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How i can download windows storage server 2008 standard

April 30, 2014, 9:42 pm
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Hi Folks,

How I can download windows storage server 2008 standard - I have a registered DELL Powervault Nx200 with Certificate of Authenticity for Windows Storage Server 2008 64-bit Basic and the full product key attached to the server.

The servier was purchased some time back at auction and came without dvds, the assumption being the OS was already installed on the drives, this has turned out not to be the case and DELL has advised they no longer have copies of the Windows Storage Server 2008 64-bit Basic OS as they have moved on to more recent versions.

Can you advise if I can obtain a copy of Windows Storage Server 2008 64-bit Basic  to allow server to be configured ?

Regards,

Richard Macher

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SOFS limited to 2 PCIE slots

May 1, 2014, 8:34 am
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I am going to deploy SOFS using existing HP DL360p G8 hardware. The problem I am facing is that I am limited to 2 PCIE slots and I need 4 SAS cables from each node to the JBOD as well as I need 2 NICs running at 10GbE.

The way I see it here are my choices:

Option A

Slot 1: LSI 9207-8E (2 SAS cables)

Slot 2: LSI 9207-8E (2 SAS cables)

Onboard HP FlexFabric 533FLR-T - 2 port 10GbE network adapter

Option B

Slot 1: LSI 9206-16E (4 SAS cables)

Slot 2: Intel X540-T2 - 2 port 10GbE network

Onboard HP 4 x 1GbE

I know having a single HBA per machine is not ideal, but it would allow for easier networking. I'd like to think I am better off choosing option B as I am not sure if I can configure A with a converged network. Any suggestions?

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not able to access file server

May 1, 2014, 8:56 pm
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Hi all,

i am having a bit of problem with my office file sharing.

first let me say about my office.

we have a file server that is in 2008 server. ( where all the shared folder are store)

file server just joined to our own domain server 2012.

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in my office we have few japan user that their laptop is joined to a server in japan as it was set in japan.

before our file server join to domain. the japan user laptop are able to access to our file server to access the share files.

now after the file server joined to our own domain server 2012. the japan user laptop not able to access.

i cant remove the domain that the japan laptop are connected to.

how can i go by for letting the japan laptop to access our file server.

thanks you all for the help

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Storage Spaces Tiering Service running forever, killing user performance

April 28, 2014, 5:41 pm
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I just installed a new Storage Server 2012 R2 OEM box, with a single mirrored storage space using 4x Samsung 840 Pro SSDs and 12x 3TB Toshiba 7200RPM HDDs. I used the wizard to configure this as a tiered space with a single large virtual drive, and it appears to have configured with 2 columns and a 1GB writeback cache on the SSDs, as well as a proper tiering scheme between the SSDs and HDDs.

The scheduled task starts tiering maintenance at 10pm (I moved it back from 1am), and tiering runs all night with 100% disk activity at very low throughput (0.5 - 3.0 MBps), until I stop the Storage Spaces Tiering service in the AM when users arrive, as they report bad storage response times while it runs - very little data is added to the disk during the day (say, 5 - 10GB), and usage patterns don't change much, so I'm curious as to why this is happening.

I've let the service run a few times over weekends, and it sometimes "finishes" a run, but the next night it will go right back to churning at low throughput and continue into the morning until a manual service stop.

Any ideas?

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Unable to encrypt files in shared folders on Windows 2008 R2 server

April 30, 2014, 4:41 am
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I setup folder redirection to a Windows 2008 R2 server.  The folders are redirected properly, and the users have appropriate share and security permissions to the folders.  However, they receive the below message when they try to encrypt files or folders in their shared folders via EFS:

"An error occurred applying attributes to the file:

(filepath)

The requested operation cannot be completed. The computer must be trusted for delegation and the current user account must be configured to allow delegation."

If I connect to the server via Remote Desktop Connection, I can encrypt files/folders via EFS.  However, I cannot encrypt files/folders on the shares if accessing the shares via mapped drive.
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Windows Server 2003 log files for crashes and shutdowns

April 30, 2014, 4:44 am
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Hi All,

I have a 2003 32 bit server and it had a shutdown yesterday.  First thing I noticed is that teamviewer connection is not opening ( and it was 10 minutes before ), and then when I connected remotely server was fresh after restart.

