Hyper-V 2012 High Availability using Windows Server 2012 File Server Storage

Hi Guys,
Need your expertise regarding hyper-v high availability. We setup 2 hyper-v 2012 host in our infra for our domain consolidation project. Unfortunately, we don't have hardware storage that is said to be a requirement that we can use to create a failover cluster
for hyper-v host to implement HA. Here's the setup:
Host1
HP Proliant L380 G7
Windows Server 2012 Std
Hyper-V role, Failover Cluster Manager and File and Storage Services installed
Host2
Dell PowerEdge 2950
Windows Server 2012 Std
Hyper-V role, Failover Cluster Manager and File and Storage Services installed
Storage
Dell PowerEdge 6800
Windows Server 2012 Std
File and Storage Services installed
I'm able to configure the new feature about Shared Nothing Live Migration - i'm able to move VM's back and fort between my hosts without storage. But this is planned and proactive approach. My concern is to have my hyper-v host to become highly available in
the event of system failure. If my host1 dies, the VMs should go/move to host2 and vice versa. In setting this up, i believe i need to enable the failover clustering between my hyper-v hosts which i already did but upon validation, it says "No disks were
found on which to perform cluster validation tests." Is it possible to cluster it using just a regular windows file server? I've read about SMB 3.0 and i've configured it as well i'm able to save VMs on my file server, but i don't think that my hyper-v hosts
are already highly available.
Any feedback and suggestions or recommendation is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Your shared storage is a single point of failure with this scenario so I would not consider the whole setup as a production configuration... Also setup is both slow (all I/O is travelling down the wire to storage server, running VMs from DAS is ages faster)
and expensive (third server + extra Windows license). I would think twice about what you do and either deploy a built-in VM replication technologies (Hyper-V Replica) and apps built-in clustering features that does not require shared storage (SQL Server and
Database Mirroring for example, BTW what workload do you run?) or use some third-party software creating fault tolerant shared storage from DAS or investing into physical shared storage hardware (HA one of course).
Hi VR38DETT,
Thanks for responding. The hosts will cater a domain controller (on each host), Web filtering software (Websense), Anti-Virus (McAfee ePO), WSUS and an Auditserver as of the moment. Is the Hyper-V Replica somewhat give "high availability" to VMs or Hyper-V
hosts? Also, is the cluster required in order to implement it? Haven't tried that but worth a try.

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Node 1 = Primary
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Backup Schedule as follows
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Hi Sean
Thank you for your reply, please see the output of the sys.databases query below, and some others which you may find usefull.
Query: select database_id,recovery_model_desc, log_reuse_wait, log_reuse_wait_desc from sys.databases
where database_id = 5
Result: database_id   recovery_model_desc   log_reuse_wait   log_reuse_wait_desc
                 5
FULL   0
NOTHING
I also ran the following
select database_id, truncation_lsn, last_received_lsn, last_commit_lsn, last_hardened_lsn, last_redone_lsn,*
from sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states
go
database_id
truncation_lsn
last_received_lsn
last_commit_lsn
last_hardened_lsn
last_redone_lsn
database_id
group_id
replica_id
group_database_id
is_local
synchronization_state
synchronization_state_desc
is_commit_participant
synchronization_health
synchronization_health_desc
database_state
database_state_desc
is_suspended
suspend_reason
suspend_reason_desc
recovery_lsn
truncation_lsn
last_sent_lsn
last_sent_time
last_received_lsn
last_received_time
last_hardened_lsn
last_hardened_time
last_redone_lsn
last_redone_time
log_send_queue_size
log_send_rate
redo_queue_size
redo_rate
filestream_send_rate
end_of_log_lsn
last_commit_lsn
last_commit_time
low_water_mark_for_ghosts
5
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1231833000418880000000
5
1391A499-3F9A-47D5-BCE0-70BC204E2A5B
7E8BFC2E-363F-4C48-86F0-C276D3E0C8D9
0581E17A-6B7B-4B8F-9288-BF765BFBCE77
0
2
SYNCHRONIZED
1
2
HEALTHY
NULL
NULL
0
NULL
NULL
4294967295429490000000000
1231833000417170000000
1
41863
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41863
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41863
1231833000418880000000
41863
0
25541
0
84404
75304
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41863
441019861
5
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NULL
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NULL
5
1391A499-3F9A-47D5-BCE0-70BC204E2A5B
83B9F00E-D63F-4AC0-98FC-35E48FFA2C6F
0581E17A-6B7B-4B8F-9288-BF765BFBCE77
1
2
SYNCHRONIZED
1
2
HEALTHY
0
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0
NULL
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NULL
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NULL
NULL
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NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
NULL
1231833000418880000000
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41863
441019861
And
dbcc loginfo
go
RecoveryUnitId
FileId
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StartOffset
FSeqNo
Status
Parity
CreateLSN
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2
458752
8192
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INSTALLATION ON HIGH AVAILABILITY USING WEBLOGIC SERVER

