How to install Windows 2008 R2 Storage Server
Maybe I'm confused, but here is my situation. We are looking for a device that we can backup some of our hyper-V vm on our SAN to another storage device. We received a quote from Dell for basically a...
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Hi,I have two hosts running vmware esxi 5 with two vm's running windows 2008 r2 and sql 2008 r2. The windows 2008 r2 vm's are configured to use Microsoft iscsi initiator to access the Dell Equal Logic...
View Articlethere is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation
When I try to expand the disk on my windows 2008 server I get this error: there is not enough space available on the disk (s)to complete this operation any suggestion are greatly appreciated Thanks AL
View ArticleTools for File Server audits
Aside from the BPA (best practices analyzer) for File Services, are there any other useful tools for an audit/healthcheck of a 2008 file server? Or any areas of concern that arent covererd at...
View ArticleTaking ownership of files best practice and need help
Hi,I've done a Robocopy from a file repository located in another domain to our own domain file share.ACL has been copied for each file and folders, and so we do not have access to any files or folders...
View ArticleFile Screening Management Audio File m4a
Hello,Server 2012 Storage Server.I have applied a file screening rule to a share for audio and video. The problem is the default template does not have m4a. This rule is passive with email...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager to report on Active Directory Name instead of...
Hello,Reports work great but is there a way to have them report on the AD Name (John Doe) vs. Username (we have ID's like ABCD for each user)If this cannot be changed then need to convert all the...
View ArticleMacs cannot search network shares...
None of my Mac clients can search my Windows network shares. I have a mixed environment of Server 2003, 2008 and 2012. The shares can mount, but they shown no results when being searched.Brian Brehart...
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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 ArticleIs upgrading a 2008 R2 DC to 2012 safe for DFS volumes?
I have two boxes that I'm in the process of upgrading from 2008 R2 to 2012. One of my main concerns is with regards to the DFS volumes replicated between the two boxes. In that past I've had crazy...
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Shadow copies tab is missing from ReFS on Windows Server 2012
We're currently designing a new infrastructure based around Windows Server 2012 so I'm currently investigating all the new technologies, including whether we should format the file server drive in ReFS...
View ArticleBit Locker whole disk encryption recovery approach
Hello All--I am relatively new to IT and am having some issues. Currently I have a server running server 2012 with bit-locker encryption on the entire operating system drive. The drives are in a raid...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 RAID-5 ( Failed Redundancy )
Hi,I recently inherited a server with a 12TB software RAID-5. I've always dealt with hardware raids so I'm kind of out of my element on this one.There are 2 discs with errors and the volume says that...
View ArticleSystem Event ID:57 on Windows 2008 Clustered Server
Dear Sir,I have a Windows Server 2008 with clustered SAN disks (iSCSi) storage array connected. Its event system log prompted event ID55: "the file system structure on the disk is corrupt and...
View ArticleDAC Claims Updating on Alternating Logins
I'm experimenting with Dynamic Access Control with a Windows Server 2012 DC and a Windows 8 client (evaluation edition).I'm seeing a strange bit of behavior where after updating a user's property in...
View ArticlePortmap service will not start
Portmap service will not start with the WIN32_EXIT_CODE 31. The exit code means “A device attached to the system is not functioning.” but it is not clear which device. There is no warning or error seen...
View ArticleCreate home folders with Display name
Hi AllI need to create Home folders for the users however home folders needs to be created as full name and not the %username% as username policy is firstname and initials of last name only.e.g. for a...
View ArticleDFS-R after server reboot no longer in sync
Hello,I am trying to keep 2 servers in sync with DFS-R. This worked for quite some time. But after a server reboot a couple of days ago the sync doesn't work anymore.I have done a "force...
View ArticleFolder Redirection Group Policy change not applying to all users on all...
I have had Folder Redirection (Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, and Favorites) working fine for years now in an environment with a 2008 file server (no DFS) and mixed Vista/Win7 clients. I recently...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Shadow Copies - Failed to retrieve volumes that are eligible...
On more than one of our Server 2008 R2 servers, when opening the Disk Management console and going to the properties of our volume housing shared folders, I am unable to configure Shadow Copies due to...
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