"The IO operation at logical block affress xxxxxxx for Diskx was retired" and...
Hello,I am running Windows Server 2012 Standard on a HP Proliant DL380 Gen8 with internal Storage on a Smart Array p420i Controller.This server has been in production since Nov 2011 as a Hyper-V Host....
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We have our user accounts configured with folder redirection enabled for a number of profile folders including the desktop; we find it works well in our environment.Recently, we set up the "user home"...
View ArticleDFS removed my folder after I did a robocopy. Please help!!
I have DFS running on two server svrvin1 = DFS server 1 svrval1 = DFS server 2I have created a namespace under each server E:\valley for both server and replication is working fine. The namespace patch...
View ArticleServer 2012 and deduplication in a failover file cluster
Hi,I have a 2 node Server 2012 Failover Cluster running File Server, can I use deduplication on the volumes clustered, they use NTFS?Looking at this reference:...
View ArticleHow to migrate a NFS to a new box.
Hello!Which are the best practices to move my entire NFS configuration and files from an old box to a brand new one with same good ol' Windows 2008 R2?Thanks.
View ArticleDFS-N Referral issue (Round Robin instead of local AD Site)
Our DFS-N is referring users to shares off Site (to other AD Sites). It appears to be round robin in nature. Our end goal is to have users hit the shares in their local AD site (where they log in). I...
View ArticleRaid 5 for different disk size
Hello,I have Hard Disks as below. I would like to know what is the best RAID Configuration for the disks below? Can i combine them? if yes, then how?- 4 x 450GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD- 3 x...
View ArticleSpecific Permissions based on file type
I have a NAS device running windows server 2008 and I am trying to restrict users from editing or deleting PDF files only. Leaving them access to create and modify other file types freely. Any advice...
View ArticleQuestion about Antivirus for File Servers
Hello All,What is the recommendation on Antivirus for Windows file servers? I am setting up 2008r2 file servers for my university and was planning on using System Center Endpoint Protection 2012, if...
View ArticleWhy ReFS can not be used on removable drives?
HiAround the internet I can read that ReFS can not be used on removable drives. Unfortunately when I was trying to go deeper - I can not found or can not deduce the answer why. I'm formatted for...
View ArticleWindows 7 CSC recovery
Customer has reported issues from a recent migration between two windows 2008 servers. The migration of their systems was successful, however reports from the staff stating that data was now missing....
View ArticleFind locked file on a Terminal Server
We run a 2008 R2 Terminal Server with upwards of 100 users logged in. We have an application that most of these users can be running and when they are in this application there are many shared files...
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Unable to increase disk pool size, Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Hi!I have successfully added one hard drive (1,5 TB SATA) to a new disk pool but each time I try to increase to disk pool with another hard drive it fails with a somewhat generic error: Can't use the...
View ArticleWidows Search not working with Data Deduplication?
Hi,I noticed that many files were missing when searching for them on my Server 2012 Fileserver.After some troubleshooting I noticed that the ones missing, had a Size on Disk of 4KB and the "SparseFile"...
View ArticleWindows Search lack of compabitility with Windows keeps extending problems?:...
What a mess. Please fix Windows Search.http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/d8c9c5b1-fc38-476d-a780-e14910edcf6fAnd BTW:DFS still does not work with Windows Search:So...
View ArticleFolder share sessions
Hi all,We are preparing to migrate our current file server over to Windows 2008R2. Are there any guidelines or suggestions for concurrent sessions that are connected to any one share? Currently the...
View ArticleSlow File Write From Windows 7 to SMB server
We are currently upgrading from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and we came across a wierd problem. We got a Program that can export DB to HTML format. When we start the process it write the new file line by...
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why is DFS going to wrong site?
Below is what I think shows the problem. nltest shows our current site is GCSLA. Even after running dfsutil with pktflush and insite, the referral is still going out of site. This only appears to be...
View ArticleWindows 7 Offline Files defaulting to "not available offline"
I recently took over managing a small office network (which I didn't set up) that includes a few laptops on a Server 2003 domain. The laptops automatically mount a user folder off of a Server 2003...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 slow file transfer
We have a new Dell server running Windows Server 2008 R2, dedicated Intel NIC, Dell 5548 switch, all software and firmware is up to date across the board.A file transfer from Server to a Windows 7...
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