DFS-R Staging on WinSvr 2012

I have 2 questions about DFS-R staging.
#1 When using my backup software to perform the restore, do I have to restore the folder or the files or either...?
#2 Since a target folder is across the Internet and is 45 GB, can I restore the files to a USD Hard drive and the copy the files to the target DFS-R folder for staging...?
Thanks,
Tom...
Tom Karpowski...

Hi,
Sorry for the delay.
Which backups did you take? If you only backup a DFS replication folder, you could restore the folder. If you backup the whole DFS replication data, you need to restore at least System State Backup.
Backup/Restore of DFSR Replicated Data - Part 1: Introduction
http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2008/06/18/backup-restore-of-dfsr-replicated-data-part-1-introduction.aspx
You could restore the files to a USB Hard drive then copy the files to the target DFS-R folder for preseeding. The folder permission could not be replicated to USB Hard drive, you need to do the permission replication step between remote location and Windows
Server 2012.
For more detailed information, please refer to the thread below:
Windows Server 2008 R2 - DFS - Pre-Seeding across WAN - External HDD
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7bbbc30c-ca5e-49be-a79d-b2af82588f36/windows-server-2008-r2-dfs-preseeding-across-wan-external-hdd?forum=winserverfiles
Regards,
Mandy
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REFERENCE_BY_POINTER (18)
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Arg1: 0000000000000000, Object type of the object whose reference count is being lowered
Arg2: fffffa80379a3070, Object whose reference count is being lowered
Arg3: 0000000000000002, Reserved
Arg4: ffffffffffffffff, Reserved
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DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x18
PROCESS_NAME: dfsrs.exe
CURRENT_IRQL: 0
ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17029 (debuggers(dbg).140219-1702) amd64fre
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from fffff800999ee0d7 to fffff8009985a440
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fffff880`0bf3fb48 fffff800`999ee0d7 : 00000000`00000018 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`379a3070 00000000`00000002 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`0bf3fb50 fffff800`99c33529 : fffffa80`379a3070 fffff8a0`0244adc0 00000000`000017e4 0000001b`930b60d8 : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x38605
fffff880`0bf3fb90 fffff800`99859453 : fffffa80`4063db00 fffffa80`4063db00 fffff880`0bf3fcc0 00000000`00000001 : nt!NtClose+0x239
fffff880`0bf3fc40 000007ff`5e8d2cda : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13
0000001b`9069f398 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x000007ff`5e8d2cda
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+38605
fffff800`999ee0d7 cc              int     3
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1
SYMBOL_NAME: nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+38605
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: nt
IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlmp.exe
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 51a966cd
IMAGE_VERSION: 6.2.9200.16628
BUCKET_ID_FUNC_OFFSET: 38605
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x18_OVER_DEREFERENCE_nt!_??_::FNODOBFM::_string_
BUCKET_ID: 0x18_OVER_DEREFERENCE_nt!_??_::FNODOBFM::_string_
ANALYSIS_SOURCE: KM
FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING: km:0x18_over_dereference_nt!_??_::fnodobfm::_string_
FAILURE_ID_HASH: {eaf19261-0688-f327-a17d-6f7960ac4ebd}
Followup: MachineOwner
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=ffffffffffffffff rcx=0000000000000018
rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=fffffa80379a3070 rdi=00000000fffc000c
