Cant open DFS namespace on any domain controller
HiI have a big problem. For some reason our dfs namespace is not accessible from the dfs control panel on any of our dc's inluding the PDC. we have server 2008 w/SP2 domain controllers and one server...
View ArticleDFS over VPN shows replication issues on 2nd server
I have a test setup using two servers. I first set this configuration up on the local network. Both servers were on the same LAN. Configured everything and DFS replication worked fineI set up another...
View ArticleForeign Disk Import, Missing Disks, and a crashed RAID
Hello, Have a question that I need help with. The RAID drives that held the VHDs for one of my servers went down. I was able to get the RAID up and running again. I went and got the VHDs back...
View Articleall shadow copies deleted and settings changed after upgrading to netbackup 7.5
Hey there,We recently had Netbackup upgraded to v7.5. I noticed that after it upgraded, all shadows copies(64 copies) were deleted and shadow copies limits setting was changed to limit 300MB. I...
View ArticleUsing Sysvol scripts on multiple domain servers...
I am set up to run a script in the SYSVOL foler every time someone logs on to the network. C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\columbiarea.local\scriptsSince this folder is duplicated on all the domain...
View ArticleiSCSI Initiator fails to reconnect after target reboots...
Here’s the issue:We have a HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage Server serving iSCSI targets to both VMware Hosts and MS 2003/2008 Standard Server OS which use the MS iSCSI Initiator to mount the...
View ArticleDo not have IOPerfNotification Value for Microsoft-Windows-StorPort Providers
HI all,I just followed http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2010/04/22/etw-storport.aspx to setup a new "Data Collector Set" in "Reliabiity and Performance Monitor" in Win2008 R2 x64bit OS, but...
View ArticleMigrating from Monolithic Cluster to DFS Namespace
We have occasional performance and reliability issues with a file cluster that has grown substantially from its original design.At present, it is a simple company-wide storage with a single mount...
View ArticleDrive compression and deduplication
Hi I was searching for information about combining those two. First is it even supported? Second does it have any use to activate both?
View ArticleHow to determine and delete unused roaming profiles which are getting stored...
Currently my fileshare is growing up heavily and we trying to find a way through which we can determine and delete unused roaming profiles which are getting stored on a Fileshare.
View ArticleDFSR event ID 2212, 2106 and 2104 loop after moving server from different...
Hi all,We just moved a server running DFSR to a new farm. Unfortunately, after that replications services between the servers seemed to have stopped.In Event Viewer Replications services logs are...
View ArticleWriting to spanned volume extremely slow and makes clients unresponsive
Hi,I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 with a SSD boot drive, and 7 2TB disks. 5 of the disks are simple volumes, some split into multiple partitions, some single partition, and two identical drives...
View ArticleDFSR staging folder placement inside replicated folder
Hi I noticed something that I think is wierd. DFSR does place the staging folders inside the replicated share. Now I wonder doesn't this cause problems? Doesn't the DFSR itseld replicate the staging...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Essentials - Server will not boot after creating storage...
Okay, I am totally stumped and have spent so much time trying to figure this out I am ready to downgrade back to WHS v1. I've checked all hardware, settings, bios, etc. and all is set fine. I have 4...
View ArticleBackup Storage Pool Settings?
If I want to re-install Windows Server 2012 how would I backup my storage pool settings so once the new install of Windows Server 2012 has been done I can register existing storage pools?Also is it...
View ArticleUsers can no longer acces their own documents
This is the problem we're dealing with here:we have a win 2008 domain with win7 clients. Students have their own documents-folder on a file-server. the folder is set in active directory as their home...
View ArticleDFS Consolidation root doesn't support Windows server 2008 R2 / 2012 DFS root.
DFS Consolidation root doesn't support Windows server 2008 R2 / 2012.I just tried DFS Consolidation root doesn't support Windows server 2008 R2 / 2012. It just support up Windows server 2008.Any update...
View Articlehow to Modify NTFS permissions on 230Million+ files
I need to modify ntfs permissions on a filer share (root directory) which contains more than 230million files. i tried multiple options using "icacls" but no use, after some time the permission windows...
View ArticleUsers across the Atlantic get sporadic file in use by 'another user' error...
I have a scenario where Users in Ireland accessing files in a share over a VPN to upstate NY get sporadic file in use by 'another user' error when opening files. They have DFS in place for replicating...
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