Reduce/force DFS link cache refresh on clients
Hi, everybody. From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782417(WS.10).aspx I see the referral cache refresh rate is 15 minutes, but it also says the time to live for the link cache is 30...
View ArticleDFS Namespace Root (physical location, and permissions)
all servers are 2008 R2 I've established my namespace root, set up my folders and my test account only sees the folders I wish it to see. However, my test user, even when not in any authorized group,...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager Email Notification Authentication
We currently have a exchange server in house. We are migrating to Office 365. We currently use the FSRM to send notifications. I just realized that you cannot configure FSRM with any credentials to...
View Articlemoving DFS from a 2008 32bit DC with attached storage to 2008 R2
on a 2008 32bit DC i have DFS, i need to move it to a new 2008 R2 64bit DC - the data is on a lun attached to the 32bit server what is the best way to move dfs to new server
View ArticleWindows 7 Pro - 256 character limit copy bug
So, I am well aware of the 256 character limit when trying to copy or access files through windows explorer. When a user goes to copy a file folder down from the server, they may find out that...
View ArticleDFSR DR Plans
Hi All, I'm planning to run a mock DR in infrastructure and i have the following queries related to DFSR. Can any experts help.. Setup : Two Windows Server 2003 R2 Std Edition, one server in each...
View ArticleMigrating File Server Data
Dear All, I have a scenario as per my organization infrastructure:- i have a file server and currant time file server data is stored in EMC Storage the capacity of storage 7 TB and data capacity is 4...
View ArticleHaving trouble with opening Home Photo Suits programs
I am running windows 7 IE9 I downloaed and installed all 3 programs but when i go to run one it shuts down and looks for the problem but cannot seem to find it,i installed adobe flash thought maybe...
View ArticleDelete Replicated Folder from Replication Group
I have looked all around and have not seen the answer to this. I saw some tech notes that said BEWARE whenever remove/deleting replication - i.e., if you were to just "delete" a replicated folder from...
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NTFS Permission Bug
I'm setting up permissions on a file share. I've set the permissions how I want them on the top level folder (E:\test casework) after breaking inheritance from the main drive. I then create a...
View ArticleABE on Windows 2008 DC
One of our client has domain controller which they also using as File server. Client is running Windows 2008 and Windows 2003 server. All Domain controllers are Windows 2008. There is one folder called...
View ArticleEffective permissions tab not showing correct results
Hi, we've a DFS setup where it appears that the results showing in the effective permissions tab are incorrect. If I go directly to the fileserver and check the effective permissions on the folder all...
View ArticleExtended partition but doesn't show in My Computer
Extended an iSCSI mounted disk from 500GB to 750GB in Server 2008 R2 Standard. Saw the larger disk in Disk Management and extended the partition successfully. Ran Chkdsk on the new drive and it shows...
View ArticleHow to give share permission tab control for domain users in File server.
Hi, I have newly configured file server with 2003 server. If i logged in as domain admin , i am able to view share permission tab in folder properties. But the same, if i lo-gin as domain users i am...
View ArticleDisk Quota for Groups
Is there any possibility for assigning Disk Quota for Groups and File screening exception for Administrators in Windows 2008 R2?
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Clusterd File server using VHD's
I wanted to run this by the community before I implemented it. I'm thinking of cutting up my file server into smaller chunks using VHD's. Please note I am not planning on using them as Virtual...
View ArticlePrevious Versions blank
I've shadow copies enabled on a Win 2008 R2 file server. The clients reports that there aren't any old versions available, but it's not true. I can find the old version from VSS admin, and then I can...
View ArticleRemote office can no longer access DFS shared
I have a remote office that is no longer able to access our DFS share in the main office. When they try to connect to the DFS share they are getting the error "configuration information could not be...
View ArticleRemote Installation Server
Dear All I want to deploy remote installation server in my organization thats why i m testing below scenario in testing LAB (RND) My Scenario as :- I hv domain Controller like test.com which is play...
View ArticleDeploy EFS Using Group Policy/Active Directory
So for the past week or so my boss and i have been attempting(in a test environment) to deploy EFS on out file server. We have some test files. And they are encrypted, but i am having issues trying to...
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