Move DFS shares to new drive
Hi,We have 2 windows server 2003 R2 DFS setup. Since DFS share hosted on a drive is fastly filling up, planning to move it to the different folder on the same server. Here are the tasks i'm planning to...
View ArticleWierd Volume Shadow Copy Service errors
Hi,We have a problem, please help.OS: Windows 2008 R2 64-bit with Hyper-Vvssadmin list writersshows:Error: A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error.Check the Application...
View ArticleFSMT 1.2 error: Target directory already exists
I have used FSMT in the past to migrate 20+ file servers to consolidate our company data but it has been several years since I did this. Now I am planning to perform a similar task and migrate data to...
View ArticleDomain Workstations Software Update
Hello all, I'm fairly new to this and would like some guidance. We run Windows Server 2008 R2 as our domain controller and right now require to run a database update patch on about 50 workstation and...
View ArticleWindows 7 can not access Windows 2008 R2 DFS Share Folder randomly
Hi, Our company has one stange problem recently, one file server is windows server 2008 R2 with DFS name space, recently, all windows 7 and windows server 2008 can not access the share folder in the...
View ArticleQuota management Windows 2012 serveer
hello,I set up a Windows 2012 server as dc and a windows 2008r2 as file server.I have configured roaming profiles and folder redirection GPO for e.g. My documents folder, desktop etc...I didn't set up...
View ArticleDFSR Migration across different AD Forests
Hi,I am looking for some expert (from the field) thoughts on how to approach migration of DFSR data across 2 different AD Forests.SCENARIOCompany A has acquired Company B. Company B has 500 GB of DFSR...
View ArticleWin2008 Backup Failure: Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup...
I recently performed a clean install of Win2008 x32 and have been trying for several days to get the Windows Backup program to work on my system drive C: (hardware RAID 5 - Intel Embedded Server RAID...
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 ArticleDFS to 2 folders on 1 server
Is it possible to create a dfs structure thats pointing to 2 shares(both called sale) on the same server but on 2 different volumes?
View ArticleQuery regarding Windows Server 2008 R2 and Encrypting File System (EFS)
A client has required all business data stored on server must be encrypted but still must be shared within the company. How is this accomplished?Thanks, Tom Morris
View ArticleFile sharing Clustering
hii have a san and 2 file serveri want to know what is microsoft solution for these servers to work Active/Active in cluster with a shared storagei read some document about the DFS and network load...
View Articlewhat is the best sulotion for file server , FTP or file Sharing
i want to select the best solutionFTPDFSfile sharing on windows please help
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Foundation and BranchCache
Hello experts,could you please confirm if BranchCache is available in Windows Server 2012 Foundation ?Thanks and Regards,Massimiliano
View ArticleAttributes hidden on Windows server 2008r2
Hello,We have a file server (Windows Server 2008R2) andsomeone fromour employees has changed the properties of a folder tick: by attributes hidden.Is this loggedsomewhere? Can i know how did that?Thx...
View ArticleProblem with renaming a folder in a redirected location - duplicate folder...
Hello Everyone,We are using Folder Redirection, Offline Mode and Roaming profiles with Windows 7 x64 workstations. Many of our staff have more that one workstation that they use on the network...
View ArticleNTFS perms to disallow changing attributes but allow editing of file
We've had problems with the Caphaw.D virus, it hides the original file on a shared drive and creates a shortcut to the file which spreads the virus to anyone clicking on it. In order to stop the...
View ArticleWindows Search shows forbidden files
I have a server with Windows 2003 Server R2 fully updated (AD not installed). I made usergroup "Office". I defined two explicit rules for some particular folder "OurUserFiles" for this usergroup:First...
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Event 517 Backup
Hi,The backup operation that started at '2012-12-02T16:35:49.182917500Z' has failed with following error code '2155347997' (The operation ended before completion.). Please review the event details...
View Articlerobocopy slow in windows 2008 r2
Hi,I'm testing robocopy (built-in command in win2008r2) and find the speed is not so fast. Here's my lab environment: 1. server A: win2003 (32-bit), 2 giga NIC forming teaming 2. server B: win2008r2...
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