rip=fffff8009985a440 rsp=fffff8800bf3fb48 rbp=fffffa80379a3040
r8=fffffa80379a3070 r9=0000000000000002 r10=fffffa8030d89190
r11=fffffa804063db00 r12=00000000000017e4 r13=0000000000000000
r14=fffff8a00a548f90 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=0010 ss=0018 ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b             efl=00000246
nt!KeBugCheckEx:
fffff800`9985a440 48894c2408      mov     qword ptr [rsp+8],rcx ss:0018:fffff880`0bf3fb50=0000000000000018
Child-SP          RetAddr           : Args to Child
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fffff880`0bf3fb48 fffff800`999ee0d7 : 00000000`00000018 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`379a3070 00000000`00000002 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
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fffff880`0bf3fc40 000007ff`5e8d2cda : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0x13 (TrapFrame @ fffff880`0bf3fc40)
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fffff880`02191000 fffff880`021a8000   mup      mup.sys      Thu Jul 26 03:30:00 2012 (5010ABA8)
fffff880`021a8000 fffff880`021b4000   npsvctrig npsvctrig.sys Thu Jul 26 03:27:33 2012 (5010AB15)
fffff880`021b4000 fffff880`021d0000   disk     disk.sys     Sat Oct 12 07:31:15 2013 (5258ECB3)
fffff880`021ed000 fffff880`021ff000   dfs      dfs.sys      Thu Jul 26 03:28:21 2012 (5010AB45)
fffff880`03800000 fffff880`03863000   mrxsmb   mrxsmb.sys   Tue Feb 05 22:29:08 2013 (511187B4)
fffff880`0389c000 fffff880`038eb000   ks       ks.sys       Sat Feb 02 07:25:50 2013 (510CBF7E)
fffff880`038eb000 fffff880`038f6000   rdpbus   rdpbus.sys   Thu Jul 26 03:28:19 2012 (5010AB43)
fffff880`038f6000 fffff880`0390a000   NDProxy NDProxy.SYS Tue Apr 09 03:33:41 2013 (51637E05)
fffff880`0390a000 fffff880`03915000   flpydisk flpydisk.sys Thu Jul 26 03:30:15 2012 (5010ABB7)
fffff880`03915000 fffff880`03922000   dump_diskdump dump_diskdump.sys Thu Jul 26 03:29:58 2012 (5010ABA6)
fffff880`03922000 fffff880`0393f000   dump_LSI_SAS dump_LSI_SAS.sys Fri May 11 20:40:21 2012 (4FAD6B25)
fffff880`0393f000 fffff880`03947000   HIDPARSE HIDPARSE.SYS Sat Jun 29 04:08:18 2013 (51CE4FA2)
fffff880`03947000 fffff880`03955000   monitor monitor.sys Fri Mar 01 04:56:18 2013 (513034F2)
fffff880`03955000 fffff880`0397d000   luafv    luafv.sys    Thu Jul 26 03:29:13 2012 (5010AB79)
fffff880`0397d000 fffff880`03991000   lltdio   lltdio.sys   Thu Jul 26 03:24:02 2012 (5010AA42)
fffff880`03991000 fffff880`039a9000   rspndr   rspndr.sys   Thu Jul 26 03:24:06 2012 (5010AA46)
fffff880`039a9000 fffff880`039c9000   bowser   bowser.sys   Thu Jul 26 03:28:01 2012 (5010AB31)
fffff880`039c9000 fffff880`039e0000   mpsdrv   mpsdrv.sys   Thu Oct 31 03:42:19 2013 (5271D19B)
fffff880`03c00000 fffff880`03c73000   rdbss    rdbss.sys    Sat May 04 05:47:00 2013 (518492C4)
fffff880`03c73000 fffff880`03c8d000   wanarp   wanarp.sys   Tue Apr 09 03:31:00 2013 (51637D64)
fffff880`03c8d000 fffff880`03c9b000   nsiproxy nsiproxy.sys Thu Jul 26 03:25:00 2012 (5010AA7C)
fffff880`03c9b000 fffff880`03ca3000   vmmouse vmmouse.sys Mon Jun 04 10:34:25 2012 (4FCC8121)
fffff880`03ca3000 fffff880`03e0c000   dxgkrnl dxgkrnl.sys Thu Sep 19 04:16:23 2013 (523A6C87)
fffff880`03e0c000 fffff880`03e1d000   watchdog watchdog.sys Thu Jul 26 03:29:05 2012 (5010AB71)
fffff880`03e1d000 fffff880`03e6b000   dxgmms1 dxgmms1.sys Wed Jan 09 03:58:58 2013 (50ECEB02)
fffff880`03e6b000 fffff880`03e7c000   BasicDisplay BasicDisplay.sys Thu Jul 26 03:29:08 2012 (5010AB74)
fffff880`03e7c000 fffff880`03e8e000   Npfs     Npfs.SYS     Thu Jul 26 03:30:26 2012 (5010ABC2)
fffff880`03e8e000 fffff880`03e9a000   Msfs     Msfs.SYS     Thu Jul 26 03:30:24 2012 (5010ABC0)
fffff880`03e9a000 fffff880`03ebc000   tdx      tdx.sys      Thu Jul 26 03:24:58 2012 (5010AA7A)
fffff880`03ebc000 fffff880`03eca000   TDI      TDI.SYS      Thu Jul 26 03:27:59 2012 (5010AB2F)
