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Selectively move old files

November 12, 2014, 2:59 am
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Hi
I am planning  some data migration and need to move some old files to a different storage (USB or network share on a different server). So I am looking for the way to move files selectively (by the last time modified) to a different drive preserving data path. There can be old and new or newly modified files in the same folder/subfolders and I need to move only old files to a different drive keeping the same folder structure on a destination drive (so something like tiering in win 2012).
All the data is on win 2008 and 2008 R2 servers.
Has anybody done anything like this before? Any software that does that?
Thanks
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[Forum FAQ] How to pre-staging DFSR database on Windows Server 2012 R2

September 8, 2014, 9:08 am
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In previous versions of Windows Server systems, it is recommended to manually pre-seed large data before initial replication for saving time cost. However it will still take time until initial replication finished even data is already copied to the target folder. See:


In Windows Server 2012 and earlier operating systems, initial sync replication required that a destination server populate its database over the network through a resource-expensive version-vectoring process with the source server. For larger datasets, this can take considerable time (days or weeks), even when you pre-seed data on the destination server.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn281957.aspx


Here are the steps to pre-seed database between Windows Server 2012 R2 systems.


1. Create a test DFS Replication group. In Figure 1, we have two servers. W2012R2-2 is the primary server. Folder on W2012R2 is not defined yet.


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Figure 1


2. On W2012R2-2, run the following cmdlet in PowerShell with administrator permission (Figure 2):


Export-DfsrClone –Volume c: -Path “c:\database”


Note: Create c:\database folder before running this cmdlet.


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Figure 2


3. After running the cmdlet, it provides suggestions to copy database and file data to target server with Robocopy. Replace <destination path> with correct path as below (Figure 3, 4):


Robocopy.exe “c:\database” “\\w2012r2\c$\database” /B

Robocopy.exe "c:\data" "\\w2012r2\c$\data" /E /B /COPYALL /R:6 /W:5 /MT:64 /XD DfsrPrivate /TEE


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Figure 3


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Figure 4


4. On W2012R2, run the following cmdlet to import database (Figure 5):


Import-dfsrclone –volume c: -path c:\database


Note: W2012R2 is a new system with no DFSR configuration so we can run the cmdlet directly.


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Figure 5


5. After importing, we can see the database is already be imported into C:\System Volume Information\DFSR folder. (Figure 6)


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Figure 6

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Widows Search not working with Data Deduplication?

February 28, 2013, 5:46 pm
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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" and "ReparsePoint" (PL) Flags set.

So it looks like they were processed by the enabled Data Deduplication.

Am I missing something here or is it really the case that deduplicated files cannot be indexed by windows search?

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Shared Drive Access issue

December 5, 2014, 7:39 am
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I am facing issue in win 2003 server "

I am able to access the server by their host name and fqdn from network and on the same system 

for ex- pc1.ab.com. I logged on pc1 and  accessed by \\pc1.ab.com its working fine  but when i tried \\10.0.0.1 it shows The specified  network name is no longer available


I am getting error  "system error 64 occured"  when i run "net view \\10.0.0.1"
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[Solved] How to restore lost home folder permissions

September 25, 2013, 9:02 am
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I recently moved a shared folder with a few hundred home folders in it to fill up drive space. After I moved it i made sure that it was reshared exactly the same way only to discover that each users full rights, originally granted by active directory, were missing. I searched the internet for hours looking for a solution and never found one, so when I created my own i decided to share my method.

We use a simple structure. Use AD to create the home folders (\\servername\share\%username%) which gives the user full control of their folder, then enable access based enumeration so they can only see their own folder. What i did was move the already created folders to a temporary location, then select all users in AD and recreate the home folders using the method above. Now I have all of the correct folder/permissions, they're just empty. Next I copy the old folders back, and merge them with the new folders. What I end up with is essentially all of the original files in newly created folders with the correct permissions.

Hope this can save someone the hours I wasted in research.