I have checked Event Viewer and there is nothing there that could tell me why did it restart.

Is there any way of checking why it shutdown without having to restart it again? Is there any log files that can tell me what happened?

Thanks in advance

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set max folder name length on server 2008 r2

April 24, 2014, 7:29 am
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Hi

Can you force a max folder name length in server 2008 r2?

users continually make folders with stupidly long names. Education didn't help, i now need to make it impossible for them to make long folder names.

"\folder for documents and other paperwork not found elsewhere"

God help us

thanks for any tips

Simon


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Share Folder Access Problem

April 30, 2014, 3:04 am
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Hi,

We are facing the issue with NAS storage access. We have a NAS storage which have got some shared folders. Users access the folders from their PC's. We are facing the issue that when we try to access the share with IP\\192.168.1.1 it gives error that the "attached device is not functioning" but when we try to access as\\servername it works fine.

I have taken netmon trace while accessing the drive as IP and as Hostname and some of the highlights are as follows:

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When accessing through IP

1. Client -> Server: SMB: C Negotiate, Dialect = PC NETWORK PROGRAM 1.0, LANMAN1.0, Windows for Workgroups 3.1a, LM1.2X002, LANMAN2.1, NT LM 0.12, SMB 2.002, SMB 2.???

2. Server -> Client: SMB: R negotiate, NT LM 0.12 # = 5

3. Client -> Server: SMB: C session setup & X, NTLM NEGOTIATE MESSAGE

4. Server -> Client: SMB: R session setup & X, NTLM Challenge message error code 22 Status More processing required

5. Client -> Server: SMB: C session setup & X, NTLM Authenticate Message Version:V2 Domain:domain, user:username,workstation:PC1

6. Server -> Client: SMB: R session setup & X NT Status: System Error Code 563 Status DOMAIN Controller NOT FOUND

After that it again goes back to point 3 and continues like that

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When Access through Hostname

1. Client -> Server: SMB: C Negotiate, Dialect = PC NETWORK PROGRAM 1.0, LANMAN1.0, Windows for Workgroups 3.1a, LM1.2X002, LANMAN2.1, NT LM 0.12, SMB 2.002, SMB 2.???

2. Server -> Client: SMB: R negotiate, NT LM 0.12 # = 5

3. Client -> Server: SMB: C session setup & X,Krb5ApReq(0x100)

4. Server -> Client: SMB: C session setup & X,Krb5ApReq(0x200)

5. Client -> Server: Tree Connect Andx Path: \\hostname

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The domain Controller which is there in that site is Windows 2008 R2.

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Home folder is not showing in some domain client PC(Domain users).

May 2, 2014, 12:07 am
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Hi,

I have windows server 2008r2 enterprise with ADDS, GPO and File server service and client windows 7 SP1 (Domain client). i created shared folder for home drive and assign home folder to domain user under user properties> profile>Home folder>Connect Z To \\fileserver\data\%username%  after setting home folder automatic created on server but home folder is not showing in some client PC, when i try to manually map  showing error its already  in use and same setting done for all domain users , on other PC home folder is showing and its working file.   

Thanks, Manish


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Shadow Copies are working but not showing in previous versions for 1 particular drive.

May 2, 2014, 4:20 am
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Hi,

I'm having an issue on Windows 2008R2 where a single drive is making shadow copies yet I am not seeing anything in previous versions.  I can revert the full drive but not restore/browse the previous versions for some reason.

vssadmin list shadows displays all the shadow copies dating back around 1 month, here's an example

Contents of shadow copy set ID: {01b14ae5-3c9d-47e2-8e8c-0aa7c8a3b0db}
   Contained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 02/05/2014 07:02:45
      Shadow Copy ID: {3a5d7210-55c2-4b4f-901f-d95e7f282174}
         Original Volume: (I:)\\?\Volume{1f7f8465-c1f3-11e2-ba7e-005056823ebf}\
         Shadow Copy Volume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy538
         Originating Machine: svr-fs02.bootham.school.local
         Service Machine: svr-fs02.bootham.school.local
         Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
         Type: ClientAccessible
         Attributes: Persistent, Client-accessible, No auto release, No writers,
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Some suggestions are that a reboot will solve the problem but I can't do this in hours.  The event log doesn't show anything of note.

Volume shadow copy service is running and other drive previous versions are showing as expected.

