Where can I find a deep dive whitepaper on Windows 2012 R2 DFS?
Anyone know where to find a deep dive white paper on Windows 2012 R2 DFS? I currently work for a hedge fund firm and looking into an alternative to DFS. We're currently using Windows 2008 R2 DFS and in...
View ArticleNTLM v1/v2 SMB Scanning Issue
Hi Folks.I have the following problem with a W2k3 File Server..I have an MFP with approx. 12 scan to folder destinations (SMB) where I can only get half of them to work. The customer set up around 6 a...
View ArticleHow to recover Nikon NEF photo files?
How to recover Nikon NEF photo files?How to recover Nikon NEF photo files with free data recovery software - MiniTool Power Data Recovery. Recover Nikon NEF photo files you can with MiniTool Power Data...
View ArticleLooking for advice on setting up drives for VMs on Hyper-V
Hardware - Xeon E3 server, 16GB ram, 256Gb SSD, and 7 3-4 TB drives Hyper-V core 2012 R2 installed on the SSD - did not take much spaceGoal: To setup 2 VMs, one Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2...
View ArticleStorage spaces tiering and number of SSD requirement
Hi guys, I'm looking into using Storage Spaces and SOFS as a storage solution for a new Hyper-V cluster. I think I've got the basics down on designing the storage space and virtual drive, but I seem to...
View ArticleDFS explicit permissions on folder are reverting to objectSid - Server 2008...
I've recently been dealing with permissions that keep changing to an objectSid. This is only reported in DFS GUI as I'm able to run the cmd "dfsutil property acl \\dfsroot\share" on the server and it...
View ArticleMigrate Single File Server into Clustered File Server
Hi All,I'm in a process to migrate our single file server into clustered servers with the following details:Server1: File Server, Shares are in a disk presented from the SAN.Server2 and Server 3, are...
View ArticleDFSR Error that the server does not have Adequate free space. But it does.
Hi, I have a 3 memeber DFS replication group on Windows 2008 R2 servers. On one of members replication stopped and the Health diagnostics report states that there is not enough disk space on the drive...
View Article"You don't currently have permission to access this folder."
I am running Windows 2008 R2 Storage Server. When I open the drive that has a list of files I need, It opens the drive just fine. When I try to open a folder on that drive, It pops up this error that...
View ArticleForce prompt credentials on Network share access in a domain.
I am trying to achieve an force prompt solution to network shares in a domain for security.I tried setting share permissions and ntfs permissions for users in a domainBut when a user has no access in...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Excel corrupt.
HelloSo I got this problem on my server when I try to open an excel doc, it says that the file is corrupt, this is when I work on a RDP connection.But when I work on a local machine on the domain I...
View ArticleUpgrading Server 2008 with DFRS to server 2012
I have a 2008 R2 Server running DFSR. We want to upgrade it to 2012. Is it best to do an in place upgrade, or to set up a new server, add to the replication group, and then remove the old server....
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 ArticleZips failing on a single Win2008R2 server (one of many)
I have a single Win2008R2 database server failing to zip/unzip files properly. At our site there are two (going on three) Win2008R2 servers that use a WinRAR job to automatically compresses the...
View ArticleDFS+File server from 2008 to 2012
hello ,I have File server + DFS + DFS replication installed on windows server 2008my file server capcity data= 3 TBI have to migrate to file+DFS 2012what is the steps to do that migration without...
View ArticleWhich folder was last modified?
Hello,We copied user data to new server from the old server. There was a two servers with similar folder name. And unfortunately, we copied the data from the wrong server. Both servers are running...
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...
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DFS - multiple folder targets not working correctly
Hello,I have tried creating at least 2 dozen DFS namespaces, none which have worked as needed. Here is an overview:On my "DFS Server", I create a domain based namespace. No problems during creation....
View ArticleDFS folder visibility and group membership
HelloI have a forest with multiple domainI have activated ABE on DFSMy design is :\\contoso.com\DFS-Site1 -> \\site1.contoso.com\DFS (explicit permission :...
View ArticleDFS not replicating and unable to query status
Hi,I'm having an issue with DFS it was setup and working fine but replication has now stopped working and I'm not sure why we have 3 domain controllers all running 2012 Standard and these are also the...
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