Hi All ,
IHAC where i am planning to propose the following architecture and I did not find much information on the OTN documentation
How to configure the BI Publisher for High Availability using Oracle Weblogic Server. I have gone thorugh the following document on OTN.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/docs/BIP_HA.pdf
1) Can the BI Publisher be installed on a weblogic cluster having two nodes. I did not find any specific information on this in the BI publisher documents other than the link I mentioned above. Do we have any Enterprise Deployment guide for standalone BI Publisher ?
2) What is the best practice to implement the High Availability of BI Publisher on weblogic server.
Other info,
As mentioned in the above link I am planning to use the BIPublisher ultra scalable architecture.
Where the Load Balancer is HW load balancer and Internal load balancer is managed using the Apache configuration and Oracle XMLDB11.1.0.7 is used as the shared repository.
regards,
Pierre .

Hi
You have to have a shared drive for CI,SCS abd DB on the shared drive something like SAN.
You will have HACMP the IBM Cluster SW shall be configured and installed properly.
You may need support from the AIX engineer to configure it.
DB and CI installation will be done by Basis normally.
Yes ,there is arequirement to install and db and OS Filesystems on shared drive.
For further information ,you can look for inst guide at service.sap.com/instguides
Hope it helps.

HT3986 Where can i download the driver for my network card? i have a macbook pro mid 2012, and are using windows 7 ultimate

Where can i download the driver for my network card? i have a macbook pro mid 2012, and are using windows 7 ultimate

uhm hey guys,
idk where else to get help so ima try here,
i got windows 8 installed with bootcamp on my macbook pro late 2010 (5, 5) and theres no sound coming out of it, so i installed an nvidia audio driver (idk, it could be the incorrect one) but i have nvidia GeForce 320 on my macbook.
do you know what i should install ?
but when i go onto my osx the sound is fine, so i figured im missing something on windows 8
Orrrr could i just go out and get parallels and hope it doesn't get the same problems?

2 Hyper-V Servers with Failover Cluster and a single File Server and .VHDs stored on a SMB 3 Share

I have 2 X M600 Dell Blades (100 GB local storage and 2 NICs) and a Single R720 File Server (2.5 TB local SAS storage and 6 NICs). I´m planning a Lab/developer enrironment using 2 Hyper-V Servers with Failover Cluster and a single File Server putting
all .VHDs stored on a SMB 3 Share on the File Server.
The ideia is to have a HA solution, live migration, etc, storing the .VHDs onm a SMB 3 share
\\fileserver\shareforVHDs
It is possible? How Cluster will understand the
\\fileserver\shareforVHDs as a cluster disk and offer HA on it?
Or i´ll have to "re-think" and forget about VHDs on SMb 3 Share and deploy using iSCSI?
Storage Spaces makes difference in this case?
All based on wind2012 R2 STD English version

