Distributed File System DFS Mistake
I am new to Distributed File Systems and was testing some configurations out to see how it worked, and I figured out Rule #1 of DFS: Do NOT DFS use a Namespace name that already exists as a network...
View ArticleFile Copy using Robocopy
Hi, I am trying to migrate a file server from 2003 to Windows 2008 R2, we have couple of drives and i have moved the all the data using Robocopy with NTFS Permission. I have an share in drive where i...
View ArticleIIS 7.5 High Availability and Load Balancing
I currently have an IIS 7 web server that I would like to transition to IIS 7.5 on a new server. I would like to create a highly available solution. The server is in a workgroup and is a public web...
View ArticleAccess to close "Open Files" by helpdesk(non-admins)
Hi guys, Our file servers are 2003r2 and our users sometimes have issues where other users have a file open and there is a lock on a file. They then call our helpdesk and the helpdesk tries to go into...
View ArticleFRS Replication Error 13539
I am trying to replicate files between 2003 and 2003 R2 Servers and i get this error "The File Replication Service cannot replicate d:\Share1\Folder1 because the pathname of the replicated directory is...
View Articlebeginner question about dfs-replication to off site server.
I have a file server on location and a backup server. Right now I'm using Robocopy to make nightly backups of the 8TB of data of which 7GB changes daily. We are afraid that a single fire or lightning...
View ArticleFolder Redirection
Im having issues with folder redirection. I am a new network admin for a school district...and I have a site that is having issues with it not putting the redirected stuff in the right folders. I...
View ArticleBacking up WS 2008 R2
so i have a windows 2008 R2 server used as a Files server, i have over 1.5 TB of data on it and i need to make a back up of this data, so i have copied everything from the server to another computer...
View ArticleDFS & DFSR keeps failing on server 2003 R2 every couple of days.
I have been trying to setup DFS and DFSR on a pair of servers both running windows storage server 2003 R2. These connect to an SBS 2003 R2 domain. All goes well, the domain based namespaces setup...
View ArticleError 0x8007003B unexpected network error at copying big files on a DFS share
Hi, i have a problem with some of my DFS-shares. The issue i noticed the first time today. if i copy a big file (> 100mb) on my DFS share (domain-based namespace) i've got the error 0x8007003B...
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Removing Really Old Backups of Removed Drives
If I run backup details I am seeing really old backups listed from removed drives. However, if I run either "Vssadmin list shadows /for=Z:" or "WBADMIN GET VERSIONS -backupTarget:z:" they are not...
View ArticleBranch Cache and file modification question
Hello, We have two remote offices on the same subnet, the plan is to setup Branch Cache Servers in Hosted Cache Mode at each location. I haven’t really read anything in regards to file modifications....
View ArticleDomain based DFS on Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
I have set up a Windows 2008 R2 Failover cluster for the purpose of using it as a member of a Domain based DFS namespace and DFS Replication group. Details: 2x HP Blades NIC1: LAN NIC2: Heartbeat...
View ArticleDuplicate name exists on the network - Server 2003
We recently decommissioned a Server 2008 fileserver (chfileserv01) and replaced with a Server 2008 fileserver (chnas01) running MS Storage Server. We added a CNAME alias to point chfileserv01 to...
View ArticlePROBLEM SCAN SERVER
Hello! Staff have a server with windows server 2008 r2. I installed the print server and when I scan in management> add a scan server, put the name of the server and the following error: The...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 File Server - .exe files disappear after copy
When we copy .exe files to a file share on a Windows 2008 R2 server, the files disappear. There are no warning or errors in the Event Log and we do not get any pop ups. It's as if the copy goes...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration and Creator Owner not being assigned permissions on...
I am using folder redirection and roaming profiles. Both are hosted on a DFS namespace, with access based enumeration enabled, and are in the format: \\domain\home\F\L\user where F = First initial, L =...
View ArticleMigrate a clustered file and print servers cross forest
hi all, i have windows server 2008 file and print server clustered in a windows 2003 forest and i want to migrate it to a new windows server 2008 R2 servers in a new forest and to be clustered as well....
View ArticleRunning Chkdsk on a drive having many mounted points
Hi Guys, I am having a drive which is generating lots of events (Events ID - 55) in events viewer. When I checked the drive and it shows as dirty andi need to run the checkdesk with /f to fix the...
View ArticleI Can not Install the KB2378111 update on Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Dear Team, When I try to install the KB2378111 update, i got the "Unknown Error Code : 2359302" error massage. Please advice me..
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