Can ping server but cannot map network drive
Hi! This problem just popped up today. When my clients logged on, they couldn't see their network drives. I tried to ping the server using IP and then name and both were successful. On the server...
View ArticleJBOD behavior in 2008 R2?
I am looking to use a Windows 2008 R2 server with an SAS RAID-1 adapter devoted for the operating system. I also want to add in a separate non RAID 8-port JBOD host bus adapter to attach 8 SATA disks...
View ArticleFolder Redirection - explorer.exe and iexplore.exe crashing
Hi We have an unreliable file server that often stops responding (looking to replace this eventually). When it stops responding, workstations hang due to explorer.exe and iexplore.exe crashing...
View ArticleCreating a mount point in windows server 2003
Hi I have a SAN which has an existing share in the following path e:\shared\users. This share is automatically mapped when the users log on to our domain within the user logon script. Unfortunately...
View ArticleAuditing File and Folder Access Denied Attempts
The company I work for wants to be able to review audit logs to see where people have failed to gain access to particular folders or files on a server, that is part of a DFS. I have enabled Auditing...
View ArticleClients losses connection to share
I have a Windows 2003 Server R2, it shares 3 folders on the network, there are no problem with 2 of them. The last on which causes the problem is the most used. It works fine when the Server is just...
View ArticleNFS File Server permissions
Finally !! I have configured a NFS Share in MSCS Cluster and created a shared folder using "Add shared folder option" the configuration was complete successfully. I have assigned full control...
View ArticleDFS Design Planning Question
I am planning on using DFS-R to publish data to about 200 branch offices with the posibility of using DFS-N, but i have a few questions. First a little information. We have 10 Active directory sites...
View ArticleDFS Stand-Alone Roots from Consolidation roots - Replicate to Branch Office
I have a branch office opening that needs access to file share we have. The share is \\server1\public. Our goal is to move this share to DFS, replicate to a server at the branch office, and have the...
View ArticleFile transfer from Windows7 to Server 2008 fails
I have resently loaded and joined a new PC to a domain. The PC is loaded with Windows 7 Profesional 64-bit. The new PC is a replacemnt for an older Windows XP computer. On the network that the PC is on...
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Event ID 12311 VSS Error
Has anyone encountered the following error with Shadow Copies? Event ID 12311 VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error pResource->get_Disk(&pDisk): hr = 0x80070490. Operation:...
View ArticleActive/Active or Active/Passive for NFS share in MSCS cluster
Hello Experts, I am working on a project where I have to configure NFS share in a MSCS cluster which would be used to store the user profiles required by citrix xendesktop users. I have the following...
View ArticleFolder Quota Management
I am using a shred drive running storage server 2008 and there are multiple folders corresponding to multiple applications writing on this shared drive. This drive often runs out of space creating...
View ArticleCHKDSK 50% sleep mode, safe mode freezing...
Hello All! I have an HP Touchsmart IQ500 running Vista. Everytime I turn on the computer it runs CHKDSK, gets to 50%, then goes into sleep mode. When I take it out of sleep mode, I just get a black...
View ArticleFolder Permissions - Don't Allow Delete
We've got a folder on the server accessed by almost everyone in the office that is used to store scans of documents on customers. We occasionally need to create new folders for new customers and move...
View Articlepermissions preservation on virtual file server migration
Hi, We have virtual windows 2008 sp2 file server on 2008r2 hyper-v cluster. SAN pass-trough disk is attached to file server with one ntfs volume. All permissions are assighed to this volume. We want...
View ArticleAccessing a LUN for read only purposes from multiple servers (2008 R2)
Maybe someone can point me towards the right direction. Im tring to figure out what are the possibilities and technologies, if any, in a scenario where 2 or more non clustered Windows 2008 R2 servers...
View Articlehow to move data from NAS to Windows File Server???
I have a Snap NAS appliance that is running out of space. I inherited it from the previous admin and I don't think it was the right solution. Anyway, it's time to go; it's running Windows services so...
View ArticleAccess Based Enumeration Not Working as Expected
I have a Win 2008 R2 server setup as a terminal server. I have installed DFS management and created a new folder on the C: drive called test. Enumeration is enabled on the namespace. I created a...
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DFS - Access Denied to Local Directories
There's quite a few posts on this, but I haven't found a working solution. I have three servers added to a DFS Namespace / replication. On one of them, I'm getting "access denied" messages anytime I...
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