Hello,
I was wondering if applying "Replace all child object permission with inheritable permissions from this object" will interrupt data access for existing files? I need to apply this to 4TB of data and just want to make sure existing user won't have any issues accessing the files....while applying the change.
Thanks
Hello all
Any way can I export Win2003 FSRM setting (include Quota, Quota Templates and File Screen) and I would like import the setting to Win2012 R2.
Steven
Hello,
Right now, we are using a program that provides SFTP for one of our file uploads; however, while it works fine and dandy with our local upload, we cannot upload a file that is inside of one of our protected drives.
Currently, the protected drive is set up so virtually no-one - not even our server administrator accounts - can access this drive. It has one group allotted to access it, and that is it (also should mention, there is no service account for this; it is only for the people who use it.)
I do not need to do anything to this file except upload it - we are using WinSCP for our SFTP transfers; I either need it to be able to upload the file from where it currently sits, or be able to copy the file back onto the local drive of another server, and upload it from there.
I would like to keep all scripts, or anything of the sort, contained back to the local server that we upload from - preferably if it can be dropped into a .vbs or a .bat script, that can be ran from Task Scheduler.
Something like this, if it was a copy:
copy \\servername\path\to\file.txt | or | copy %mappeddriveletter%\path\to\file.txt
paste %windir%\path\to\file.txt
Hi Guys,
Environment:
We're currently operating in a Terminal Services environment leveraging mapped drives and folder redirection to keep all user data/documents saved on file server.
Shared Drive (S:\) is mapped to a folder on a file server at login.
Application Data, Desktop & My Documents are all redirected to the user's home folder (stored in a folder on the file server). This drive is mapped as U:\ at login.
We're currently using:
- Windows Server 2003 x86 SP2 Enterprise for the Terminal Servers
- Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2 Enterprise for the File Servers
We frequently get requests to restore files that users have deleted accidentally from both their U: drives and the S: (shared drive). There is no problem doing the restores, aside from the fact that the user needs to wait and it can be time consuming from an IT perspective.
Question:
Is there any way to leverage a redirected Recycle Bin or allow users to quickly restore files without resorting to backups or shadow copies?
We're planning on migrating the Terminal Servers and the File Servers to Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 so any new features in 2008 R2 could be leveraged.
Hi,
I have a Windows Server 2012 with AD. The users on the lan are not part of the domain, but of a generic workgroup. Can the users make use of the offline files feature, even though they're not part of the AD? Obviously, they are going access the shares through the AD users configured on the server. So (I guess) the local users on the workstation won't be mapped to those on the AD - I'm only saying this, which might seem self-understood, just to get the confirmation, as I'm somewhat new to this :)
Hi,
I'm trying to find a way to manipulate permissions with icacls on several folders. For instance, if I wanted to remove a certain user or a group on all subfolders under a given folder, how would I go about doing that? Something similar to, let's say, Linux:chmod -x *
Hi,
I am trying to convert inherited permissions to normal permissions, just like I would normally do with the GUI. But I'm trying to do it with icacls. The problem with /inheritance:r is that it removes all the permissions completely, even those of the SYSTEM or Administrator(s), which is not what I'm looking for. Any ideas?
Dear All,
I am planning to enable volume shadow copy on one of the volume of my file server to an separate volume,but its not allowing and the below error is popping up when i try to enable the shadow copy.
can i use the below link ,my worry is will it effect any of the existing data because the volume hold very critical data.
http://attenu8.co.uk/2013/07/server-2008-r2-shadow-copies/
TechGUy,System Administrator.
All shares in question have the share permission tab set to allow the everyone group full control. The users in my delegated group have full control of the share set in the NTFS settings... When the users open a MMC on their windows 7 OS and use computer management to try and access the shares they get the error stated below... How can I fix this error?
Hi
I need to Restrict Users to Copy file from Shared Folder. Please let me know is there any method to achieve this requirement.
Can you help me with this?
Regards
Surendhar.J
Hello all,
a customer of us wants to migrate an old virtualized Windows 2003 file server to a new virtual 2012R2 fileserver
One idea was to append the old d: volume (from the 2003 Server) to the new 2012R fileserver and share again the volume (instead of using a new volume and robocopy)
Is this possible and practible? Or are there changes in NTFS/Volume design that prevent this solution?
thankyou in advance Boris
Hello.
I currently have a two node file cluster running on Server 2012 R2. I have some disks mounted as mounted volumes. Regardless of the node the cluster is running on, I get the same behavior.
If I open File Explorer, and navigate to the folder in question, it only displays four out of seven folders that are mount points.
If I use the command line or PowerShell, I get the same results.
