Lost link to branch office, how to plan DFS recovery 2008R2?
We have a main office which synchronises DFS with 4 branch offices via VPN's over the internet. One of the offices has lost its internet, and is likely to be without internet access for another week or...
View ArticleMPIO Crashing Server 2008 R2 SP1
Hi all: Thanks in advance for taking the time to read my thread. Here is the background: We have a Dell server running Server 2008 R2 SP1 connected to a Winchester Systems SAN via dual port HBA to...
View ArticleWindows server 2008 File server cluster
hi all, i want to create a file server on windows server 2008 R2 and make it domain base file server and at the same time i want to have it cluster so if one server down the other one still working. is...
View Article.xls files will not open locked by user. then crashes when tring to readonly
i am running a AMD Quad in a HP system, XP pro with s/p 3, 3GB RAM 200MB HD M/S office 2000 excel My problem is I cannot open any .xls files with excel. every xls is locked by user, and when attempting...
View ArticleMirroring System and Boot partitions
My overall goal is to boot from SAN instead of local disk without reinstalling the OS or all my applications. I have to use Windows disk mirroring. Here's my current setup: Disk 0 (all MBR)...
View ArticleTrial download windows storage standart.
Where can perform a download of the trial version of Windows Storage standart?
View ArticleRole Base Access for File Server
Hi All, I got new File Server and i want to setup role base access to the share folders? As
View ArticleDFS - Creating New Namespace - RPC Server Unavailable Err Msg
When trying to create a new domain based Namespace I get "The namespace cannot be queried. The RPC server is unavailable." As you can see below - I have tried some options from other similar posts on...
View ArticleHow to Increase the Existing Databse size on SQL 2008 server.
Dear Sir, I want to Increase my Existing Database size On SQL server 2008, now the free space is only .45 MB. Can i do this without creating another database. please assist me Looking forward to your...
View ArticleGenerating report of files older than a set period of time
Hello, I am trying to generate a report of files older than 2 years on each partition of servers. I have a few servers on different OS (2000, 2003, 2008). I am looking for a simply way of finding...
View ArticleSearch in Windows 2008 with page count
I need to search my file server for all documents that contain the word "Overtime" in the file name or the file itself. This is easily done in Windows 2008R2 server but I need to take it to another...
View ArticleADAM Patch Q840991
Hi All, I am trying to install Siteminder PolicyServer 6.0 SP6 on windows 2003 R2 SP2 32 bit . For that i am going to use ADAM as policy Store. After installing the ADAM i need to apply ADAM...
View ArticleAutomatically mounting drive upon insertion
I have a set of four drives that I rotate for backup purposes. One is connected at a time via a single USB drive dock and I eject that one a swap it with another every morning. The problem is that I...
View Articlefiles getting deleted automaticalyy from windows 2003 file server.
Hi, I am facing some serious issue related to file deletion from windows 2003 file server, files are getting deleted automaticaly.
View ArticleToo many files in one folder
I have a problem here whereby there's more than a million files in a single folder. Any action that require a listing of the directory will practically hangs on attempt; e.g. opening that particular...
View ArticleProblem to access network share from a Windows 2008 R2 server.
I have several Windows 2008 R2 servers running as a virtual machines in a VMware environment and i can't access a network share on a server with IP 192.168.5.245. All servers are connected to the same...
View ArticleStorage Spaces - Lack of real information
It's got to be said that for something as new and fundamentally different as Storage Spaces it is rather disturbing that there is no reliable information available from Microsoft as to how it all works...
View Articlefile server
hi i have configured file server with static ip can i access my files through mapping the drive out of my network
View ArticleInherited permissions from "Parent Object" ?
I've been looking through some of the older posts regarding this issue and no one seems to have a answer as to why it's happing. It's easy to fix but only if you catch it. Issue: Wheather on server...
View ArticleFile servefr and DC : divide users between two DCs.
Hi everyone. For economic reasons i need to setup a file server on the DomainController. I know that it is not a good solution, but is the best i have now. My problem is that the free disk space on the...
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