File Server - Administration
Hello Guys, Today i have a question about administration, not a technical question. In my enterprise, i´m a new guy (1 year ago), and my function is administering the File Server. Our file server,...
View ArticleWhat is Maximum Spanned Partition Size in Standard 2008R2 server?
I have been browsing MS site for this information but am unable to find a difinitive answer. I have a Windows 2008R2 standard server with 4 logical disks of 80TB, I am installing archive software that...
View ArticleDisk alignment, partition alignment, offset alignment
Hi Members, Can some one pls explain me with example regarding Disk alignment, partition alignment, offset alignment ? how these works and interact with each other ?
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration Keeps Getting Disabled
OK, I think I'm losing my mind! What would cause access-based enumeration (ABE) to become disabled? I have a number of W2k8 R2 servers with DFS Namespaces. The shares associated with each namespace...
View ArticleArray from Net View (cmd line)
Hi, I have a requirement to list shares on a non windows box so can't use WMI. I've found that net view can be used but I am having problems parsing the output? Here is what I have $pc =...
View ArticleWhat are the possible pitfalls of adding a pair of 2008 R2 servers running...
I have a client who has an ageing 2003 Small Business Server. They have asked me to add a local fileserver as the main faile store and then replicate this information to another server (actually a...
View ArticleNo File lock even if user has file open
We have few Vista and Win 7 desktops on our environment. Server is Win Srv 2008 r2 Std with Active Directory, Remote Desktop and File Services roles installed. When user "A" opens a excel file for...
View ArticleMigrated file share shows modify access to folder but access is denied
Hello, recently we have migrated file share from hardware NAS to windows 2008 R2 server. We have moved files itself and then migrated ACLs with icacls /save icacls /restore, but suddenly found that...
View ArticleDFSR service failed to communicate with partner
Hi, I have a problem, have set up 2 servers (2008R2), (on one esxi host at the moment) on the same sub net. These servers have been set up with NLB (multicast) single interface (NLB appears to be...
View ArticleICACLS Performance Question
I need to grant rights to server admin staff to access redirected folder content in user home shares. Since the user has exclusive rights to the content, I have created and linked a user logoff script...
View ArticleFSMT 2008 to 2008 R2 migration Max File Path Issue
Hi All, I am currently looking to migrate a physical Server 2008 file server to a 2008 R2 VM running DFS using the FSMT (with root consolidation). However, when I run the FSMT I am given errors in the...
View ArticleServer 2008 SP1 vssadmin list providers is empty
I have a client with a Windows 2008 SP1 server (not R2) utilizing the Symantec Backup Exec 2013 remote agent for backup. We have been getting initialization failures on the System State, C: drive, and...
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 the A-:SH parameter to my robocopy commands. I noticed this was...
View ArticleUse of Sync Center on replicated servers
Hello, My organization consists of two servers which are set up to replicate to each other. Some of my users would like to use Windows 7 sync center, as a number of them use laptops and require offline...
View ArticleDR Situation with Storage Server 2008 and SIS, upgraded to Storage server 2012
So, I had a Storage Server 2008 box (not R2) with SIS enabled on a RAID volume. It was mostly for internal non-important stuff like ISOs and Installation files, so it wasn't being backed up. The RAID...
View ArticleDFS and Folder Redirection help and tips
Hi, I am about to implement this and just looking for some info, help and tips. I have around 1300 users. From what I can tell dfs replication is not recommended for the obvious reasons. So is this the...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Software RAID in failed status. Only one drive has failed.
Hi, I have a server running Server 2008 R2. I created a six (6) disk software RAID 5 array within Disk Management. I had one drive fail due to a SMART failure. I replaced the drive physically and...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2: Software Raid-5 Status "Failed". Cannot Reactivate.
I have a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2. A software Raid-5 was constructed using 4x 2TB SATA hard drives set as dynamic disks. During a recent maintenance cycle, the computer was shut down...
View ArticleCommand line or utility to enable file auditing
Does anyone know a cmd line or utility to enable file auditing on folders? Cheers.
View ArticleRecover corrupted .bkf file by SysTools BKF Repair.
Hi All,My .bkf file corrupted due to power failure, and now i bought SysTools BKF Repair to retrieve the data from .bkf files. Theare are a few catalogs, say Catalog 1 and Catalog 2, in the corrupted...
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