fffff880`03eca000 fffff880`03ed6000   ws2ifsl ws2ifsl.sys Thu Sep 20 07:09:50 2012 (505AB32E)
fffff880`03ed6000 fffff880`03f2e000   netbt    netbt.sys    Thu Jul 26 03:24:26 2012 (5010AA5A)
fffff880`03f2e000 fffff880`03fc4000   afd      afd.sys      Wed Sep 04 04:11:20 2013 (5226A4D8)
fffff880`03fc4000 fffff880`03fee000   pacer    pacer.sys    Thu Jul 26 03:23:05 2012 (5010AA09)
fffff880`03fee000 fffff880`03ffe000   netbios netbios.sys Thu Jul 26 03:28:19 2012 (5010AB43)
fffff880`03ffe000 fffff880`03fff480   swenum   swenum.sys   Thu Jul 26 03:28:53 2012 (5010AB65)
fffff880`0ac00000 fffff880`0acdf000   HTTP     HTTP.sys     Fri Mar 15 00:17:15 2013 (5142688B)
fffff880`0acdf000 fffff880`0ace7000   vmmemctl vmmemctl.sys Sun Dec 15 03:36:24 2013 (52AD23B8)
fffff880`0acf8000 fffff880`0ad43000   mrxsmb10 mrxsmb10.sys Thu Jul 26 03:23:06 2012 (5010AA0A)
fffff880`0ad43000 fffff880`0ad7e000   mrxsmb20 mrxsmb20.sys Tue Feb 05 22:28:36 2013 (51118794)
fffff880`0b200000 fffff880`0b20d000   condrv   condrv.sys   Thu Jul 26 03:30:08 2012 (5010ABB0)
fffff880`0b20d000 fffff880`0b2ae000   srv2     srv2.sys     Tue Apr 09 03:33:02 2013 (51637DDE)
fffff880`0b2cd000 fffff880`0b399000   peauth   peauth.sys   Tue Apr 09 03:32:01 2013 (51637DA1)
fffff880`0b399000 fffff880`0b3a4000   secdrv   secdrv.SYS   Wed Sep 13 14:18:38 2006 (4508052E)
fffff880`0b3a4000 fffff880`0b3e8000   srvnet   srvnet.sys   Tue Apr 09 03:31:13 2013 (51637D71)
fffff880`0b3e8000 fffff880`0b3fa000   tcpipreg tcpipreg.sys Thu Jul 26 03:23:13 2012 (5010AA11)
fffff880`0b4e3000 fffff880`0b570000   srv      srv.sys      Thu Jul 26 03:25:28 2012 (5010AA98)
fffff880`0b570000 fffff880`0b57b000   rdpvideominiport rdpvideominiport.sys Fri Oct 12 06:48:28 2012 (5077AF2C)
fffff880`0b57b000 fffff880`0b5ac000   rdpdr    rdpdr.sys    Thu Jul 26 03:25:18 2012 (5010AA8E)
fffff880`0b5ac000 fffff880`0b5b9000   terminpt terminpt.sys Thu Jul 26 03:28:53 2012 (5010AB65)
fffff960`00118000 fffff960`00508000   win32k   win32k.sys   Sat Feb 08 04:34:05 2014 (52F5B3BD)
fffff960`006cb000 fffff960`006d4000   TSDDD    TSDDD.dll    Thu Jul 26 03:30:25 2012 (5010ABC1)
fffff960`00879000 fffff960`008af000   cdd      cdd.dll      Thu Jul 26 05:49:37 2012 (5010CC61)
fffff960`00a21000 fffff960`00a60000   RDPUDD   RDPUDD.dll   Fri Oct 12 06:50:01 2012 (5077AF89)
Unloaded modules:
fffff880`01e68000 fffff880`01e75000   dump_storport.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0000D000
fffff880`021d0000 fffff880`021ed000   dump_LSI_SAS.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0001D000
fffff880`021a8000 fffff880`021b4000   hwpolicy.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0000C000
fffff880`00f41000 fffff880`00f5c000   sacdrv.sys
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0001B000
fffff880`00c33000 fffff880`00c40000   ApiSetSchema.dll
    Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
    Checksum: 00000000
    ImageSize: 0000D000
I have searched for others having a similar problem but have not managed to find much.
The memory dump at the time of the crash does seem to hint at a problem with DFSR.exe.
The setup seems to be running fine again now and is going through its consistency checks, it is just a major inconvenience and will only get worse as the DFS becomes busier and approaches capacity.
The plan was to put this setup into production however with the unpredictability of blue screen reboots I cannot see this happening until I can find a fix or work around.
I have yet to see this problem occur on the other (physical) server, this is pretty much identical in configuration apart from its storage access.
My thoughts are a possible bug in the DFSR component or a bug in the DSM Drivers used for the iSCSI SAN connection or maybe a combination of the two.
Any help, thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated
Thanks

