domain.I realise there are...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Robocopy Failure with Double Backslash "\\" in file path
Hi,I am doing a large Robocopy for a customer of mine that is reading from a DVD source and copying across the WAN, potentially running for multiple months. The RoboCopy is running as a scheduled task...
View ArticleLocked files
An employee who left our company a year ago has been removed from Active Directory. I can find no traces of this person on our file server. Yet files continually say that this person has the file...
View ArticleShould all servers be replicating
We have 6 servers but only 4 are domain controllers. Do all the servers need to replicate or only the DC's?
View ArticleCannot delete everyshere.search-sm and Indexed Locations.seachr-ms on Windows...
All the AD integrated user account are stored on a network share. I've deleted an account in AD and now I want to delete his home folder on the share.So I changed permissions on all subcontainers and...
View ArticleEvent ID 51 Disk warnings on devices that are not plugged in
I have a server that throws hundreds of Event ID 51 at the end of most system state backups, examples are:- An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR67 during a paging operation.- An error...
View ArticleServer Domain Controller Problem
Dear Sir, I have a Domain Controller in my company. I want to specify some permissions for a user on a folder contains his files. I want to give him all privileges except (delete). I already denied the...
View ArticleFiles Permission types
Hi,Is there is a way to define a user the possibility to rename files, copy them (for backup) and viewing them, without the ability to change their content?I mean defining it in the directory level,...
View ArticleSOFS Throughput Issues
A question very similar to mine exists here.I have a SOFS cluster (3 hosts). I connected each without nic teaming at first and later tested with nic teaming. I'm using a single 10GbE Netgear M7100-24X...
View Articleproblem with replicate sysvol/netlogon
HI,I have problem w replication on Windows Server 2012, on all dc's server service NtFrs is stoppped, event ID dfsr 5014, 5008, 4612, ntfrs 13575 when I added new DC, sysvol and netlogon is not...
View Article2012 R2 Indexing vs. DeDup?
I found some threads on here about Windows Search not working on DeDup volumes? Most of the threads are pre-R2 timeframe so I am checking in to see if there is any updated info on if this was fixed in...
View ArticleRicoh Aficio MP C2051 Scan to Folder - Windows Server 2012 Error:...
I have recently upgraded a clients servers to Windows Server 2012 & since doing so have lost the ability to scan to folder.Both servers are domain controllers and previously on a 2008 domain...
View ArticleDFSRS spiking CPU to 100%
I've taken over at a new company that is a complete mess when it comes to their file servers. They're running DFS from the main office to a colo for DR but the namespaces are a complete mess (structure...
View ArticleShared Sessions Limit
Is there a way to limit the amount of time a shared folder session can sit idle? Is there a way to kill that session based on time?
View ArticleReFS for VHDX storage - good or bad idea?
I am trying to get good current (2012 R2) answer on using ReFS for storage of live production VHDX? I keep finding conflicting info on ReFS and its recommended uses. It doesn't seem to be a great...
View ArticleRobocopy file parameter not working properly (intermittently)
Hi,I am trying to use robocopy to move outdated files to a new folder, here is the script I used: robocopy ".\ori_folder" ".\archive_folder\2007" "200710*.*" "200711*.*" "200712*.*" /MOV /r:3 /w:10...
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 ArticleFSRM reporting
Dear all, I have file server with a dedicated disk for user data. There is a root folder called HOME and then all the sub-folders are dedicated to each user. Also I have created a Quota Template with...
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