I have 2 X M600 Dell Blades (100 GB local storage and 2 NICs) and a Single R720 File Server (2.5 TB local SAS storage and 6 NICs). I´m planning a Lab/developer enrironment using 2 Hyper-V Servers with Failover Cluster and a single File Server putting
all .VHDs stored on a SMB 3 Share on the File Server.
The ideia is to have a HA solution, live migration, etc, storing the .VHDs onm a SMB 3 share
\\fileserver\shareforVHDs
It is possible? How Cluster will understand the
\\fileserver\shareforVHDs as a cluster disk and offer HA on it?
Or i´ll have to "re-think" and forget about VHDs on SMb 3 Share and deploy using iSCSI?
Storage Spaces makes difference in this case?
All based on wind2012 R2 STD English version
You can do what you want to do just fine. Hyper-V / Windows Server 2012 R2 can use SMB 3.0 share instead of a block storage (iSCSI/FC/etc). See:
Deploy Hyper-V over SMB
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134187.aspx
There would be no shared disk and no CSV just SMB 3.0 folder both hypervisor hosts would have access to. Much simplier to use. See:
Hyper-V recommends SMB or CSV ?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d6e06d59-bef3-42ba-82f1-5043713b5552/hyperv-recommends-smb-or-csv-
You'll have however a limited solution as your single physical server being a file server would be a single point of failure.
You can use Storage Spaces just fine but you cannot use Clustered Storage Spaces as in this case you'll have to take away your SAS spindles from your R720 box and mount them into SAS JBOD (make sure it's certified). So you get rid of an active components
(CPU, RAM) and keep more robust all-passive SAS JBOD as your physical shared storage. Better then a single Windows-running server but for a true fault tolerance you'll have to have 3 SAS JBODs. Not exactly cheap :) See:
Deploy Clustered Storage Spaces
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj822937.aspx
Storage Spaces,
JBODs, and Failover Clustering – A Recipe for Cost-Effective, Highly Available Storage
http://blogs.technet.com/b/storageserver/archive/2013/10/19/storage-spaces-jbods-and-failover-clustering-a-recipe-for-cost-effective-highly-available-storage.aspx
Using
Storage Spaces for Storage Subsystem Performance
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn567634.aspx#enclosure
Storage
Spaces FAQ
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11382.storage-spaces-frequently-asked-questions-faq.aspx
Alternative way would be using Virtual SAN similar to VMware VSAN in this case you can get rid of a physical shared storage @ all and use cheap high capacity SATA spindles (and SATA SSDs!) instead of an expensive SAS.
Hope this helped :)
StarWind VSAN [Virtual SAN] clusters Hyper-V without SAS, Fibre Channel, SMB 3.0 or iSCSI, uses Ethernet to mirror internally mounted SATA disks between hosts.

Windows 2008 R2 File Server - user profiles appear underdirectory C:\user

I've a windows 2008 r2 file server and few day ago I've noticed that under directory c:\users some user profiles have been created.
These users don't have rdp access to this server and don't use any ts application.
Is this a problem or a normal behavior?

Hello,
IIRC this is normal behavior as they do a connect to the server to access the shared folders.
Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.
Can you please explain in more detail?
Why aren´t all users creating a local Profile on the fileserver?
Kind regards,
Tim
MCITP, MCTS, MCSA
http://directoryadmin.blogspot.com
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SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2012 High Availability Solution in Azure VM

I have been testing an AlwaysOn high availability failover solution in SQL Server Enterprise on an Azure VM, and this works pretty well as a failover for SQL Server Databases, but I also need a high availability solution for SQL Server
Analysis Server, and so far I haven't found a way to do this. I can load balance it between two machines, but this isn't working as a failover and because of the restriction of not being able to use shared storage in a Failover Cluster in Azure
VM's, I can't set it up as a cluster which is required for AlwaysOn in Analysis Services.
Anyone else found a solution to use an AlwaysOn High Availability for SQL Analysis Services in Azure VM? As my databases are read-only, I would be satisfied with even just a solution that would sync the OLAP databases and switch
the data connection to the same server as the SQL databases.
Thanks!
Bill