Hi,
Please install the current version of Dfssvc.exe Dfsc.sys Dfsrs.exe for Windows Server 2012.
List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2951262
The issue may be due to the DFSRoot folder has lost NTFS permission. Some reasons why DFS root lose ACLs Links are listed in the article below:
How to implement Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration in a DFS environment
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907458/en-us
You could use dfsutil to set NTFS permission: dfsutil property ACL \\DFS-namespace
Using the Windows Server 2008 DFSUTIL.EXE command line to manage DFS-Namespaces
http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/05/01/using-the-windows-server-2008-dfsutil-exe-command-line-to-manage-dfs-namespaces.aspx
To narrow down the issue, you could remove the DFS role to check if the issue related to the dfs namespace and dfs replication roles.
Regards,
Mandy
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DFS New Setup migrating from 2003 R2 file server to 2012 Server STD

We currently have a 2003 R2 flat file server with multiple layers of nested network shares with over 2.5TB of data. We want to migrate to DFS on 2012 Server standard version with deduplication enabled. We have never worked with DFS and deduplication and
any white paper on DFS and deduplication would be greatly appreciated. Not finding anything on DFS step by step for 2012 and in particular migrating from 2003 file share to 2012 server DFS.

Thank you for the URL to your DFS write up. This was very helpful in my research of DFS. I have a couple of questions. Do I have to start DFS with two servers? I completely understand why you should have more than one server in the DFS pool (high
availability) but is it necessary? Also after setting up the two 2012 Servers with DFS, namespaces, and new shares managed by DFS manager, how do we migrate (move or copy) the existing shares to new server without losing the permissions? From what I've read
in your write-up all end users with have read and write permissions and admins have full. Also is there a best practice on how nested the shares should be setup within DFS? From looking at your write up the shares are one folder deep only. At this
company I'm migrating from a file server with shares 3-8 layers deep build up over the last 20 years.

In-place Upgrade Server 2012 to R2 running DFS-N and DFS-R roles

Hello,
I have 2 servers running DFS-R and DFS-N running Windows Server 2012. I am planning to do an in-place upgrade to 2012 R2. Is this supported?
Rgds,
Irfan
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Hi Irfan,
Yes, you can upgrade Windows Server 2012 to 2012 R2 to deploy a later version of DFSR. DFSR must be recreated for that server and perhaps for the entire Replication Group depending on the server’s place in data origination.
For more detailed information, please refer to the articles below:
Replacing DFSR Member Hardware or OS (Part 5: Reinstall and Upgrade)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/09/10/replacing-dfsr-member-hardware-or-os-part-5-reinstall-and-upgrade.aspx
Upgrade Options for Windows Server 2012 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303416.aspx
Best Regards,
Mandy
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Windows Server 2012 DFS on a Windows 2008 R2 domain

Hello All,
Quick question. We would like to take advantage of the improvements in DFS replication provided by Server 2012. However I am hesitant to upgrade our domain controllers (currently running 2008 R2. My question is.
Can DFS replica partner servers currently running 2008R2 be upgraded (preferably in place) to Server 2012 and managed by 2008 R2 DC's?
If so what do I lose by not having 2012 DC? Any issues to speak of?
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FEP 2010 install on Windows server 2012 R2

I am trying to install FEP 2010 client on Windows server 2012 R2 from 2007 Server ( SP2 R3)
FEP deployment package fails to install. Error in execmgr is
Program exit code -2147156220.
Is there a way of installing FEP 2010 client on Windows Server 2012 R2 from SCCM 2007 ?
Thanks

Hi,
Are you running FEP 2010 update rollup 1?
https://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/09/16/support-questions-about-win-8.1-and-winsvr-2012-r2-for-configmgr-and-endpoint-protection.aspx
And the latest version of the FEpinstall.exe which is updated with this hotfix
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2907566/en-us
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Basic questions regarding installing Forefront EP Client 2010 on Windows 2012 R2

