DFS in small network
Hello,we have a requirement for high availabilty for a network share on a file server. we only have one physical server (its a small business), the host is server 2012, and there are two VM's, one VM...
View ArticleDFS ABE not working properly
Hi, In our organization there are 1-2% of the users whose DFS Access Based Enumeration is not working. With the reset 98%, DFS ABE works as expected and they only see what they have access to. These...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 R2 sharing of folder
Hello, A Storage server on my client site has a shared folder on D drive where we push/ retrieve images to from all different radiology modalities. The folder keep unsharing itself automatically...
View ArticleDFS Management MMC Snap-in Error
Hello,Having a weird issue with the DFS Management MMC snap-in for two of our servers, and was wondering if anyone had any idea what it might be. Our DFS environment is setup with two namespace servers...
View Article"Server" service missing
Version - Server 2008 SP2Symptoms - Customer initially reported shares were not visible.Diangnose - "Server" service missing from services menu/taskbar. The file "srv.sys" is resident...
View ArticleWhat is best practice to pull the server file share folders(network name)...
Hi All, I'm trying to pull the list of share folder list with granted user/group lists from 50 servers.and put data into SQL server to generate reports.What is best way to achive my goal? I'm planning...
View ArticleSBS2011 Std throwing errors for VSS, VSS not operational Eventid is 8193
Running SBS2011 Std, note that the following errors occur at least twice a day in event logs: Eventid is 8193, Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine Failure to use...
View ArticleMove DFS NameSpace to Another Drive
We are running out of space on our current volume and since we have two name spaces within our DFS design, I'd like to split them out to two separate volumes. DFS is in a Domain ConfigurationWe...
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W2003R2x64 slow folder browsing to local SAN
We have a physical server running Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 SP2. It has 24GB of RAM, using Xeon E5620s totaling 16 cores. We're using one of two embedded GigE interfaces. This server is located in a...
View ArticleFile Permissions
Hi All,I have a requirement that the sales manager needs Full access to the sales network drive.The sales people need full access to their indevidual folders in the sales network drive, but cannot...
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need help with permissions for remote user to execute file
I am trying to allow end users to connect to a remote server and execute a batch file through a unc path. This is a screen shot of the error that occurs when an attempt is made to execute the file.It...
View ArticleMigrating SYSVOL from FRS to DFS-R in a multi-domain forest
AD Environment: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and 2008 R2 EnterpriseWe have a parent domain and 2 child domains in our forest. contoso.comcorp.contoso.comlab.contoso.comCurrently SYSVOL replicates via...
View Articlebatch file cannot run from unc access but can run from cmd line
I need to use a unc connection for end users to run a batch file that copies files from that directory back to there local machine. I have given the users full control on the folder containing the...
View ArticleStatus codes in DFS health report xml file
I have a script that parses the xml file generated by "dfsradmin health".I read the following xml value: dfsReplicationReport.members.server.contentSets.set.statusFrom what I found if it is anything...
View ArticleAvoid auto-enabled referral status for newly added replication targets
Hi,We need to do some shuffling around on our DFS servers. Four 2008R2 servers are deployed, all 4 are replicating all folders, and only one serves as the referral target for all folders. On one of the...
View ArticleCombining Network Attached Storages
Hi there, I currently have 3 NAS devices each has a shared folder (share1). I am planning to combine all three NAS folders into one new NAS device. Is there anyway that I can point the current UNC name...
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The create operation stopped after reaching a symbolic link
I recently deployed symlinks in a DFS file share deployment (symlink /D). I started receiving "The create operation stopped after reaching a symbolic link" on some client machines. I am not able to...
View ArticleDFS Stand-alone Question
Our company has a stand-alone DFS namespace. We want to change to it to a domain-based namespace. Is this possible to do this without changing the namespace path?For example if the current stand-alone...
View ArticleAndauernd Bluescreens
Hallo Ich habe ständig Bluescreens mit dem Fehlercode: 0x0000000a (0fffffa8025130010, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000001, 0xfffff800029812a6) Ich weiss einfach nicht wie ich in loswerde und bin am...
View ArticleiSCSI initiator not connecting after upgradation
HI, iSCSI initiator not connecting after upgradation from windows 2003 STD to windows 2008 STD R2 server, upgradation was successfully completed, except Microsoft iSCSI initiator connectivity, the...
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