Bill,
So, what you need is a model like SQL Server failover cluster instances. (before sql server 2012)
In SQL Server 2012, AlwaysOn replaces SQL Server failover cluster, and it has been seperated to
AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances (SQL Server) and
AlwaysOn Availability Groups (SQL Server).
Since your requirement is not in database level, I think the best option is to use AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances (SQL Server).
As part of the SQL Server AlwaysOn offering, AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances leverages Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) functionality to provide local high availability through redundancy at the server-instance level—a
failover cluster instance (FCI). An FCI is a single instance of SQL Server that is installed across Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) nodes and, possibly, across multiple subnets. On the network, an FCI appears to be an instance of SQL
Server running on a single computer, but the FCI provides failover from one WSFC node to another if the current node becomes unavailable.
It is similar to SQL Server failover cluster in SQL 2008 R2 and before.
Please refer to these references:
Failover Clustering in Analysis Services
Installing a SQL Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Iric Wen
TechNet Community Support

App-V Streaming in SCCM 2012 - High Availability Possible?

Hello All,
Background:
I'm in the process of designing an SCCM 2012 R2 environment, and one of the things that needs planning for is App-V.
Currently the client uses App-V 4.5 management servers with a mixture of 4.5 and 4.6 apps so I've been told. There are 2 servers and they are load balanced, I think the SQL server used is clustered. I need to bring this App-V environment into SCCM 2012 R2,
and as such I am concerned about High availability. (I'm also aware of compatibility of app v packages but this is beside the point)
SCCM will manage around 7000 workstations, and up to 20,000 users all in all (obviously not at once). The majority of users use any machine, they do not have dedicated ones. The hierarchy will consist of one standalone primary site with SQL on box and I will
be configuring multiple distribution points and management points.
Question:
It is my understanding that Management Points cache policies, and distribution points obviously have all the data cached so to speak. Therefore, if a user is already assigned to a group which is assigned to particular streamed applications - if connection was
lost to the site database server, and they logged onto a new machine, would they still be able to run those streamed applications? Or would the Site database going down break this?
Thanks
Stefan

Yeah that's a good point Torsten, Thanks - this is what I was unclear on and wanted clarification on. Was happy with the answer but thinking about it now you have said that, I dont see how that can work either...
If im getting it right now, it would be ok if someone has already logged onto the machine, as the profile would have already been populated with the virtual application information pulled down after the client had run the evaluation and MP had retreived
the information from the site DB when it was previously online - in that case the application would still work (and be visible) as the client has previoulsy known about it and clicking it can still stream it from the DB.
But in the case of a new login, are we saying that the MP does not cache policies to the extent that it would know that user would be assigned a particular application - it would have to go back to the site DB for this information - which would be unavaliable
and therefore would break it?

Remote Desktop Connection Server 2012 Clients only using on DC as Logon Server.

I am using Server 2012 and have an RDC Server running on a VM. Originally I had ordered the licensed version as Essentials was provided to me which does not allow for a full domain environment, which is required for the RDC server. Anyway, I
used Eval versions to get started, not thinking or realizing that the DC would never be able to get Activated since it is an Eval. So after 4 days I have finally, loaded Server 2012 on a new VM, promoted to DC, Transferred FSMO roles...DNS is up and
replicating across both DC's. The Eval keeps shutting off and was going to demote it and remove, but whenever it is shutdown the Clients receive a "No Logon Servers are available " error. I start up the old DC and it works. I doublechecked
all of the roles have been moved, I checked the RDC gateway, everything points to the same Domain information, but when I check an account using 'CMD set' it shows the old DC as the Logon Server. Is there something I am missing in the RD Gateway or somewhere
else. Is there a way to force it to use the new DC? I have tried setting the options in remote desktop connection to use a particular TS Gateway setting and it doesnt seem to work. Can someone please help me think about this and offer a
suggestion or let me know if you need more info. I can figure nothing else out at this point.
Thanks so much in Advance.
-T

