System Reserved partition not available.
HiI am using Server2008 R2 with RAID5 storage setup.in this scenario i am not able to view the "System Reserved" partition in diskmgmgt. i am not aware of this concept.can anyone helpme on this.
View ArticleFrequent problems with Windows Search Service on the same server - 2008 R2
Hi,around once a month the Windows Search is not working anymore on one of our servers. The search results are showing only some files. When I open the "indexing options" I see that the indexing is...
View ArticleXP Clients unable to access Server 2012 clustered file share
Hi,I have a Server 2012 clustered file server. Clients are able to connect shares on this without problems from Win 7, Win 8 and Server 2008r2. However I am getting an error from XP and 2003r2 clients....
View ArticleError 0x80042306: The shadow copy provider had an error.
I am unable to create volume shadow copy. I get the error Error 0x80042306: The shadow copy provider had an error. and event Applicaiton log Event Type: Error Event Source: VSS Event Category: None...
View ArticleRestrict Deletion and allow creating files and folder on File Server
Hi,We have a file server on Windows 2008 Server R2 Standard, and we have following requirements:1] User should not delete the files and folders from the File Server2] User Should create and Modify the...
View ArticleCustom File Management Task for Duplicate files
HiI have ran a report on Windows server 2008R2 File and Print Server and we are wasting a lot of space on our file server due to duplicate files. I would like to run a custom file management task to...
View ArticleDFS: Trying to add server to DFS, receiving error "...program cannot oepn the...
hi there, i got two W2008 R2 Standard servers (ServerA and ServerB) I want to setup DFS replication with. DFS services is installed on both servers (matter of fact, I'm DFSing another folder on that...
View ArticleEvent ID 1069 - DFS Replicated Folder stuck in Online Pending state
We have a file server cluster that is having problems bringing some replicated folders online. Currently all client access is working, but no replication is happening for the affected replication...
View ArticleDEDUPLICATION ON ISCSI TARGET VOLUME windows 2012
HelloI am doing some testing, is anyone using deduplication on a volume were iscsi target vhd's reside ?Regards
View ArticleExecute batch file if exists
I have a webform on server1 that puts a text and a pdf file on server2, when successfully submitted.What I want to happen on server2 is run some process that constantly checks within a folder for those...
View ArticleDFS Replication - How to backup / Make redundant?
Hello,So I have DFS Namespace setup on one of my DC's, DC03 and I have Replication setup on two file servers FS02 and FS03.Only FS03 has the GUI, I setup replication groups for each folder set and they...
View ArticlePossible to map a share by Computer/OU rather then User?
Hello,So currently I have our office share mapped to W:\ but there are some servers which literally have A-Z all completely mapped (don't ask) and I was told to make it so when you login to servers it...
View ArticleBacklog created every night at 12 AM
Hi,We have 4 DCs in DFSR mesh, and every midnight the backlog starts growing from zero to several thousands, over a period of about 3-5 hours, and then it starts clearing, eventually hitting zero by...
View ArticleRobocopy in Server 2012 - /dcopy:T switch does not work
As a workaround I copied the robocopy version from a 2008R2 install and used it on Server 2012, and while it copies the time stamps ok, it doesn't format any output in the log or cmd prompt. It spits...
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What function does the System Attribute on a Folder serve, and do you have...
Hi All,In our User's Home Folders, I noticed that a single folder has a "clock" icon instead of a regular 'ol folder icon:I can't figure out how the User would've set this. I looked at the properties...
View ArticleWindows 7 service debug
Hi What is the best way of debugging errors and doing a step by step debugging for windows services projects.I have a service thats installed and running unders services, but everytime I need to make a...
View ArticleDFS Replication sort of stopped, no errors, please help
Hi All, I've been getting a little frustrated trying to fix this I was hoping someone could please help.I have 7 servers in 2 namespaces and replica groups (4 servers each, 1 server overlaps) so...
View ArticleWin Server 2012 - Essentials; best disk use?
Hey guys,I'm replacing my WHS v1 with Windows Server 2012 Essentials and have the following kit:I3 with 4gig RAM6 SATA 2 slots on the mobo3x 2TB disks3x 3TB disks (sadly, SATA 3 but no way to use this...
View ArticleWindows 2008 r2 core - clustered cifs share - enable vss snapshots
I understand you can use a scheduled task to enable volume shadow copies "vssadmin create shadow /for=D:" but how does this play out in a cluster? do I just run the same scheduled task on both servers...
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...
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