Hi,
We have a handful of servers and client machines (although these always seem to be expanding) and as such have previously just installed the Forefront Endpoint 2010 Client manually onto the various endpoints with updates being pushed via WSUS from a Windows
2008R2 machine, without running to a full installation of SCCM or the Forefront Endpoint Server. However, trying to install the FEP 2010 client directly onto new Windows 2012R2 servers result in a "This OS is not supported" error.
After checking some articles it appears that FEP 2010 might well be supported on Win 2012R2 (and Windows 8), but only if installed via SCCM. Is this correct?
We do have access to SCCM 2012, but again I have shied away from this. I had hoped that maybe the SCCM Endpoint client could also be installed manually once more, but trying to install this on a Windows 2012R2 machine results in a "Windows compatibility
mode is not supported by this program" error.
Am I barking up the wrong tree and will I now have to finally learn and install SCCM? If so I take it that I can update my 2008R2 WSUS server to firstly Win 2012RS WSUS, then add SCCM 2012?
Cheers
Chris

Hi Joyce,
Thanks for the feedback.
Hi,
>>After checking some articles it appears that FEP 2010 might well be supported on Win 2012R2 (and Windows 8), but only if installed via SCCM. Is this correct?
According to the blog below, Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 with Update Rollup 1
is supported on Windows Server 2012 R2.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/09/16/support-questions-about-win-8.1-and-winsvr-2012-r2-for-configmgr-and-endpoint-protection.aspx
Please make sure you are running FEP 2010 update rollup 1. You could get it from the following link.
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2907566/en-us
Thanks for the feedback. I should have said that I have indeed tried this. From the initial link you posted I found the "Update Rollup 1 for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010" (http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2551095/en-us), however, this update
itself apparently requires a prerequisite. Whist I have tried to install the prerequisite (http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2554364/en-us) and the Forefront Update Rollup 1 directly onto a a Windows 2012 R2 machine, I end up with errors:
Installing the Prerequisite result in a "Error code: 1642" in the log file. Have have tried to chase this error, but have not spent too much time digging as yet, but this appears to be more to do with the FEP server than the client.
Installing with the FEP Update Rollup (obviously without the prerequisite), give us three folders (FepExt, FepReport and FepUx), none of which seem to be the client per se
>>Ah, the later problem of trying to install a client from SCCM 2012 onto Windows 2012R2 maybe because I have been using SCCM 2012 SP1, and not SCCM 2012R2??
In SCCM 2012, Endpoint Protection 2012 is integrated so you cannot install FEP 2010 in it.
Best Regards,
Joyce
No no, What I meant was that I had hoped that I could install the client contained within SCCM 2012 R2 installation material manually onto a vanilla Windows 2012 R2 box (which is what I'm trying to do), in the same way that I could install the FEP 2010 on
previous Windows OS. The ISO that I have currently from our systems team is that of SCCM 2012 SP1, not SCCM 2012 R2, and the client within the SP1 package does not install in Windows 2012 R2. I'm tyring to get hold of the SCCM 2012 R2 ISO now, which (from
what I read) should allow me to manually install the client.
I may well play with SCCM later, but is a little over kill for our estate (read 10's of servers and clients, rather than 1000's), however, we should have a campus licence for SCCM.
Regards
Chris

Storage Server 2012 best practices? Newbie to larger storage systems.