it sounds like your clients / rdc servers may still be pointing to the old DC for DNS.
Can you check you have updated DNS on the clients to talk to your new domain controller.
Regards,
Denis Cooper
MCITP EA - MCT
Help keep the forums tidy, if this has helped please mark it as an answer
The new DC is the only DNS server listed on the RDC Server and is the only DNS listed for the clients other than the gateway which have as a secondary. If I change the static on the old DC I cannot login, as soon as I put it back, I can login and it
shows that DC as the logon server.
I did a simple recursive test on both DNS servers....The new Domain Controller passes, the Old One which I am trying to remove, does not.
I will reply with any other updates as I continue to look into this and thanks for the suggestions.
So I also Pinged the domain from the RDC Server as suggested and it replies back with the old DC IP.
Not sure why.

High availability for Lync 2013 persistent chat server and office web app server

I have 1500 users, need HA in primary data center and DR also. looking for HA and DR solution for persistent chat server and office web app server.
is below correct?
1. 2 persistent chat server in a pool of primary data center and 1 in DR. can this be reduced or any changes?
2. 2 Office web app server in a pool of primary data center and 1 in DR. can this be reduced or any changes?
also do i need HLB for both roles?

1) In Lync Server 2013, there are improvements in both high availability and disaster recovery:
High availability improvements: SQL Server mirroring is used to provide high availability for the Persistent Chat Server content database and Persistent Chat compliance database within a data center (in-site).
Disaster recovery improvements: Persistent Chat Server supports a stretched pool architecture that enables a single Persistent Chat Server pool to be stretched across two sites (that is, a single logical pool in the topology, with servers in the pool physically
located across two sites). SQL Server Log Shipping is used for cross-site disaster recovery.
For more information about high availability and disaster recovery, see
Configuring Persistent Chat Server for High Availability and Disaster Recovery in the Deployment documentation.
2) for HA & DR, you can 2 Office web app server in a pool of primary data center and 1 in DR. and You will need HLB for office web app servers
http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2013/03/27/office-web-apps-2013-multi-servers-nlb-installation-and-deployment-for-sharepoint-2013-step-by-step-guide.aspx
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How to set up fax solution using Windows 2008 R2 Fax server role and Exchange 2007

Hello,
I don't know if this is the right forum to post this but since it is related to Exchange I thought it might be. If this is not the right place, please direct me to the forum where my post would be more appropriate.
I'm looking to set up a Fax solution for the company that I work for as we are moving away from analog phone lines to VoIP using SIP. My original thought was to set up a Windows 2008 R2 server with Fax server role installed and have it route the fax message
to Exchange 2007 SP3 so the fax message can be delivered to each user's inbox. I was reading a little bit on the Windows Fax server role and from what I saw it looks like it can only route fax messages to one email address. This not ideal for my company. Is
there a way to have the fax server role route the email to each user's inbox? If so, how can I achieve this?
How can implement this for this sending outgoing faxes as well?
I don't know if this releveant or not but I will be using Asterisk as a media gateway between our SIP trunks and the Windows Fax server.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Please find the below url for the complete Fax configuration in Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2007/04/18/3401950.aspx
The article is so easy to understand with detail procedure and guideliness
Exchange Queries

Backup Sharepoint 2013 Farm with SQL 2012 "Always On" using System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager

Is backing up and Restoring SharePoint 2013 Farm with SQL 2012 "Always On" High Availability now supported using "System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager"?
I cannot find confirmation anywhere.
Regards,
John

Per this thread
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0c047737-4733-4ad5-a24d-3e6e6ff42f70/dpm-2012-sp1-and-sharepoint-2013-on-a-sql-2012-alwayson-ag?forum=dpmsharepointbackup, no it does not look like this is supported.
Trevor Seward
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Source path too long :-Unable to delete mutiple number of folder and files from windows 2008 R2 file server