The administrative share is available..............

Not sure what else to check, any ideas?

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DFS Replication group Creation

April 29, 2014, 8:29 am
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I am domain user for a Domain and a member of adminitrator group of 2 DFS Server, I am not able to create DFS replication group getting error " The replication group cannot be created, there are insufficient permission to create the replication group.
What are the default permissions required for a user for creation of replication group other than Domain Admins.
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Proper way to give permissions to subfolder, but not any folders above it

May 1, 2014, 6:14 am
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I need to give someone permissions to a folder that is buried about 4 layers deep on a file share, to which they can't have permissions to the folders/files above that specific folder.  I can give them permissions on exactly the subfolder they need, and a shortcut directly into that folder, but what permissions do I have to give them on the folder trail leading to that specific subfolder? 

It's on a Server 2003 server if that matters.

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In DFS, How to make servers LEAST COST for different subnets.

April 24, 2014, 1:02 pm
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Hello, We setup DFS in our domain (SERVER1) and we replicated the DFS namespace into a server which is also a member of the domain but it is on a DIFFERENT SUBNET (let's call this server SERVER2).
How can I make sure that the SERVER2 DFS redirection should NOT go to SERVER1 unless SERVER2 is down, etc.? or How do we make sure SERVER2 clients don’t go to the wrong site and vice versa WHEN we enable DFS on multiple systems?

I have also enable least expensive target selection (site-costing) in DFS but I am not sure if that will work.

Note: SERVER2 is not a Domain Controller
SERVER1 is Server 2008 Standard
SERVER2 is Server 2008 R2 Standard

Please help and Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Rod


--- Network Security Administrator

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Server backup failing because SPSearch4 VSS Writer

July 12, 2011, 9:46 am
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I have just installed Small Business Server 2011 and I installed SP1 for 2008 R2 today. I cannot succeed with Windows Server Backup Backup Once operation. This is the first time I am trying to run Server Backup.

 

I get following error message:

 

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The backup operation that started at '‎2011‎-‎07‎-‎12T14:13:04.651000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348129'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

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When I check from Application logs, I find following error message timestamped the same as above error message:

 

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Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Failed resolving account spsearch with status 1376. Check connection to domain controller and VssAccessControl registry key.

Operation:
   PostSnapshot Event

Context:
   Execution Context: Writer
   Writer Class Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Name: ASR Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {96058494-f42f-4134-a338-ad329f548a87}

Error-specific details:
   Error: NetLocalGroupGetMemebers(spsearch), 0x80070560, The specified local group does not exist.
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When I check from Active Directory Administrative Center, I can see that account spsearch does exist. All services are up and running.

 

When I restart server and run "vssadmin list writers" in PowerShell, there is no errors but after failed backup attempt I get error for 'SPSearch4 VSS Writer' below

 

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Writer name: 'SPSearch4 VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {35500004-0201-0000-0000-0
   Writer Instance Id: {6d7435c2-c142-48
   State: [8] Failed
   Last error: Inconsistent shadow copy

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After installation of server software I havent done nothing that would influence SharePoint but that seems to be the fault why backup is not succeeding. Any help would be appreciated!!

 

I also can see following related errors in Application log after "Search service started" Informational for SharePoint:

 

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Event 70, SharePoint Foundation Search

The mount operation for the gatherer application 672cd3b8-3348-4f10-bc99-3a01d930e5aa has failed because the schema version of the search administration database is less than the minimum backwards compatibility schema version supported for this gatherer application. The database might not have been upgraded.

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Event 6398, SharePoint Foundation

The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchJobDefinition (ID 81ad802c-2132-43d9-8ab1-1a66d3fe941e) threw an exception. More information is included below.

The device is not ready. 

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Can't access shared folders on win 2012 R2 with Android phone

March 14, 2014, 1:29 am
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Hello, this is my first post here so I don't know if I choose the right category......

But anyway, my problem is like this

I‘ve got a win 2012 r2 server(192.168.1.10), installed with essential experiences and anything comes with that;

A win 7 PC(192.168.1.2) connected to the server by connecter;

A Android smart phone(192.168.1.5). 

There is no problem with the PC visiting the server's SMB share & the phone visiting the PC's SMB share, but I can't access the server's share from my smart phone.

When I'm using x-plore I got “failed to connect", and when using ES file explorer, I got a flash of ”please wait“ and nothing happens.