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FOLDER REDIRECTION WITH DFS

December 19, 2014, 3:31 pm
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Implemented User folder redirection with GPO in DFS (user desktop and Document folder)

Issue with redirecting user profile to the new location in DFS namespace: when policy is applied it creates user folder under the sharename  \\contoso.net\Doc\Homefolder\<username> but doesnt create desktop folder neither my document folder.

on client machine user profiles doesnt point to the share location \\contoso.net\Doc\Homefolder\<username> . It points to local profile C:\Users\<username>\desktop

GPO is explicitly applied and the new location \\contoso.net\Doc\Homefolder\ is correctly defined

I need help !!! 
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My microSD card is unusable and unable to format it

December 22, 2014, 11:58 am
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I've tried so many methods to fix my SD card and I've come to the conclusion that it is totally destroyed. There is no file system on it, and I am unable to format it. In command prompt, the status is unusable and the size is 0 bytes. It's a 16 GB microSD card. This happened after I did a factory data reset on my phone. I am unable to mount the card or even format it on the phone. 

I tried opening the the disk on the computer, I received the message: "G:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function."

When I try to create a partition on the volume, I get: "DiskPart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect. See the System Event Log for more information." Also formatting, I get "0 percent completed," and the same message.

When I try clean, it says: "DiskPart has encountered an error: Incorrect function. See the System Event Log for more information."

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Installer for KERNEL32.dll. needs to be reinstall

January 9, 2015, 6:04 pm
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Long delay booting when HDD is failing 2012 server

January 16, 2015, 6:39 am
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I write to document the behavior of Windows 2012 R2 in the face of an HDD on the cusp of or having absolutely failed. Because the OS (Windows 2012 R2) was behaving strangely and because certain functions in Hyper-V were failing, I decided to perform a clean installation of Windows 2012 R2. Disk #0 (1 HDD out of 8 HDDs) was formatted. Rufus was used to create a bootable USB drive. Once the extended conversations with the BIOS were concluded (I had to tell it to boot from the USB drive), Windows Server 2012 R2 began to install the operating system. It stopped responding on the screen that reports that installation is starting. It turned out one of the HDDs was responsible. I worked around the problem by removing 7 of 8 HDDs leaving only the HDD to which the operating system was being loaded.  Once the OS was operational, I reinstalled each HDD individually to see how the software-style RAID and/or mirroring would handle it. One drive in particular would not be recognized. I replaced that one with a brand new spare. Thanks to great care and perseverance in creatingbackups, I lost no data. One might think the OS installer would recognize that the user hasn't been contacted in a long time and send a note to him or her via the video interface. But, no. We don't even have an animated circle in this case.  It's normal for this particular circle not to be animated.  

MARK D ROCKMAN

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Work Folders Errors

February 3, 2015, 11:44 am
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Setup: Windows Server 2012 R2

Use: Company File Server

Issue: Under Microsoft-Windows-WorkFolders/WHC - Management Agent Log:

I see the following:

Event ID 9001: Credentials required for user

Event ID 9004: Your PC doesn't comply with your organization's security policies.

Event ID 9002: Work Folders detected a sync error. Check partnership status, network connectivity, and disk space.

When does this happen and what happens:

  • This happens on every Sync.
  • The sync is working, and files are up to date. (No errors on server side) 
  • So it does not effect operation if you will.
  • We do not enable encryption or screen lock outs.
  • Client configuration is made through GPO.
  • We can see clients contacting and syncing on the server.

What I have done:

  • I have tried updating the User Credentials - Work Folders already has the current credentials.
  • There are no security requirements set for Work Folders on the server side.
  • There is ample disk space available on the WF server.
  • I have already tried restarting the WF service on the client, I have also stopped using Work Folders and set it up again, as well as removing the WF feature from the client and reinstalling - all with no change.

Any recommendations on resolution?

