Unable to get NETLOGON and SYSVOL to replicate to newly promoted DC
I have been in the process of migrating servers but i cant seem to get the SYSVOL and NETLOGON to replicate. It has been stuck in the initial rep for about 2 weeks. I have tried the authoritative/Non...
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Read-Only files
Good morning everyone!me and another user are 2 administrator in the local workgroup. On a shared folder, in a WS2012, if i save a document, the other administrator cannot modify it. My user is the top...
View ArticleServer 2016 File Server Cluster using Storage Replication Max Volume Size
We have 32TB of fileshares running on a Server 2012 MS Fileshare cluster and old storage. We are migrating to a Server 2016 Stretched Fileshare Cluster (stretched between two buildings that are 2...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Disc Cleanup not deleting windows update files
My C drive is out of space due to 35.6 GB (out of 39.9 GB) being taken up in the Windows directory. Within that the winsxs is taking up 23.2 GB. When I run the cleanmgr as administrator it finds just...
View ArticleWIndows server 2008 standard x64 with very low disk
Hi there I'm having a serious issue with our windows server 2008 standard x64 : the C drive is running out of space ( i have now a meager 200ko - 3 Mo !!!!) this happens when I installed some security...
View ArticleDFS Management, Slow and dont sync
We currently have a couple of servers in different locations with Windows 2012 R2 Standard installed and all are set up the same. As an example (File server = F1,2,3 etc) F1 is located in Gothenburg,...
View ArticleWork folders and domain user
HiThere is a configured work folder on win server 2019, there is a domain PC with win 10 pro (1809).The problem is that when connecting the work folder to the domain user, I get the error:error:...
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Character limit for bytes in GUI?
Hello, We have a customer that created a 96TB REFS Volume and it is not displaying the bytes in the GUI. It will display in powershell. Is there a 14 max character limit in the GUI? It just hangs on...
View ArticleConnecting with user
I have just started to work for a small company and I need access to the files on the user network. I have created a user on the network for myself, that is a part of the employees group. How do I sign...
View ArticleCan you migrate Shadow copies?
We have a Windows 2008 R2 file server. The machine has a Data volume and a Shadow Copy volume. The machine is a VMWare VM and the two drives are RDMs. Shadow Copies are only being done on the Data...
View ArticleFTP settings and swapping volumes.
We have a Windows 2008 R2 file server that hosts an FTP site for transfers. The FTP site is pointed to an E:\ drive. The E:\ drive is an RDM.With the EOL on Windows 2008 R2, we are building a new...
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DFS Replication Doubt
Hi all,I am setting up DFS Replication between 2 critical folders in my company.But, what happen if the internet link goes down, for example, for 1 hour? Brazil changed 10 files inside the folder, and...
View Articlewindows 7 desktop randomly deleting user files by the thousands
This is a Windows 7 laptop that started deleting user files automatically a couple months ago. Have not been able to pin point what is causing this. The permissions are restricted to the user or Admin...
View ArticleIssues with Storage Migration Service
Hello!I am currently in the process of testing Storage Migration Service, as I am planning to perform a migration from an old Windows Server 2008R2 file service to a server running a newer Operating...
View ArticleDeduplication Problems | Garbage Collection hangs on 0%
Hello, Since a couple of months we have a problem with deduplication on our live production. We have two servers (FS01 and FS02). We use DFS to replicate files between the servers. One server...
View ArticleDedupJob Garbage Collection stuck at 0%
I started Garbage Collection on a volume with de-duplication enabled and 30 hours later I'm still at 0% with no file space being freed. I can see that there is a process running by looking up the...
View Articlesoft raid, how to deal with bcdedit default or secondary plex
Hi.We are testing RAID 1 on Windows server 2016.We have followed this guide:https://www.wintips.org/how-to-mirror-boot-hard-drive-on-windows-10-legacy-or-uefi/#case-bNow the thing is, after you set the...
View ArticleTrying to Unoptimize a Dedup Volume - Progress stays at 0%
For various reasons, I'm trying to rehydrate my dedup volumes on a recently deployed File Server 2012 R2. There's 5 volumes with dedup turned on - savings ranging from 28% to 49%, and the sizes range...
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Read-Only files
Good morning everyone!me and another user are 2 administrator in the local workgroup. On a shared folder, in a WS2012, if i save a document, the other administrator cannot modify it. My user is the top...
View ArticleDFSR - Conflict and Deleted Folder Filling Up - *.XLS, XLSM Files Only
Hi GuysI have a pair of Server 2012R2 Documents Servers with DFS enabled for our main Shared drive.DFS-Namespace– I have folder targets set:Primary site – Referrals enabled - \\Path\Secondary site –...
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