DFS with mixed Server 2008R2 and 2012 nodes
Does DFSR and DFS-N support Mixed OS versions? for example, can I run Server 2012 and Server 2008R2 and replicate between them without any issues?Yeah Buddy!
View ArticleWindows/PowerShell Reports o% Free Space
We run PowerShell script as scheduled task on server. Job checks free space on disks and reports if space falls to less than x%. This works 99% of the time. Periodically, however, we have alerts...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager Error 12344 & 12339 appear in every 15 minutes...
Log Name: Application Source: SRMSVC Event ID: 12339 Level: Error Description: File Server Resource Manager failed to find the claim list 'Global Resource Property List' in...
View ArticleShare based on server/group vs user/group?
Is it possible to have a file share available to all users but restrict it based on where they are trying to access it from? Simple example we have Johnny Test who needs to access it though the...
View ArticleFile Server Administrator Folder Permissions
I have a weird issue with our file servers that is affecting a number of folders. This is affecting folders that are and are not replicated.Here are the symptoms:-In the root of the drive I can create...
View Articlefiles on the server!!!
hello I just install win server 2003 standarthow can i manage that when i save file on the computer that on the server with my userand when i log on to anohter computer with the same user i want see...
View ArticleDomain Users recieve Access Denied errors for folders they have permissions...
I've been working on this off and on for weeks now, and I'm really getting nowhere. We have a network share that everyone in our company has access to, called SharedFiles. It's located on our server,...
View ArticleDFS referral RODC issue
We have a few branch offices. Each branch has a single RODC. We use DFS and have a target in the main office as well as the branch RODC. The branch clients sucessfully logon locally to the RODC and...
View ArticleDFS Namespace on a RODC
Hello,I'm trying to figure out how to configure an AD integrated DFS Namespace on a RODC (2008R2) so that if a wan link is down the users in a branch site can access that namespace server for referrals...
View ArticleDFS Root Server Recovery
One of my DFS root servers won't boot because of drive failure. There is a replication server for the namespace and users are failed over to it. I will need to reinstall the OS. The replicated data was...
View ArticleDFSR Virtualisation
What are the pros and cons for virtualising DFSR Replication members. I know snapshotting can break things but overall what's the take on DFSR data being sitting in Virtual Machines.HA
View ArticleLoss of volumes supported by Storage Pools when return from standby
Storage Poolssupported by amotherboard Intel S1200BTL& Intel RaidCard RS2WC040.Put the server in S1standby. Returnfrom sleep :only theC: volumeisnowpresent. Thevolumesassigned tothestoragepool...
View ArticleMigrated Drive Map for Home drives not working
I am in a terminal server environment using XenApp 6.5. I had Home folders drive mapping set via GPP (User/Preferences/Windows Settings/Drive Maps). I had to migrate all user data from one 2k8r2...
View ArticleConvert 'OS' volume from FAT32 to NTFS with no data loss? Server 2008 R2
Hello - I have a Server 2008 R2 machine that has a FAT32 'OS' partition that seems to be part of the operating system; I'm not sure why it was created as other Server 2008 R2's I have don't have one....
View ArticleDesigning of Global File server
Hello There,I have a scenario from my client on which I am seeking for your recommendation and advice as soon as possible. I am really confused on this if DFS on Win2k8R2 is the solution for this?. I...
View ArticleProblem with I/O priority management
The performance tuning Guidlines for Windows Server 2008 R2, sais that we can disable the I/O priority management for a disk by setting to zero the following registry...
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 ArticleServer backup failing because SPSearch4 VSS Writer
I have just installed Small Business Server 2011 and I installed SP1 for 2008 R2 today. I cannot succeed with Windows Server Backup Backup Once operation. This is the first time I am trying to run...
View ArticleROBOCOPY not copying NTFS permissions
Hi,I need to move my file server from windows 2008 to Netapp NAS. I am using the robocopy tool from Microsoft.robocopy source destination /b /E /copyallparam B: to use the backup feature to copy the...
View ArticleDFS is replicating deleted content
Hello,our setup are 2 hubs and 80 spokes. The environment are mixed 2003 R2 and 2008 R2 servers. The topology is hub and spoke and its fully connected.Our idea is that server1 has the "valid" content...
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