Using a root namespace with DFS and the purpose of a namespace server
I've been browsing DFS articles and still can't seem to grasp some of the basic parts. Hopefully someone can explain this to me without name calling :)---Question 1:(When dealing with a Domain based...
View ArticleMoving Shadow Copies, DFSR Data, and VMs between Volumes
We have two servers that we are planning on upgrading the RAID arrays in (We are just planning to buy bigger drives). We have the ability to mount the new RAID array and the old RAID array at the same...
View ArticleMultipath IO on Server 2012
I've configured Server 2012 as a poor man's SAN in my lab environment. My virtualization host is connected fine to the iSCSI target I've created. I have 4 NICs, 3 I have reserved for iSCSI traffic....
View ArticleDFS issue
Hai, I am having 2 windows server 2008 r2 and one windows 7 client machine.In that servers one server is domain and another is the server which is joined to the domain. My scenario is I am enabling DFS...
View ArticleVSS Failure
I have SBS 2008 and remote Backup Exec client(2010 r2.) I have errors every night -Backup- AOFO: Initialization failure on: "\\HS-EN-DC-02.HSAA.local\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group"....
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 ArticleNTFS with partition sizes up to 16TB minus 4KB
I understand the max partition size of 16TB, but what does the minus 4KB mean?
View ArticleSynchronize
Hi all,Is it possible to enable file synchronization in Windows server 2008 R2 and how?Source files are in Windows server 2008 R2, and destination folder is on the windows server 2003.
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Add volumes and folders to File Management Task from command line
Hi all,I am working with File Management on windows server 2008 r2. so far I am able to work with just about everything but I have one question.as you can see below there's a path of F:\test that the...
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W2003R2x64 slow folder browsing to local SAN
We have a physical server running Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 SP2. It has 24GB of RAM, using Xeon E5620s totaling 16 cores. We're using one of two embedded GigE interfaces. This server is located in a...
View ArticleWindows server 2003 and 2008
hi, I would like to know if it possible to keep track of administrator account in the server. For instance, i created an administrator account and allow them full access to the server, is it...
View ArticleUser can not see the whole content of share folders
Hi There is a share folder on windows Server 2008R2 Sp1. All users can create files and folders in our share folder but some of users can not see the whole files and folders in share folder in the...
View ArticleMoved to Server 2012 getting Access Database Corruption
We moved our company file shares to a new Windows 2012 server and are now having issues with Access databases becoming corrupted when accessed by multiple clients at the same time. Does anyone have...
View ArticleGive a shared folder access to only domain users and every domain computer...
Hello AllI have configured a share in my domain (with Access Bases Enumeration) of which only the domain users have access to. However, there are some machines in the domain where only the local...
View ArticleWindows/PowerShell Reports o% Free Space
We run PowerShell script as scheduled task on server. Job checks free space on disks and reports if space falls to less than x%. This works 99% of the time. Periodically, however, we have alerts...
View ArticleWhy ReFS can not be used on removable drives?
HiAround the internet I can read that ReFS can not be used on removable drives. Unfortunately when I was trying to go deeper - I can not found or can not deduce the answer why. I'm formatted for...
View ArticleCompression space tool like deduplication tool
HiIs there an equivalent tool to the depulication tool (DDPEval.exe) for normal NTFS File compression ? i.e. reports the saving without doing the actual transformation ?i.e. instead of doing this over...
View Articledfs issues - some clients continue to use the dfs namespaces while other...
My entire network was using namespaces to access shares to our dfs. After rebooting one of the two servers that are replicating some clients successfully connect to the share and others cannot. i am...
View ArticleCound not map network drive: Extended error has occurred
Hi everyone. I've got a 2 domain setup with a two-way trust set up, and have a user getting an error when trying to map a drive to a share on a server. The name of the server is \\rgm-server.domain.com...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager to report on Active Directory Name instead of...
Hello,Reports work great but is there a way to have them report on the AD Name (John Doe) vs. Username (we have ID's like ABCD for each user)If this cannot be changed then need to convert all the...
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