XP Offline Files: DFS Shares Vs. Ordinary Redirection
I have 8 different OUs. I will call them OU1 - OU8. Each OU has a GPO assigned to it to redirect client Desktops and My Documents to domain-based DFS shares. The GPO for OU1 redirects to...
View ArticleUsing domain netbios name in DFS path with no WINS and unqualified domain...
I had a couple of helpdesk folks ask me recently why a DFS path stopped working.When attempting to access a share in that DFS root the user would get Network Path not Found. Some users had this...
View ArticleServer 2003 File access issue
I have 2 windows 2003 member servers, both have SQL databases with client side applications accessing them. The 1st server is hosting a sage databse and the 2nd server is hosting a webbased HR...
View ArticleWindows 2008R2 DFS Replication Issue
I have 2 Windows Server 2008R2 machines. The Drives on both are 19 TB, the main one currently have 14 million files taking 6 TB of space. I am trying to sync the files from the source machine to the...
View ArticleDFS Replication Crashes Server
My company has 2 servers. One server (Server1) is running Server 2008 Standard & the other (Server2) is running Server 2008 R2 Standard. Both servers have been working great until I implemented...
View ArticleMemory Usage on 2008 R2 file server is high and doesn't seem to be accounted for
this is a vmware vm running 2008 R2 server with file services with 8 GB of RAM at 95 percent usage. The memory usage by processes doesn't add up to 7.5 GB and the active memory on the vm is only 1.2...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 and NFSv4
Hello, I'm trying to run NFS services on Windows Server 2012 with support for version 4 (NFS4), everything I read says 2012 supports v4, however I cannot find anywhere to set the version except for 2...
View ArticleHow do I see what permissions a Windows 2008 AD group has to my folders and...
How do I see what permissions a Windows 2008 AD group has to my folders and shares? I have a group called SalesDataGroup, with 50 users in it. I need to do some kind of search or query on AD and see...
View Articlecross forest clustered file and print server migration
hi all, i have clustered file and print server on windows server 2008 R2 servers on a forest called abc.com i want to migrate to a new hardware on a forest xyz.com is there any step by step to do that....
View Articlemy 2008 R2 file servers problem
Hi everyone I have a 2008 R2 domain controller in my network , and I have two file server in my network , one of them is primary file server and DC , another one is secondary file server and ADC , now...
View ArticleMapping to network drive from offsite.
We provide Network file storage space to our Users when they are on our Network. On our on-campus PCs the Network drive is mapped to their H drive by our login scripts and the users access these files...
View ArticleDeduplication is grayed out
I am trying to test Deduplication in Server 2012, but it is grayed out in right click menus of the volume. I have Windows Storge Server 2012 Standard insatlled and that is suppose to have...
View Article[2008R2 Web Edition] I removed a volume instead removing a mirror... How to...
Hello, One of my disk or a windows mirrior was broken and i wanted to remove the mirror. No backup, it was a backup disk... I have just done a big mistake, I clicked in Remove Volume intead of remove...
View ArticleRedirected files missing after reboot.
We have a client that has the mydocs/pictures/desktop/appdata being redirected to a server location (\\server1\share). We took over this client just recently and we're troubleshooting some random...
View ArticleSome Feature differences in WS 2012 editions
I am trying to figure out the differences between some of the features of different flavors of Windows Server 2012. I have seen microsoft documents, but they are not clear. In Particular I am looking...
View ArticleCannot create new namespace. The specified path is invalid
setup: - 2008 R2 Standard SP1 File Server - 2008 R2 functional domain level. Domain controllers are separate servers from the file server here. - 500GB iSCSI LUN attached. Partitioned into D:\...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 DFS replication issue
I have two servers in two separate locations connected via point-to-point VPN (10 Mbps). Both are Server 2008 R2 Std w/ SP1. Server A is the primary while server B is part of the “mesh” topology. There...
View ArticleDFS Access Denied
Hi Everyone, hope you can help me :) I have a Windows 2003 Domain and have a Domain DFS Root and a single DFS Replica, which works fine and is accessable. However, recently, im no longer able to create...
View Articlehow can track who deleted file/folder from Windows Server 2008
some one delete file from server 2008 shared folder. I want to track who deleted this file/folder. Any comment highly appreciate. Rgd Arvind Arvind
View Articleseeding and the PreExisting foler
Hello Can some one please clarify the following for me as I have read different information on the same question and am therefore not sure of the correct answer. Windows 2003 R2 DFS I am going to add a...
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