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Client for NFS fails to restart - Event ID: 16387 - Windows(R) failed a request to initialize the Network File System (NFS) redirector

July 7, 2011, 4:40 pm
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I have seen this issue out there in a few threads but a definitive solution has not been posted by Microsoft that I can find. So here is the simple answer. The long answer why this doesn't work on a default install of MSNFS is going to have to come from Microsoft and should be in the form of a hotfix.

Problem Description

On boot, Client for NFS starts and remains running. If an attempt is made to restart the service from the MMC or nfsadmin, an error occurs and nfsclnt fails to start.

Event log error:

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        NfsClnt
Date:          7/7/2011 2:39:51 PM
Event ID:      16387
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      myserver
Description:
  Windows(R) failed a request to initialize the Network File System (NFS) redirector<[d:\w7rtm\base\fs\remotefs\nfs\client\nfsclient\service.c:199] : 0: The operation completed successfully.
>.

  Client for NFS cannot start.

  Windows may be low on system resources.  Try increasing available system resources by closing programs, then start Client for NFS manually.
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PROBLEM CAUSED BY: When shutting down Client for NFS using the Services GUI, Client for NFS Redirector is not shut down

 

SOLUTION: Stop NFS Redirector - 'sc stop NfsRdr' - Then start NFS client service - 'nfsadmin start client'

Use 'nfsadmin client stop' to correctly shut down both the Client for NFS service and the Client for NFS Redirector.

'Network File System (NFS) redirector' is actually "Client for NFS Redirector" and not listed as a service even though "Client for NFS" requires it.  

Using 'sc', details on the hidden NfsRdr system component can be queried and then used to stop the redirector so that nfsclnt.exe can reload it on start up using the Services GUI.

C:\Windows\System32>sc GetDisplayName NfsRdr
[SC] GetServiceDisplayName SUCCESS
Name = Client for NFS Redirector

C:\Windows\System32>sc qdescription NfsRdr
[SC] QueryServiceConfig2 SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: NfsRdr
DESCRIPTION:  Kernel-side part of Client for NFS. Enables a Windows based computer to access NFS server shares

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Hope this thread is helpful !!

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Extended partition new size not shown in My Computer Windows Server 2003 SP2

February 24, 2015, 1:01 am
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Dell Power Edge2900 Server

Windows 2003 32bit, SP2
Dell PERC5/i Raid Controller.

  1.      2X146GB (System volume, Drive C) Disk0 - RAID 1
  2.      4X300GB (For Data , Drive D) Disk1 - RAID 5

We added new 4x300GB HDD and extend the Disk1 and through “diskpart” we expand the “D” partition from 850GB to 1950GB successfully but in “My Computer” still showing 850GB insist 1.95TB.

I’ll highly appreciate your kind support in this subject.

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Forum FAQ: Windows Server Backup UI cannot add another disk to a scheduled backup.

February 21, 2010, 10:22 pm
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Symptom

 

When we try to add another destination disk (USB hard disk) to the scheduled backup via Windows Server Backup UI, it fails if not all destination USB drives are currently attached.  You receive the following error message:

 

The filename, directory name, or volume label is incorrect.

 

Cause

Currently, there are some problems in the Windows Server Backup modify schedule task wizard.

 

Workaround

 

To work around this issue, please use the WBADMIN command line tool to add disk.

 

   WBADMIN ENABLE BACKUP -addtarget:{DiskID}

 

The AddTarget parameter takes disk ID as parameter. It can be retrieved by running "WBADMIN GET DISKS" command.

 

Example:

   WBADMIN ENABLE BACKUP -addtarget:{aa123d14-bba0-1dd9-0d93-80aaaa6bbb63}

 

NOTE: You must run wbadmin from an elevated command prompt.