I have many years managing and planning smaller Windows server environments, however, my non-profit has recently purchased
two StoreEasy 1630 servers and we would like to set them up using best practices for networking and Windows storage technologies. The main goal is to build an infrastructure so we can provide SMB/CIFS services across our campus network to our 500+ end user
workstations, taking into account redundancy, backup and room for growth. The following describes our environment and vision. Any thoughts / guidance / white papers / directions would be appreciated.
Networking
The server closets all have Cisco 1000T switching equipment. What type of networking is desired/required? Do we
need switch-hardware based LACP or will the Windows 2012 nic-teaming options be sufficient across the 4 1000T ports on the Storeasy?
NAS Enclosures
There are 2 StoreEasy 1630 Windows Storage servers. One in Brooklyn and the other in Manhattan.
Hard Disk Configuration
Each of the StoreEasy servers has 14 3TB drives for a total RAW storage capacity of 42TB. By default the StoreEasy
servers were configured with 2 RAID 6 arrays with 1 hot standby disk in the first bay. One RAID 6 array is made up of disks 2-8 and is presenting two logical drives to the storage server. There is a 99.99GB OS partition and a 13872.32GB NTFS D: drive.The second
RAID 6 Array resides on Disks 9-14 and is partitioned as one 11177.83 NTFS drive.
Storage Pooling
In our deployment we would like to build in room for growth by implementing storage pooling that can be later
increased in size when we add additional disk enclosures to the rack. Do we want to create VHDX files on top of the logical NTFS drives? When physical disk enclosures, with disks, are added to the rack and present a logical drive to the OS, would we just create
additional VHDX files on the expansion enclosures and add them to the storage pool? If we do use VHDX virtual disks, what size virtual hard disks should we make? Is there a max capacity? 64TB? Please let us know what the best approach for storage pooling will
be for our environment.
Windows Sharing
We were thinking that we would create a single Share granting all users within the AD FullOrganization User group
read/write permission. Then within this share we were thinking of using NTFS permissioning to create subfolders with different permissions for each departmental group and subgroup. Is this the correct approach or do you suggest a different approach?
DFS
In order to provide high availability and redundancy we would like to use DFS replication on shared folders to
mirror storage01, located in our Brooklyn server closet and storage02, located in our Manhattan server closet. Presently there is a 10TB DFS replication limit in Windows 2012. Is this replicaiton limit per share, or total of all files under DFS. We have been
informed that HP will provide an upgrade to 2012 R2 Storage Server when it becomes available. In the meanwhile, how should we designing our storage and replication strategy around the limits?
Backup Strategy
I read that Windows Server backup can only backup disks up to 2TB in size. We were thinking that we would like
our 2 current StoreEasy servers to backup to each other (to an unreplicated portion of the disk space) nightly until we can purchase a third system for backup. What is the best approach for backup? Should we use Windows Server Backup to be capturing the data
volumes?
Should we use a third party backup software?

Hi,
Sorry for the delay in reply.
I'll try to reply each of your questions. However for the first one, you may have a try to post to Network forum for further information, or contact your device provider (HP) to see if there is any recommendation.
For Storage Pooling:
From your description you would like to create VHDX on RAID6 disks for increasment. It is fine and as you said it is 64TB limited. See:
Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk Format Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831446.aspx
Another possiable solution is using Storage Space - new function in Windows Server 2012. See:
Storage Spaces Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831739.aspx
It could add hard disks to a storage pool and creating virtual disks from the pool. You can add disks later to this pool and creating new virtual disks if needed.
For Windows Sharing
Generally we will have different sharing folders later. Creating all shares in a root folder sounds good but actually we may not able to accomplish. So it actually depends on actual environment.
For DFS replication limitation
I assume the 10TB limitation comes from this link:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/csstwplatform/archive/2009/10/20/what-is-dfs-maximum-size-limit.aspx
I contacted DFSR department about the limitation. Actually DFS-R could replicate more data which do not have an exact limitation. As you can see the article is created in 2009.
For Backup
As you said there is a backup limitation (2GB - single backup). So if it cannot meet your requirement you will need to find a third party solution.
Backup limitation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772523.aspx
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Activating Windows 7 with 2012 KMS server

Hi,
I know this question has been asked before
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7549c0a7-67bb-4a91-9224-2832c1d234eb/setup-a-kms-on-winsvr-2012-for-win7-activation?forum=w7itproinstall,
but I'm not sure I understand the answer. I have configured VA services on a windows 2012 datacenter virtual server - and as part of the setup/configuration, entered a Windows 2012 KMS key - and am wondering if that key will enable activation of the
Windows 7 computers in our enterprise.
( apologize in advance if this is posted in the wrong forum - or if the answer is elementary )
regards,
Adrian
anr

No. Once the client workstation has been activated by Win 8 or Win 7, or a combination of the two, you're set.
There is a difference between servers and workstations. I've noticed having the 5 servers doesn't allow it to start activating workstations.
I'll dig for a technical reference on that. My answer is based on experience alone. In my environment, I have about ~80,000 Win 7 boxes and 3 Win 8. Those Win8 activated fine.
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DFSr supported cluster configurations - replication between shared storage