In File Explorer and CMD/PowerShell, if I navigate or list contents of the "missing" folders I return results (see screenshot).
Does anyone have any suggestions to the fix of this (outside of re-adding the "missing" mounted volumes)?
Thank you for your assistance with this.
Edit to post (as I couldn't post my screenshot, here is a copy/paste of the output in PowerShell):
PS E:\DeptRoot> Get-ChildItem ./
Directory: E:\DeptRoot
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 11/14/2013 6:18 PM Dept-4
d---- 11/14/2013 6:18 PM Dept-5
d---- 11/14/2013 6:18 PM Dept-6
d---- 11/14/2013 6:18 PM Dept-7
PS E:\DeptRoot> Get-ChildItem ./Dept-1
Directory: E:\DeptRoot\Dept-1
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 2/1/2016 4:34 PM XXX
da--- 4/22/2016 10:49 AM XXXXX
d---- 4/22/2016 5:00 PM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
da--- 3/23/2016 4:10 PM XXXXXXXXX
d---- 2/26/2016 11:00 AM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
d---- 7/26/2014 10:43 AM XXXXXXXXXXXXX
da--- 4/18/2016 4:34 PM XXXXXXXXXX
d---- 4/11/2016 10:51 AM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hi there,
I work with backup & recovery systems on a daily basis & am always seeing disk failures - it comes with the turf, high data turn over means more wear & tear... Now Server 2012 I'm a big fan on & I thought "Why not give Storage Spaces a chance"... At present I'm facing a critical flaw... notifications of disk failures... I can't see any easy out-of-the-box solution in place.
Is there something I'm missing? All I want is email notifications in the event of a disk failure & also some visible notification when I log into the server to say "Hey... dead hard drive, fix your $"
I don't want to have to rely on the Hot Spares & the manual checks to catch something as critical as disk failures.
Kind Regards,
Si
I have a SBS 2003 and just bought and installed Server 2012 Essential on a new server. Created new forest, domain and all that. for the next few weeks I need to connect to the old server (old forest) to copy files from.
I can ping the server but not able to map to any of it's shared folders
David
Hi
I have D: drive that is 200G and about half of it is empty space. I shrinked it to this size from 300G size but cannot shrink it anymore. It has something to do with some unmovable files. I have emptied trash bin and defragmented the drive but these did not help. This drive is on a separate volume that holds only this one drive.
My OS is Windows Server 2012 R2 with Essentials Experience installed and it is a virtual machine.
How can I shrink it more? How to check what unmovable files is blocking the shrinking?
Shadow Copies show me that it uses 8,26G on this drive and free space is over 100G so I guess VSS is not to blame..
Hi, in setting up and testing Storage Spaces on a brand new WSE 2012 R2 installation (all patches applied), I created a basic 2-disk Storage Pool with a fixed-provision Mirror Space (maximum size) with a standard NTFS volume. I added some data to the volume.
To simulate a drive failure, I then shut down the server and pulled one of the pool disks. I took the removed disk to another system and reformatted it (deleting whatever Storage Pool data it had contained), then attempted to add it back to the system as a new disk. This fails.
I followed the steps exactly as outlined in the Microsoft Storage Spaced FAQ. The Storage Pool shows as Degraded, and the (old) disk shows as Retired.
However, I am unable to add the disk to the pool either through the client GUI or via Server Manager. In Server Manager, the Add Physical Disk command is grayed out and unavailable, while in the client GUI I can select the disk, but the "Add Drives" process fails with the following error: The system can't find the file specified (0x00000002).
The new (old) disk shows up in Disk Manager as a Basic disk with GPT partition style, and I made sure it is Unallocated before hand. Here is the output from Get-PhysicalDisk (where disk 1 is the "missing" disk):
FriendlyName CanPool OperationalStatus HealthStatus Usage
Size
------------ ------- ----------------- ------------ -----
----
PhysicalDisk3 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 3.64 TB
PhysicalDisk4 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 3.64 TB
PhysicalDisk8 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 1.82 TB
PhysicalDisk9 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 1.82 TB
PhysicalDisk0 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 3.64 TB
PhysicalDisk-1 False Lost Communication Warning Retired
3.64 TB
PhysicalDisk2 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 3.64 TB
PhysicalDisk6 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 119.24 GB
PhysicalDisk5 False OK Healthy
Auto-Select 3.64 TB
It appears to me that the new (old) disk is colliding with itself: as in the system won't let me add it to the pool because it already exists in the pool. However, I can't find a way to "force" the system to remove the retired disk altogether, so that I can add it back again as a "new" disk.
This experience suggests to me that Storage Spaces still seems fragile. I realize this is an artificial scenario, but is there a way to recover from this other than deleting the pool and recreating from backup?