Rename DFS Namespace Server
I have a server that is a domain controller and a DFS Namespace. I renamed this server. Everything seems to be working ok, except clients are seeing the server as the old server name in the DFS Tab...
View ArticleFile Screening Management Audio File m4a
Hello,Server 2012 Storage Server.I have applied a file screening rule to a share for audio and video. The problem is the default template does not have m4a. This rule is passive with email...
View ArticleViewing the "Replication" tab for a replicated folder target in the DFS...
On a server 2008 R2 box I setup a DFS folder folder in a namespace and then manually setup it up for replication in the "replication" node of the DFS console. Now when I go to the "Replication" tab for...
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Backup failed as another backup or recovery is in progress
Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2.Every time when Windows Server Backup job starts some errors appear:=====Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup Date: 2/21/2013 4:00:08...
View ArticleRoaming Profile - Add Administrators rights to profile folder without taking...
HiIs there any utility to apply 'Administrators' rights to user's roaming profile folder on Win2K3 server share without taking ownership and without affecting the user's existing permissions. I've...
View ArticleDFS - Decommisioning Old Server
Hi,Our domain functional level is 2003 and has to remain as this for the time being.We need to decommission our DFS Root Server (2003) and migrate DFS to an existing 2008 R2 box. The DFS role is...
View ArticleError when MAC user accesses deduplicated Server 2012 volume
I moved a share that my MAC users access to server 2012 a month ago without problems.Last week I enabled deduplication on the volume and now they are having issues.The files appear corrupted. When the...
View ArticleIs there a way to add addtional terminal services to Windows 2008 R2 server...
Is there a way to add terminal services clients beyond the restriction to 2 users on Windows 2008 R2 server? If not, has anybody used a GUI program to work around the 2 user limit?Charlie
View ArticleRobocopy Windows Server 2008 version Changes Destination Directory to System...
I have been living with this bug in the new version of robocopy for awhile now, but I now need a better solution to this than adding theA-:SH parameter to my robocopy commands. I noticed this was...
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 2008 R2 Shadow Copies - Failed to retrieve volumes that are eligible...
On more than one of our Server 2008 R2 servers, when opening the Disk Management console and going to the properties of our volume housing shared folders, I am unable to configure Shadow Copies due to...
View ArticleQueue Depth
Hi,I have two hosts running vmware esxi 5 with two vm's running windows 2008 r2 and sql 2008 r2. The windows 2008 r2 vm's are configured to use Microsoft iscsi initiator to access the Dell Equal Logic...
View ArticleCreate home folders with Display name
Hi AllI need to create Home folders for the users however home folders needs to be created as full name and not the %username% as username policy is firstname and initials of last name only.e.g. for a...
View ArticleDFS Replication suddenly stops on 1 server
I have been running DFSR for some time between 3 Servers (Call them A, B, and C). Suddenly 2 days ago, with no error messages, replication between A and the other two stopped working. B and C still...
View ArticlePortmap service will not start
Portmap service will not start with the WIN32_EXIT_CODE 31. The exit code means “A device attached to the system is not functioning.” but it is not clear which device. There is no warning or error seen...
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DFS + Dedup
Hi everybody.I have a Windows Server 2012 Std and two roles DFS + Deduplication. Disk K used for users files = 5.4 Tb.Domain users can successfully work with dfs shares (all works good). Also there is...
View ArticleDFS-R after server reboot no longer in sync
Hello,I am trying to keep 2 servers in sync with DFS-R. This worked for quite some time. But after a server reboot a couple of days ago the sync doesn't work anymore.I have done a "force...
View ArticleUsing symbolic links in common file dialog
I was able to successfully use mklink to create a symbolic link to a folder on a shared folder. I can cd to the folder and I can browse the folder in Explorer with no problems. However when I...
View ArticleHow to remove file/folder permissions for disabled NT Id's on all the member...
Is theer any way we could automate removing file/folder permissions of disabled NT Id's on all the member servers in a domain.
View ArticleWindows File Migration (Send-SmigServerData / Receive-SmigServerData)
Hi There,I have problems to migrate a directory (including subfolders and files) from a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 to a Windows Server 2008R2 Service Pack 1. The error message...
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