Some servers are unable to access a network share from within
I have an entirely Windows Server 2008R2 environment consisting of 13 servers. All servers are joined in an Active Directory domain. I have recently written the below script to automate the process...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2: Services For NFS NTFS Permissions
Hopefully a quick question. Specs: NFS Server 2008 R2 using AD 2003 FFL/DFL but forest prepped for 2008 R2 (Schema level 47) NFS Authentication on Share set to Kerberos krb5i, Kerberos Krb5 and No...
View ArticleWindows XP and offline files (2008 R2 domain with DFS)
I used to have a 2003 domain. The majority of client computers are running Windows XP SP3. Everyone's desktop and My Documents are redirected to a DFS domain shares which are replicated between two DFS...
View ArticleDFS Replication stops replicating on folder for several hours
My DFSR appears to disable itself daily at various times for at least an hour or two. I have two Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 running and on the “main” server I see the following informational...
View ArticleDFSRAdmin do not set Publication Status
Hi, I made a powershell script that creates dfsnode and enables replication. It sets almost everything OK. But after running this script I see that publication Status is still 'Not Published'...
View Articlewindows server 2008R2 UNC access
I have 2 windows 2008 R2 DC, one runs exchange and file sharing, DNS , the second runs File sharing and Backup exec 2010 R2. all the domain functions seems to work, all clients and other server can...
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Mac Student drop box folder in Server 2003
Hi, I have a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 as a file server. The students are using a Mac Pro OS X 10.6.8 computer. The students are using a domain user called Students. I'm trying to create a "drop box"...
View Articlemigrating NTFS permissions, security and shares Server 2003
Here's the scenario I have one Fileserver- Dell PE2950, currently 2 logical drives RAID 5 and 0, split into c,d and e. D and E for Data. NOS is Server 2003 Sp1 (previous admin didn't do much)....
View ArticleDiskSpaceThreshold in Server 2008 R2 64 Bit
I'm trying to configure a disk space threshold on a 2008 64 bit server so that event 2013 is logged when my free space reaches a certain point. I'm doing a test of 99% ensure it works as expected, I...
View ArticleBest Practices for DFS Structure and NTFS Permissions
We have a brand new DFS namespace (called "Data") which is currently hosted on a Windows Server 2008 R2 DC with no replication enabled at the moment. "\\domain.local\Data" Within this, we need to...
View Articleaccess denied
windows 7 network, 4 systems all in the same homegroup changed isp now I can see them but have no access to folders
View ArticleTrouble accessing sub folders on a DFS share using Windows 7
All of our Windows 7 workstations have the issue below whereas none of our XP machines experience it. All users map to a DFS share just fine - example: net use w: \\abc.def.org\dfs\corp\00\workgroup...
View ArticleNtbackup failes on Windows 2003R2 SP2 Std
Hello! I have a Win2003R2 SP2 server and a NAS storage. I am trying to backup data ( the backup is rather big ~ 700GB) The log reports: Error: The device reported an error on a request to write data...
View ArticleIs it possible to have a domain based DFS Alias
Is it possible to have a domain based DFS Alias? Win2008 Server R2 For example a dfs implementation of \\domain\dfs\whatever Can this have an alias such as ... \\alias\dfs\whatever Thanks
View Articlephoto/media server
I've created my own ftp server in order to distribute some photos over seas to a number people my family visited while on vacation. the idea was to be able to host the photos, assign people permissions...
View ArticleRobocopy - Not copying root directory, only subdirectories
Hi, I am running Robocopy on a W2K8 server as a "network domain admin" as follows: Robocopy p:\business e: /s /r:1 /w:1 Where "P:\business" folder is on W2K3, e: is on the W2K8 server....
View ArticleI need some recommendations on my company's new file server cluster
I have two Windows Server 2008 R2 boxes. Each box has 3TB of space. I would like to configure a Fail Over Cluster such that a File Sever continues to operate in the event one server goes down. Ideally,...
View ArticleWhere I can find a full event ID list for DFSR ?
Hi, may I know where I can find a full event ID list and explanation for DFSR ?
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 multiple UID and GID Mapping
Hopefully a quick and easy question for you all.... ...can you map multiple UID and/or GID numbers o an AD account? For example I have multiple unix boxes each with it's own differing group I want to...
View ArticleWin2008 R2 - Dynamic disc shows up as basic - unallocated
Hi all,Win 2008 R2 server with a OS disk (C:) and multiple data disks (dynamic volumes , only one partition each, E:, F: H:) After System-Recovery (only C:) one data disk (H:) shows up as: Dynamic...
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