I have a very specific configuration for DFSr that appears to be suffering severe performance issues when hosted on a cluster, as part of a DFS replication group.
My configuration:
3 Physical machines (blades) within a physical quadrant.
3 Physical machines (blades) hosted within a separate physical quadrant
Both quadrants are extremely well connected, local, 10GBit/s fibre.
There is local storage in each quadrant, no storage replication takes place.
The 3 machines in the first quadrant are MS clustered with shared storage LUNs on a 3PAR filer.
The 3 machines in the second quadrant are also clustered with shared storage, but on a separate 3PAR device.
8 shared LUNs are presented to the cluster in the first quadrant, and an identical storage layout is connected in the second quadrant. Each LUN has an associated HAFS application associated with it which can fail-over onto any machine in the local cluster.
DFS replication groups have been set up for each LUN and data is replicated from an "Active" cluster node entry point, to a "Passive" cluster node that provides no entry point to the data via DFSn and a Read-Only copy on it's shared cluster
storage.
For the sake of argument, assume that all HAFS application instances in the first quadrant are "Active" in a read/write configuration, and all "Passive" instances of the HAFS applications in the other quadrants are Read-Only.
This guide: http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/29/deploying-dfs-replication-on-a-windows-failover-cluster-part-i.aspx defines
how to add a clustered service to a replication group. It clearly shows using "Shared storage" for the cluster, which is common sense otherwise there effectively is no application fail-over possible and removes the entire point of using a resilient
cluster.
This article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773238(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_061 defines the following:
DFS Replication in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 includes the ability to add a failover cluster
as a member of a replication group. The DFS Replication service on versions of Windows prior to Windows Server 2008 R2
is not designed to coordinate with a failover cluster, and the service will not fail over to another node.
It then goes on to state, quite incredibly: DFS Replication does not support replicating files on Cluster Shared Volumes.
Stating quite simply that DFSr does not support Cluster Shared Volumes makes absolutely no sense at all after stating clusters
are supported in replication groups and a technet guide is provided to setup and configure this configuration. What possible use is a clustered HAFS solution that has no shared storage between the clustered nodes - none at all.
My question: I need some clarification, is the text meant to read "between" Clustered
Shared Volumes?
The storage configuration must to be shared in order to form a clustered service in the first place. What
we am seeing from experience is a serious degradation of
performance when attempting to replicate / write data between two clusters running a HAFS configuration, in a DFS replication group.
If for instance, as a test, local / logical storage is mounted to a physical machine the performance of a DFS replication group between the unshared, logical storage on the physical nodes is approaching 15k small files per minute on initial write and even high
for file amendments. When replicating between two nodes in a cluster, with shared clustered storage the solution manages a weak 2,500 files per minute on initial write and only 260 files per minute when attempting to update data / amend files.
By testing various configurations we have effectively ruled out the SAN, the storage, drivers, firmware, DFSr configuration, replication group configuration - the only factor left that makes any difference is replicating from shared clustered storage, to another
shared clustered storage LUN.
So in summary:
Logical Volume ---> Logical Volume = Fast
Logical Volume ---> Clustered Shared Volume = ??
Clusted Shared Volume ---> Clustered Shared Volume = Pitifully slow
Can anyone explain why this might be?
The guidance in the article is in clear conflict with all other evidence provided around DFSr and clustering, however it seems to lean towards why we may be seeing a real issue with replication performance.
Many thanks for your time and any help/replies that may be received.
Paul

Hello Shaon Shan,
I am also having the same scenario at one of my customer place.
We have two FileServers running on Hyper-V 2012 R2 as guest VM using Cluster Shared Volume. Even the data partition drive also a part of CSV.
It's really confusing whether the DFS replication on CSV are supported or not, then what would be consequence if using.
In my knowledge we have some customers they are using Hyper-V 2008 R2 and DFS is configured and running fine on CSV since more than 4 years without any issue.
Appreciate if you can please elaborate and explain in details about the limitations on using CSV.
Thanks in advance,
Abul

Finder slow/broken using "Shared", /Volume fast

Running 10.9.5
Mounting a DFS share from a Windows 2012 server.
Macbook is joined to both an Open Directory and Active Directory domain. Authentication handled by AD.
Mounts are as follows (username/companydomain removed)
//username@companydomain/dfs on /Volumes/dfs (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by username)
//username@companydomain/dfs/home%20folders on /Volumes/dfs/home folders (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse, mounted by username)
//username@companydomain/dfs/Docs on /Volumes/dfs/Docs (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse, mounted by username)
If I navigate with Finder to /Volumes/dfs things are fast, snappy and wonderful.
However, if I use finder and click on "Shared" -> "companydomain" then shares are missing most of the time. If they are there, then I get errors like:
smb2_rq_credit_decrement: Timed out waiting for credits 35
smb_iod_reconnect: Reconnected share <share_name> with server <server_name>
smb_fid_get_kernel_fid: No smb2 fid found for fid 550ff6b0613adf68
smb_iod_reconnect: Reconnected share <share_name> with server <server_name>
If I navigate to either cifs://companydomain/dfs or smb://companydomain/dfs it's very hit and miss as to whether it will work.
If I configure Finder to show "Servers" on the desktop, then the "DFS" mount is fast, snappy and wonderful.
So, help, how do i configure Finder to display the correct mount that actually works?

