Best Practice for security permissions on Windows Server 2008
Simplified situation – we have a department with 10 users which all have access to a shared network drive (Windows 2008 server). There are 30 folders under the main share folder. 10 of those folders...
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I have added domain user to local administrator group in member server but it is not visible after some time and while re-adding it is saying already exist.How to fix it.
View ArticleExtending a clustered disk
We have a Windows Server 2008 cluster that is running SQL Server 2008. We have a disk that is about out of space. We have provided more space on the SAN and can see it in Disk Management (Extra...
View ArticleNTFS permissions report
Hi, I am from Spain, excuse my bad EnglishI have a file server with 85 share folders. this folders contain very subfoldersI want to generate a NTFS permissions report for all folders and subfolders...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 sbs & Windows Server 2003 sbs
Hi We have Windows Server 2008 sbs with domain name and also main server for my org. I want set-up Server 2003 sbs old server that not use at the moment and want as a file server. I need some advice...
View ArticleHow to create NTFS quota for folders in Cluster shared volume on SAN storage?
Hi, i have issue with creating NTFS quota for CSV on SAN storage using windows 2012 standard. I have failover cluster with 10 nodes, all have access to the CSV. I want to create quota for folders...
View ArticleBitLocker with Self Encrypting Drives
Hi,Has anyone tried to use Hardware SED disks with Windows 2012 BitLocker ?We have a couple of Seagate SED disks we are testing and i was expecting BitLocker to detect they are hardware based...
View ArticleReplace Dead Raid-5 Disk
Good day everyone,a drive in my Raid-5 array has bitten the dust. I use Microsoft Software Raid-5 (Windows Server 2008 R2), and now that I have returned the dead drive and procured a new one, I need to...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Server and Folder Size and Access Denied
I have a file server that holds roaming profiles for users. Lately, I've seen a spike in the amount of data on the server. Of course most of the directories are not accessible via the administrator...
View ArticleWin 2012 File Server - Client is getting Access Denied though Permissions are...
Hi All,I have just built up a test Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition Server and have a folder on the D Drive which I have shared. For Example D:\Shared. I have set the Share Permissions on this...
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get-smbconnection returns dialect 1.5?!? Attempting to connect to VNXe over...
Good evening,we're running an EMC SAN recently upgraded to SW version that supports SMB 3.0 by default. When I use my new Server 2012 Datacenter to connect to a share on the VNXe, then attempt to put...
View ArticleRestore a Windows Server 2003 System.
My Server hard drve crashed yesterday. We installed a new drive and installed a fresh copy of windows server 2003. We set up all the wizards for internet, network and email. Upon completion I started...
View ArticleDomain Configurations
Dear All, 1. I've installed windows 2008 standard r2 server. 2.Configured a domain. 3.Joined 10 clients to the server. 4.Created shared folders on the sever restricting to users.(ex.USERNAME:system01...
View Articlebatch file cannot run from unc access but can run from cmd line
I need to use a unc connection for end users to run a batch file that copies files from that directory back to there local machine. I have given the users full control on the folder containing the...
View ArticleNTFS permissions changed on 2008 R2 File server when File is modified by MAC
Hello all, I am having an issue with files on my 2008 R2 file server. From what I can tell the issue is that the NTFS permissions are being changed when a file is accessed by a mac and modified....
View ArticleExclude 1 user or group of users from audit logging Server 2008 R2?
When a server backup is run, the user credentials used for the backup agent accesses every file on the server and fills the security log with notations of its access to every file and folder. This is...
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Unable to iSCSI boot – Intel PT NIC and Microsoft iSCSI target
I was able to flash the iSCSI boot ROM to the Intel card but when I try to have the computer boot form the card I get a “unable to connect”. I can connect to the target though Windows when the computer...
View ArticleServices for NFS User Mapping Options Windows 2008 R2
Is it possible to avoid having to extend the AD schema to support Unix mapping by configuring local user accounts on the windows file server to be used for the mapped unix accounts instead?I'm not that...
View ArticleWhat is the ideal configuration for a new server with virtualization
I am configuring a new server with Microsoft Server 2012. I will have two virtual servers running on it.One of the virtual servers will be the app server, and the other will be the data server with...
View ArticleDFSR backlog not reducing
I'm concerned with a set up we have for a client. We are looking to replace their on-site file server as it is on its last legs. It replicates to a server in our hosting facility. The two servers are...
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