 

More Information

Wbadmin

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754015(WS.10).aspx

 

Applies to

 

Windows Server 2008 R2

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Setting up FTP on Domain Controller using User Isolation

February 23, 2015, 12:49 am
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Hi all,

Our FTP site is set on a domain controller (not best practice i know, but i wasn't involved in the implementation of it) However, it currently works with the "FTP Root Directory" option selected, however this is not very secure as everyone has access to everything. I need to set it up so it uses "Username Directory" as this is a domain controller, and i want them to authenticate via AD User/Group. However when i select that option, i can't connect to the FTP site - Connection attempt failed with"EAI_NONAME - Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known". When i change it back to "FTP Root Directory" it connects fine.

Basic Authentication is Enabled and Anonymous Authentication is disabled.

Virtual Directory option is selected under directory listing options.

Our FTP folder structure is E:\FTPRoot it got moved to this drive as it's a bigger drive.

I've set up a Virtual Directory for the FTP site and for the individual folders. 

I'm stuck on what else to try, any advice and guidance would be appreciated.

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Server 2008 R2 failover cluster for DFS servers

March 13, 2015, 10:36 am
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A new client currently has a couple Server 2008 R2 failover clusters (one at each of their two primary sites) as their two hub DFS locations. I'm confused, and can't see much of a reason for this implementation, which only seems to introduce added complexity with no real benefits. Here are my reasons:

- At each site, the servers in the failover clusters are on the same server VM farms, hosted on the same SAN's.

- The data hosted on each node of the clusters are not identical. For example, server1 has 25 DFS replicated folders and server2 has 20 replicated folders. In fact, the ~25 folders on server1 are all named <site>-user, and the ~20 folders on server 2 are <site>-data. There appears to be no crossover.

So if the SAN fails, they're screwed. If the VM host fails, they're screwed. Why not just have two DFS servers at each site for redundancy within each site, and replicating with other site DFS servers as needed? I'm not super strong with failover clustering at all though, so I may easily be missing something.

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Disk on Cluster shows offline

March 14, 2015, 12:57 pm
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Need assistance please, I have a Windows 2012 R2 three node cluster on standalone hyper-v with shared iSCSI shared virtual disk on NTFS partions, the disks as seen from Disk management on one node online and working fine but on other both nodes are shown as unknown and reserved. There is an exclamation mark next to each disk mentioning that the disk is offline due to a policy being set by the administrator. I have used disk part to chage the SAN policy to Online all and I still can not bring the disks online. I have also try to reboot the server after that which ever node start first gets the all disk online and on other node it still shows offline and still can not bring the disks online. Using Diskpart I have tried an online disk command on the selected disks and I get "access denied". Nothing is shown in the eventvwr system log. Any assistance would be appreciated..in order to get my disks online.
Thanks, Raman
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where to download and install locally one note 2013x64 for w8.1?

March 2, 2015, 2:38 pm
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I tried and get only x32 and I can't use on w8.1x64

despite it said installed but I tried using one note I get the purple OneNote screen with running circle and Almost Done for a couple hours and not getting anywhere.

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A bug: DFS Management Console crashes when specific symbols are entered into the Folder Name field

March 18, 2015, 4:09 am
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Windows Server 2012 R2/RTM. I've just discovered that DFS Management Console can be crashed by entering a specific symbol into the Folder Name field. The way to reproduce:

  • Open DFS Management.
  • Right-click on any namespace and select New Folder...
  • Enter < or > into the Name field.

That's it. The console has crashed.

I reproduced the bug on two different servers. Can you do it?

Evgeniy Lotosh
MCSE: Server infractructire, MCSE: Messaging

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Free Storage site that provides whole link

April 2, 2015, 2:49 pm
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I'm looking for a free storage website that provides me with the full path link.

I want to upload a .xml file so I want to get a full path like: http://www.website.com/folder/file.xml  so I can use that path to refer the file.

Thank you very much
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hi ,How can I get a list of all laptops or users with folder direction enabled or offline files enabled, be it sccm or poerwshell . i have struggled for a week.

April 13, 2015, 3:34 am
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Hi ,how can I get a list of all laptops or users with folder direction enabled or offline files enabled, be it sccm or poerwshell . i have struggled for a week

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