Migrated Drive Map for Home drives not working
I am in a terminal server environment using XenApp 6.5. I had Home folders drive mapping set via GPP (User/Preferences/Windows Settings/Drive Maps). I had to migrate all user data from one 2k8r2...
View ArticleConvert 'OS' volume from FAT32 to NTFS with no data loss? Server 2008 R2
Hello - I have a Server 2008 R2 machine that has a FAT32 'OS' partition that seems to be part of the operating system; I'm not sure why it was created as other Server 2008 R2's I have don't have one....
View ArticleProblem with I/O priority management
The performance tuning Guidlines for Windows Server 2008 R2, sais that we can disable the I/O priority management for a disk by setting to zero the following registry...
View ArticleDFSR Virtualisation
What are the pros and cons for virtualising DFSR Replication members. I know snapshotting can break things but overall what's the take on DFSR data being sitting in Virtual Machines.HA
View ArticleDesigning of Global File server
Hello There,I have a scenario from my client on which I am seeking for your recommendation and advice as soon as possible. I am really confused on this if DFS on Win2k8R2 is the solution for this?. I...
View ArticleWin2008 Backup Failure: Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup...
I recently performed a clean install of Win2008 x32 and have been trying for several days to get the Windows Backup program to work on my system drive C: (hardware RAID 5 - Intel Embedded Server RAID...
View ArticleServer backup failing because SPSearch4 VSS Writer
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...
View ArticleROBOCOPY not copying NTFS permissions
Hi,I need to move my file server from windows 2008 to Netapp NAS. I am using the robocopy tool from Microsoft.robocopy source destination /b /E /copyallparam B: to use the backup feature to copy the...
View ArticleDFS is replicating deleted content
Hello,our setup are 2 hubs and 80 spokes. The environment are mixed 2003 R2 and 2008 R2 servers. The topology is hub and spoke and its fully connected.Our idea is that server1 has the "valid" content...
View ArticleNeed help with DFS using 3 DC's, which DC manages root domain namespace?
Ok so i'm fairly new to this organization and i'm trying to implement DFS. Here is the current setup:DC01 -> Main DC / DFS Namespace+Replication (Installed by default for SYSVOL/NETLOGON)DC02 ->...
View Articlesharing video data through vpn
I have a site with a remote office. Right now, they just have internet access and currently they are using the company terminal server until we get the VPN running. We are going to be installing some...
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Server 2012 - Deduplication
HiOK prior to having dedup, i tried the tool and found big savings. Now i have the server, the sizing is curious.I was not expecting the "size on disk" for my folders to be SO SMALL => Can someone...
View ArticleFile access over WebDAV - IIS 7.5 WS2K8 R2
SetupWS2K8 R2 web server running webDAV. User home dirs and shared drives setup as virtual directories and then converted to applications under one website.So I have top level folder, then user home...
View ArticleDFS: Users getting access denied.
I've got a DFS namespace with two file servers. If a regular user tries to access \\domain.local\dfs\folder they get an access denied. If an administrator tries to access, it works fine. I've...
View ArticleProblem with DFS/FRS replication
hi there,For some reason our DFS replication on win2003 (not R2) isn't working. I have run frsdiag and there are some "ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED" errors but I'm unsure what to do next.Will post the output of...
View Articledfsutil Diag Viewdfspath - equivalent on Windows 2003 Server?
Hi,On Windows 2008 Server, I use dfsutil Diag Viewdfspath to get the referral list for a DFS logical path.Is there an equivalent command on Windows 2003 Server?Thanks,Sam
View ArticleDFS Replication constant problem
DFS Replication is causing me constant problems... is this a reliable way of mirroring data from one server to another? it doesn't seem so.Here's my setup:2 Windows 2008 R2 Servers (both Domain...
View ArticleDFSR and FRS errors since windows update 19/11
We are a primary school with a single Windows 2008 R2 standard server which provides Domain Controller and File Services.In the Server Manager console it states that in File Services DFS is not...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 DFS replication
I set up a DFS namespace and replication between two file servers but I can't get files to replicate. When I run a health report I am getting the following error for one of the servers - DFS...
View ArticleHas anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?
I just got a pair of new 3TB disks that I wanted to put on my Windows 2003 server enterprise x64 system, SP2, all updates installed.When I first tried to convert to dynamic, I got the error "The...
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