Manual File Classification - Administrator only?
We're deploying FCI here to allow users to classify their data for retention and discovery.File servers are 2012 standard.I'd like the ability for owners to manually set FCI properties (we've enabled...
View ArticleCan I move Shadow Copies to new SAN?
Hi all,I have a file server to hold user folders on E drive, turned on the shadow copies, and saved to F drive. Both drives are on SAN. As SAN will be retired soon, I need to move both of them to new...
View ArticleCalculating Disk Queue on Nas Boxes
Hi Every One,We have Nas Server which has 3 boxes two md1000 and one md3000 each array has 15 Drives now i want to calculate Disk Queue Length (For Boxes Performance Purpose) but i am confused which...
View ArticleRobocopy Error 123
My Robocopy utility has been working fine for months and now it has stopped function. I am copying source W2K3 server to W2K8 server many times and it works, now it doesn't: ERROR 123 (0x0000007B)...
View ArticleCan we replace DFS
HI All, I got 5 Branch office. Can we go with NAS replacing the Windows Servers? is there any new technology without going with File Servers? I need to convince my Business that best way for File...
View ArticleDFS Namespace Design
HI I'm in a planning of DFS namespace for my business. But if we create this single namespace with 5 branch office lot of data is replicating to each servers? and all the users can see all the shares...
View ArticleDFS Namespace will speed the file access?
Hi All, I have setup a domain based DFS namespace (in 2000 mode) that has 1 targeted folders within it.DFS root namespace is hosted by two servers. One in Branch1 server and Branch2 serverNamespace:...
View ArticleStandalone DFS or Mounted VHD Setup?
Hello TechNet community!I have an issue that I hope someone is able to offer some advice on. I currently have a SQL server hosting data folders for clients. The folders are hosted from a SAN mapped...
View ArticleDFS Replication group dropping from 2003R2 console
HI Alli have setup a dfs replication group between a 2003R2 and a 2008R2 server, for centrolised backup.now the replication is working correctly, and i can view my replication groups from the 2008R2...
View ArticleProblems with DFS Namespace Server Failover
Curious to know if someone has seen my DFS Namespace failover issue and might know of a resolution. I have found a couple of posts of folks with the same problem, but there never seems to be a...
View ArticleiSCSI Session Logout
I am trying to logout of a iSCSI session but when I try I get the error:The session cannot be logged out since a device on that session is currently being used. The following event appears in the...
View ArticleiSCSI Initiator Session Logout
On GREPI02 (W2K3 SP2 x86, iSCSI Initiator 2.08) I can't logout the iSCSI Initiator session on the "Targets" tab and then "Details" button as I get the following error: The session cannot be logged out...
View ArticleFile permissions gertting changed
I work in a school district. We have moved our student folders to WIndows server 2008 (datacenter edition) this past fall. Our files structure has root folders named with the graduation year and...
View ArticleDFSR Diag - Can't Recover From Dirty Shutdown Event ID 2213
A branch off server recently encountered a dirty shutdown. This is the second time in two weeks that this has occurred (Auto-installing windows updates the culprit and I have now disabled that)....
View ArticleWhere my disk space goes? I delete files but the disk space is not...
I have a Win2012 with a 1.5 TB partition created under Storage Spaces.In the morning i saw the free disk space and was about 4 GB!I found a shared folder with 211GB (=~211.000 GB) in more the 140.000...
View ArticleCopy paste is very slow in windows2008 server
We have installed a windows2008 server recently and facing this issue. When we copy paste about 47gb data to same server(no network involved) it takes about 55 minutes, which is too high for this...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Permissions -
OK, We are currently doing a revamp of our folder structure. We have an automated system that create client folders on one of our drives. I want to be able to set it up where users cant create...
View Articledual boot partions 7and 8
I have a dual boot hard disk with Win 7 and 8. I would like to add a third OS Windows XP to run legacy software and hardware. Using disk management in windows 7 is it OK, I have enough free disk space....
View ArticleProblems syncing since server name has changed.
I sync my files using the Sync center. The server address has changed and now my files no longer sync. Is there a way to point Windows to the new server (ie. change the path of the directory?)
View ArticleDFS-R and split horizon network with TMG.
All those who have experimented exhaustivly with DFS-R I have a question. I have been testing serveral implementations of DFS-R now for a couple of years and have narrowed down a unique combination of...
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