Hi Team,
we have a file server on windows server 2008 R2, I have copied some data from one server to another server using robocopy . I have checked access permission it seems okay no issues with access permission. but when i am trying to delete these folder i am
getting below error message
Error message:-
The source file name are larger than is supported by the file system.try moving to a location which has a shorter path name or try renaming to shortcut names before attempting this operations
Regards,
Triyambak
Regards, Triyambak

I have tried everything , but nothing help , getting same error
could any one help me regarding this.
Regards, Triyambak
I have not looked at the other thread mentioned, but usually when this ends up happening, There are several ways to go about it. One is to map a drive to the UNC path deeper into the folder structure.
So instead of C:\long\path\that\we\dont\want\files\in
You map a drive.. lets say M:\ to \\computer\c$\long\path\that\we\dont\want
Now, when you open Explorer to M:\ you've elimintated the length of the path down to M:\files\in which is completely usable.
The other way, is to shorten the names of everything. For example...
Folder structure like this:
Root
-----Folder1
-----Folder2
--------------Folder2A
-----Folder3
--------------Folder3A
Rename all the folders to shorten up the path. Rename Folder1 to '1' Rename Folder2 to '2', Rename folder3 to '3. Then try to delete. If it's still too long, go one folder deeper. Rename Folder2A to '1' and
Rename Folder3A to '1' and so on. Basically keep renaming everything to a single digit character and eventually you'll shrink the path down to where you can shift-delete everything remaining.
Hope that helps.
Brian / ChevyNovaLN

How to check DFS replication status in windows 2008 r2 file server

Hi,
I have created File server DFS namespace between 2 windows 2008 R2 server. namespace mode is 2008. I have copied 3 TB data on file server 1. now it is getting replicated from file server 1 to file server 2. till now the data is not fully replicated.
My question is how can I check the status of DFS replication? how will I come to know that the initial replication is completed.

Scorpio. Yes you are right. Microsoft officially says it will not work. My apologies. Thanks for the correction.
Do Ultrasound and Sonar work with DFS Replication?
No. DFS Replication has its own set of monitoring and diagnostics tools. Ultrasound and Sonar are only capable of monitoring FRS.
Is there a way to know the state of replication?
Yes. There are a number of ways to monitor replication:
DFS Replication has a management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 that provides proactive monitoring.
DFS Replication has an in-box diagnostic report for the replication backlog, replication efficiency, and the number of files and folders in a given replication group.
Dfsrdiag.exe is a command-line tool that can generate a backlog count or trigger a propagation test. Both show the state of replication. Propagation shows you if files are being replicated to all nodes. Backlog shows you how many files still need to replicate
before two computers are in sync. The backlog count is the number of updates that a replication group member has not processed. On computers running Windows Server 2008 R2, Dfsrdiag.exe can also display the updates that DFS Replication is currently
replicating.
Scripts can use WMI to collect backlog information—manually or through MOM.
Miguel Fra /
Falcon IT Services
Computer & Network Support, Miami, FL
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Cannot save files to Windows server 2003 file server from MAC

Hi,
We have few MAC users and others mostly windows based users. Problem now is MAC users cannot save any files to the file server. I had the issues to save in the portable hard drive then i format the HDD to fat 32 and now i can save, But the file server cannot
be done like that.
What i can do to save the files to file server? please advice me
thanks
saththiyan

I cannot attach another NAS as CEO need to save files to all the folders which is there in the file server already,
You can share the folder and map a drive across the network to access the shared folder on the file server. Shared folders formatted NTFS do not affect network access. You would do that by using the SMB. Here's how:
How to Map Network Drive in Mac OS X
http://www.technipages.com/how-to-map-network-drive-in-mac-os-x.html
What OS version is the server? Is it a DC? You may need to reduce security on the server to allow Macs to access the server. Here's more info:
How to Disable SMB 2.0 on Windows Vista/2008/2008 R2
http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disable-smb-2-on-windows-vista-or-server-2008.htm
"To disable SMB ... Otherwise, disable SMB signing on Windows Server 2003 domain controllers.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325379
How to enable Windows 98/ME/NT and MAC clients to logon to Windows 2003 based Domains
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555038
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