Recommended Connection speed Req for DFS
Hi all, My business currently replicates 150gb of files between two offices over ADSL2+ connections (4000/800) – Which sees a max upload speed for 80kb/s. We are in the process of opening a third...
View ArticleProgramatically add folder target to dfs node
Hi, I found a way to create dfsnode ([wmiclass]'win32_dfsnode').create('\\dfs.net\its\place','\\srv1','shared') Now i'm struggling witha a way to add folder target to this node. I tried dfs-commands...
View ArticleDFS replicationn failed
Hi, I got one DFS server failed to be sync. It can only be sync in one way (it can receiving files from other DFS servers but not able to push out new files to the other DFS servers). From checking...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Service for NFS Mount Issue
Hi All I am configuring a 2008 R2 NFS server with user mapping to AD and am having trouble accessing the NFS share from an Linux box. The setup: AD running Server 2003 Sp2, FFL and DFL at 2003...
View ArticleDrives in Disk Manager show up as Unknown and Unallocated when connecting to...
Here is our setup: HP BL365 G7 running Windows 2008 R2 SP1 connected to two sans: 1. EMC CX4 via Fiber 2. EMC VNX5300 via iSCSI We currently have 4 servers in a Hyper-V failover cluster. We are...
View ArticleVSS error 8193
I am getting three VSS errors when WS2008 backup executes. I have no idea where to begin to look for the problem.The error (Event 8193) is:Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling...
View Articlehow do i manage 60 TB over 26 Fileservers?
I'm administrating 2 invourements whit 60 TB of data placed over 26 Fileservers and 137 TB over 137 Fileservers. The 26 servers have mutiple LUNs where the data is shared by DFS (5400 DFS Links) and...
View ArticleUnable to access Sysvol DFS Shares on 2008 DC "Not Accessible"
Hi Everyone, I recently inherited a server that is having problems with group policy and possibly DFS. It is a simple environment--one Windows 2008 Server running DC, file sharing, hyper-v (unused)...
View ArticleCan't get file permissions to work
When I copied files from a shared network drive to our new server the file permissions no longer work. The biggest problem I am having is permissions for and excel spreadsheet in one of the folders....
View ArticleMigrating File Services from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
Hi, In the planning phase for migrating an existing 3-node file cluster running Windows Server 2003 to a new Windows Server 2012 file cluster a few questions have turned up: 1) The existing cluster is...
View ArticleMove folders based on foldername
Hello. I hope this is the correct place to ask. I have a large number of homefolders for our users and these homefolders have the same name as the related username, but the administrator don't have...
View ArticleResetting Folder Permissions Invokes UAC Prompts
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server, which had a shared folder with messy permissions. I wanted to simplify these permissions, so I set them at the top level to Administrators:Full, System: Full,...
View ArticleVolSnap 20 error logged. But shadow copies are disabled.
I've recieved a VolSnap 20 error in system event viewer before our server rebooted on its own. Odd thing is shadow copies are disabled on this server. This has happened twice now. And the only...
View ArticleChkdsk and file system files $MFT & $BITMAP
Hi, When I run into the problem with Volume Shadow Service on server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 with File Server role on hardware HP ProLiant...
View ArticleNo access to the clients for the server drives by hiding the server drives
We have a windows server 2008 called CNSUMAN. This server has many applications which the clients access via GoGlobal or Citrix. Now, whenever a client assess the application, there are few options in...
View ArticleHow to reinstall print spooler service
Hi I have a windows XP printer with an HP printer attached to it. 99% of the times I have to restart the computer (restart the spooler service) to get the printer to print. I have downloaded the latest...
View Articlemissing files on win2008 nas server
am having users continuously complaining that they are missing their files and folders. - we have a win2008 server standard used as our NAS server. - we have windows7 and winXP operating systems...
View ArticleVSS Writers
Hi, We have Windows Server 2003 R2 in our environment. We generally take the system state backup of the server with the help of third party EMC backup software Lageto. Now we have observed that if...
View ArticleIssue renaming folder containing linked files
Hi there, I am having and issue here and I'm hoping either someone can tell me how to fix it or maybe tell me what is going on. I have a folder that contains several linked excel and powerpoint files....
View ArticleI am developing a search system, Can I Use Windows DFS as my storage ?
Hi Everyone, I am reading about Windows DFS and I am wondering if it is helpful for me. I want to build a search system that will index local files and create indexes files for searching, I want the...
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