Windows Search shows forbidden files
I have a server with Windows 2003 Server R2 fully updated (AD not installed). I made usergroup "Office". I defined two explicit rules for some particular folder "OurUserFiles" for this usergroup:First...
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Event 517 Backup
Hi,The backup operation that started at '2012-12-02T16:35:49.182917500Z' has failed with following error code '2155347997' (The operation ended before completion.). Please review the event details...
View Articlerobocopy slow in windows 2008 r2
Hi,I'm testing robocopy (built-in command in win2008r2) and find the speed is not so fast. Here's my lab environment: 1. server A: win2003 (32-bit), 2 giga NIC forming teaming 2. server B: win2008r2...
View ArticleJoining a Server 2012 file server to 2008 DFS Namespace
We had 2x Server 2008R2 joined in a domain-based DFS namespace and replication. We since lost one server due to both hardware and human error, so now we have a single 2008R2 currently serving our...
View ArticleExtended Drive Disappears after Activation
Using Azure to create Server 2008 SP1 VM and then creating an extended drive(Q:) on Temporary Storage(D:), the Q: is no longer available. This happened after activating with the license key.
View ArticleDFS-R One Way - Staging Quota for Read-only receiving member?
We have multiple servers setup for one-way DFS-R as part of our disaster recovery redundancy (also have daily tape backups as well).Does the staging quota for the server that is a read-only receiving...
View ArticleShadowcopy to utilising all space?
Hi Everyone,I currently have VSS configured on a 2008 R2 server. It will only list 1 weeks worth of snapshots for any given directory. My understanding is that VSS will use as much space as it can to...
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Extend volume is greyed out on Windows Server 2008 R2
Hi,I am trying to extend a volume to unused space on a disk and the Extend Volume option is greyed out
View ArticleSynchronize a Mac with Server 2008 R2 or SBS 2011
What is the best method for synching files from a Mac to a server 2008 R2 or SBS 2011? We would like it to operate similar to offline files.
View ArticleEvent ID 55 problem resolved after applying hotfix (981166), but recurs since...
I have a Server 2008 that was having an Event 55 problem during system state back-ups. I applied the hotfix mentioned in article ID 981166, and that resolved the problem. Subsequently, however, I ran...
View Articleevent viewer .log files
hi theredoes anyone know how i can get .log files to be viewed in event viewer?we have a piece of software that monitors event viewer, but the backup software that we have doesn't create an event in...
View ArticleActive Directory: How can I grant Deny access to a folder which is granted...
All users on the domain get access to this shared folder "Shared" and when I give deny access to the folder to some users, their login take exactly 10 minutes via remote after the change. We are using...
View ArticleNew Server 2012 - DFS not working
I added a new 2012 member server to a single domain forest consisting of 3 other Win2k8 servers. DFS works great between the 2K8 servers, but I can't get it work with the 2012 one.I created a simple...
View ArticleDFS: Mounting subfolder into an already mounted folder
Hi All,I am hoping this is possible. In my DFS root I have mounted a folder called "Departments". It has a whole list of folders in it (as you guess it, for different departments)....
View ArticleCan't access Re-Writable DFS folders after previously being Read-Only
Made some DFS folders Re-Writable after being Read-Only & now can't access DFSRprivate folder on those members.Using a domain admin account. Issue only occurs on member-shares that were read only...
View ArticleNFS Client performance goes down at intervals
I set up a NFS client service on windows 2008 Server R2 standard edition, using GID/UID in registry. My application can read/write files on remote Linux NFS server. But the bad news is that: every...
View ArticleFolders Mysteriously Disappear in Windows Server 2008 R2
Hi,I have this obscure issue with newly created shared or unshared folders disappearing in Windows Server 2008. I know that folders are still there because I can go into DOS mode and locate the...
View ArticleCannot connect to local shares
Hi all,We run in a strange situation with a W2k8 R2 FileServer.We can access its shares from any computer, but we cant access its shares while logging on locally. So, if we type\\fileserver we get...
View ArticleNTFS Permissions oddity
I have a user that can assume full control and ownership on a file by just editing it on a mac, but cannot do it on a windows system.The file is share out from a folder that is 3 level deep and each...
View ArticleCan not create storage pool
Hello,I have Win server 2012 installed in Hyper-V. I would like to create storage pool on 2 virtual disks. I tried it with IDE, SCSI and iSCSI disks but still no success. In "New Storage Pool Wizard" I...
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