 I've tried turn off the firewall ,no help.

checked the firewall log , I found "2014-03-14 16:08:30 ALLOW TCP 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.10 33531 445 0 - 0 0 0 - - - RECEIVE". I suspect this means the firewall has nothing to do with my problem.

checked event log, no finds(I'm not sure what to look for, but I didn't find anything about my phone's ip under things starts with SMB( ex: SMBClient, SMBServer.....))

enabled ”send unencrypted password to 3rd-party SMB server“ in local security policy, nothing changed

I have no idea where the problem lies, can anyone help me with this stuff?

Thanks

 
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How to increase the c drive storage valume from excisting D drive

May 3, 2014, 12:37 am
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i tried to increase my storage c drive volume frm d drive , i have tried to change from disk management , on the disk mngmt it not showing the shrink option ,
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DFS random error when Secondary DC off

May 3, 2014, 12:46 pm
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Hi to all!

Need you help to resolve some issues with DFS. My structure is 3 domain controller.

1)Primary 2008 R2

2) Secondary 2003 R2

3) 2008 R2

on Primary have DFS enabled  and physically files allocated here. On Secondary also have dfs role and have its own files shared. When i turn off Secondary domain controller the users have issue with files provided by Primary DC also this errors appears using unc path directly to Primary server. Browsing of folders is slow and sometimes cant open excel files. This error is randomly but if i turn on secondary domain back all seems ok...

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Webfolders / Webdav URL

May 4, 2014, 8:50 am
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I have a website that works fine with the WebDAV redirector.

When "Web Folders" were supported, there used to be a FOLDER= parameter in the URL, that would allow a (domain) user browsing an HTML site to click on a link and 'open' (single click) an Explorer (Windows explorer) window with that folder visible; files could then be copied / pasted.

Although we're a consulting company, I have a large number of users that cannot seem to be able to follow instructions to map a shared drive.  Honestly, "Drop Box" and the like really is an easier interface.

Is there any easy way to have a web page (could be asp.net, etc) that has a 'link' that you can click on and allow you to upload, download, and rename files?

Note: we do not have a license for SharePoint, the owners have decided it's too expensive.

I've looked at some of the new Server 2012R2 functionality, but nothing seems quite as simple as "click on a link and explorer opens up" (not IE, windows explorer) that we used to have back in 2003. 

The folders I'm talking about are also 'shared' folders; for example, the "Sales" folder, or "Project" folder.  Although Work Folders looked promising, this note:

Users sync to their own folder on the file server - there is no support for syncing arbitrary file shares (e.g.: sync the sales demos share to my device)

pretty much kills that (this is exactly our scenario).

Of course, SkyDrive professional would probably do it, but our owners want to keep our content in-house.

Any suggestions for a way to do this with 2012R2?

== John ==

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Set/re-set active DFS share for all computers in a site

May 4, 2014, 3:31 pm
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we have groups of computers in two sites that are configured to access files in DFS replicated shares, replicated between servers within each of the two sites.

The other day, I happened to look at the DFS tab on the properties on several of these computers and was surprised to see that the active share/link was actually the server in the other site. I assume that there may have been some outage or slowness that might cause clients to temporarily switch over to the alternate share?, the link between the two sites is slow so if my clients are accessing the share in the other site it is much slower....

I see the similar question being asked in this forum, but what is the correct procedure to "reset" the active share on the DFS share for my client computers so that they are all defaulting to the server within the same site?

thanks!

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Server 2008 R2 unable to access local DFS Namespaces \\localserver\share

April 30, 2014, 8:59 am
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Our primary DFS server is unable to access DFS shares on itself.  \\localserver\share.  All clients (Windows 7) and all other servers can access the namespaces on\\localserver\share and the affected server can access namespaces on all other DFS servers\\server2\share even ones it replicates with.

This is an issue because we have software on this server that rely's on accessing the namespace via the UNC path\\localserver\share. 

It was working up until a couple of days ago and we believe it stopped after applying the latest round of Microsoft patches to the server although this has not been verified as the cause.

As well, yesterday the server BSOD'd in the afternoon.

Finally, we are unable to access \\localserver\C$ from any client or server.

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The server crashes randomly with Stop Error 0x3B, dfsc.sys.  This is on Server 2008 R2 Standard.

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