I think those aren't simple files, though...
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
and some others may hold some of them.
I think most of the problem lies in the files/folders at Root called Automount, Network, and Servers.
If you wish to try to eradicate them with sudu Terminal commands I can gelp.
I've used Xupport to turn off hiding those Hidden files so it's easier to see those things, though I've been admonished for suggesting the regular User do such things... I hate the concept of Hidden Files... well, when everything goes right, they're not a problem, but over here, when things go wrong and Apple can't fix them, then most are at a loss.

DFSRDIAG BACKLOG command switch "/rfname" explanation

Hello experts,
I have setup DFSR between two Windows Server 2012 servers a few months ago and I recently ran into
issues with files not being copied and missing files.
I am looking for some troubleshooting tips to investigate and possibly correct DFSR issues, however
I am completely new to DFS Management in Windows Server 2012.
It is my understanding that I can use the DFSRDIAG BACKLOG command as a good starting point for
troubleshooting:
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“dfsrdiag backlog /rgname:"Group Name" /rfname:"folder name" /smem:sendingmembername
/rmem:receivingmembername”
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Sorry for asking a dumb question, but could you please explain the command switch "/rfname"
? Is it supposed to simply contain the DFSR root shared folder (e.g. D:\Data) or one of its subfolders (e.g. D:\Data\Sales) ?
Any help/information will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Massimiliano

Hi Massimiliano,
As the article you provide mentioned, the script cannot be used on Windows server 2012 platform.
Verified on the following platforms
Windows Server 2012
No
Windows Server 2008 R2
Yes
Windows Server 2008
Yes
Windows Server 2003
Yes
Windows 8
No
Windows 7
No
Windows Vista
No
Windows XP
No
Windows 2000
No
I do a test on my machine and find if you run the script on Windows Server 2012, it gets Access denied error message. In the meantime, the script can be used on Windows Server 2012 R2 platform.
Regards,
Mandy
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Understanding FedEx Statuses

Can someone with knowledge of FedEx status updates explain this one to me? Note how the most RECENT status out of the ten status updates in this screenshot is "Shipment information sent to FedEx". Why would there be all of the "In Transit" and "Left Facility" updates first, and then finally followed by "Shipment information sent to FedEx"? Seems backward to me.

The multiple progress in the same city is when it goes into sorting bins/ staging areas. Every time a FedEx box is moved it is monitored by the tracking number. So for Example, I'll explain our shipment and hope it makes sense:
Sep 20, 2012 5:49 AM | Shipment information sent to FedEx <- Due to future delivery request tracking number renewed
Sep 20, 2012 2:19 AM | In transit | MEMPHIS, TN <- Box placed in truck to go to sorting
Sep 20, 2012 2:12 AM | At local FedEx facility | MEMPHIS, TN <- Box arrived at staging
Sep 19, 2012 2:18 PM | In transit | MEMPHIS, TN <- Box moved from sorting to staging
Sep 19, 2012 2:12 PM | At local FedEx facility | MEMPHIS, TN <- Due to Future delivery date request sent to staging
Sep 19, 2012 2:09 PM | Arrived at FedEx location | MEMPHIS, TN <- Got off of truck (below) and went to sorting
Sep 19, 2012 1:50 PM | Left FedEx origin facility | MEMPHIS, TN <- Went from truck to another truck
Sep 19, 2012 10:27 AM | Picked up | MEMPHIS, TN | Future delivery requested <- Left VZW Shipping Dept
It make more sense if you read from the bottom up. Basically a package get scanned every time it moved/touched. So in my case above it went from VZW shipping dept and went to a hub where they sort and distrubute, the kicker is the Future Delivery request. So in this case instead of it continuing down the normal distribution pipes it goes to a holding area / staging area, this may be a large bin, room, or different warehouse. So then it gets redistributed into the normal distribution pipeline the next day unless the future delivery request is still valid (it repeats it self until it is ready to go into the normal distribution pipeline). So the last update "shipment information sent to FedEx" is the package renewing (or validating) to see if can continue through the normal distribution.
Hope this helps... I am a past UPS employee.

DFS-R Staging on WinSvr 2012

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