File Server Migration Wizard - Single 2008 storage server to 2008 storage...
I'm trying to migrate from a single file server to a cluster (around 400 shares). old server is 2008 Storage Server. New cluster is 2008 Storage Server enterprise. I can't robocopy the data and use a...
View ArticleCluster 2008 R2 file server Client Access Points...
If i set up some shares on one Client Access Point, is it possible to move them over to a new CAP with a different name, without having to recreate the shares from scratch? i.e. can i just migrate it...
View Articlecommand line to automate disk management in 2008 R2
Hi, I am looking for some command line tools to allow me to manage disks in Windows 2008 R2. My idea is to automate some task, such as importing foreign disks, so that I can schedule the task in a...
View ArticleDFS-R hub server - which way to make read-only?
Hi all,This is more of a technical clarification than a problem we're having...Firstly, we have a bunch of file servers in various EMEA regions, which are set up to replicate back to a central hub...
View ArticleAfter user folder redirection to server share there are numerous "My...
Good morning all,I just enabled folder redirection in the school district I manage for our teachers, and everything is working perfectly except when I go to our share, which is \\server\users$, there's...
View ArticleError when mapping drive with read only permissions - unc path works fine
Hello,we have user shares that we map to drive H:. the shares are in the form \\server\user\<loginname>. The shares have full permission and the files and folders have full permission for the...
View ArticleFile Resource Manager Reports with Deduplication
I recently setup a file server running Server 2012 R2 with deduplication turned on. When I run the "Files by Owner" report in File Server Resource Manager, I'm getting post-dedup results. For...
View ArticleWindows 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2- File Share suddently no one can access. After...
We have file server, which is using windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 2. Today suddently no one can access its file share. I try to login to the server and open services, but it is so...
View ArticleiSCSI targets left behind by vss provider?
Hello all,I have a Windows Server 2012 Failover cluster running a number of virtual machines. Storage for the cluster is provided by a Windows Storage Server 2012 instance and mapped to the nodes via...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 Storage spaces - even number of disks with mirror?
Hi,I'm just testing Windows 2012 R2 storage spaces on a lab with an MSA70 containing 25 SAS disks.So I created a storage pool with the 25 disks, then tried to create a mirrored virtual disks and it...
View Article"I/O Other Bytes" by the system process is too high
Hello everyonethe description of the performance counter "I/O Other Bytes" is "The number of bytes transferred in input/output operations generated by a process that are neither reads nor writes,...
View Articlehow to add space to c:\ system boot partition
*system is a dl360 g3 hardware raid 1, windows 2003 R2 standardI rebuild mirrored drives with larger disks andwas able to extend the logical drive with the array configuration utility. I need to add...
View ArticleIs there any way to recover files deleted from recycle bin?
I accidentally deleted a folder of important files into the recycle bin,and then cleaned the bin as usual after the deletion.I really need the files back.please tell me what to do.Thanks for your answer!
View Articlehidden share Folder Permission can't access
hi guys,i got a strange things,i shared a folder with the name UDA$ in server 2008 R2,but in client, domain users can't access this folder in this way:\\dc01\UDA$,It showed no permission to access,but...
View Article2008 R2/ Win7 Offline Files Sync causing High Load on server
Hi Everyone, I have recently been investigating extremely high CPU Usage from the System Process on my company's main File Cluster.We managed to track SRV2.sys Threads causing high CPU load within the...
View ArticleDFSR backlog not reducing in windows 2012
I had this issue previously with Windows 2008 R2, and the issue was resolved by KB2663685 and KB2831101.I've done an inplace update of windows 2008R2 in my file server - DFSR server, and after the...
View ArticleDFS Namespace for Multiple users
Hi Guys,I am having several doubts over using a DFS. In our company we have more than 20 shared folders and it is getting hard for the IT Admins to control the drive maps. However the shares are mostly...
View ArticleWindows 2012 iSCSI Target configuration
Hi,I'm looking at setting up a Windows 2012 R2 iSCSI storage server (target), that will act as storage to an Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster.In each of the Hyper-V hosts, I have 2 dedicated 1Gbps NICs....
View ArticleStorage Spaces vs Plain-Old-Partitions on single-spindle 300GB drive
When I originally installed my first WS2012 system (running WSUS, DHCP, WDS), I created simple volumes on the drive as I've always done. OS is installed on a 150GB drive, and I have a second 300GB...
View ArticleEvent ID 55 on volume is not in server
<span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN"> <p>I am getting below event on...
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