Join multiple Server 2012 R2 essentials to a domain

Hi to all
I was looking at the anoucement that it is now possible to connect multiple essential servers to a single office 365 environment. Glad to hear that as I'm planning to implent several essential servers to a single company that is spreaded over several locations.
Reason for this, is that each branch only has up to 12 employees.
I wanted to ask if it is still not possible to connect several essential servers into a single domain? As example having one main office with essential (or even standard) and adding branch offices to the domain, each with essentials.
Or would I need Windows Server Standard and add the essential mask on it to make this work?
Thanks for your input

Hi geocast,
Would you please let me confirm whether it's Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter with the Windows Server Essentials Experience role installed or just Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials? Just a confirmation, thanks for your understanding.
Please refer to following articles and check if can help you.
Add Windows Server Essentials as a Member Server
Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter
with Windows Server Essentials Experience role in an Existing Active Directory Environment
Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials in an Existing Active Directory Environment
If anything I misunderstand or any update, please don't hesitate to let us know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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Windows Backup Retention: Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Hi,
We are backing up a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine's files and folders, using Windows Server Backup, to an external hard drive. That backup drive is now 84% full. It is my understanding that Windows Server Backup will automatically delete old backups
when necessary, but does anybody know at what point that happens? When the target reaches 90%?
Thanks.

Hi,
Windows Server Backup will delete oldest backup when there is no enough space for storing a new backup.
You can also manually delete old backups with one of the following 2 methods - you can create a schedule so old backups will be deleted automatically before or after new backups created.
See:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/62488e7a-4638-430c-950c-e75ac42b0fa3/how-a-can-delete-old-versions
1. Deleting System State Backup: wbadmin delete systemstatebackup –keepversions:10
The above command will keep the latest 10 versions and delete the rest all the system state backups.
2. Deleting other backups: Backup application stores multiple backup versions in the VSS shadow copies. Hence, older backup version can be deleted by deleting older shadow copy. Commands to list and delete VSS shadow copies are
below. They need to be run in an elevated command window.
· vssadmin list shadows /for=x: – for listing the snapshots on x: where x: is the backup location
· vssadmin delete shadows /for=x: /oldest – for delete the oldest shadow copy. It can be called multiple times in case there is need to delete multiple older backups.
Note: wbadmin get versions or backup UI would still report deleted backups until next backup runs. At end of each backup – non-existent backups are removed from the backup catalog.
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Server 2012 R2 Essentials does not wake up clients

Hi!
I am trying to get my Server 2012 R2 Essentials (Hyper-V VM) to do nightly backups of my Win 8.1 client PCs. As far as I understand the server should be able to wake up the clients automatically from hibernate (I selected this option during setup of the
connector).
Unfortunately this does not seem to work and I don't find any easy way to test the wake up procedure. What is really annoying is that I don't even find any documentation how the wake up procedure actually works. Does it use Wake On Lan? Are there any magic
packets involved?
Any help is welcome.
Anguel

Larry, thank you for your reply. Yes, I had activated the wake-up option during connector setup. Regarding your recommendation to make the computers wake up through their BIOS I think this won't work as we don't know when Windows Server Backup will actually
back up each computer if you have multiple PCs. This would mean that we would have to leave the PCs on all night, or do I misunderstand something?
In the meantime I found a very nice YouTube video that seems to explain in details how the whole process works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ZOWjaZpIk
According to the video, the server simply schedules a task on the client PCs at some time in the range defined on the server: E.g. if I enter 11:00 - 12:00 this task seems to set a random wake-up time at e.g. 11:25 on the client PC. This task is then scheduled
to wake up the PC - didn't know that this is possible. I will now test again to see if this really works.
Another possible problem may be some special BIOS power settings, for example on my brand new Dell PCs there is a default Deep Sleep option in the BIOS concerning states S4 and S5. When this option was turned on (default) it prevented Wake On Lan from working
at all, although it was enabled in the BIOS, see e.g. here:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19434669.aspx
I first thought that Deep Sleep may be causing my wake-up problem but now according to the video above backup seems to rely on task scheduler only and not on WOL, let's see...
In each case I am very very disappointed because of the lack of docs for the latest Windows Client/Server products.
UPDATE: It seems to work now. As discussed above the clients are woken up by the task set by the server in the task scheduler. This works in hibernate mode. Still wondering how the server exactly schedules backups as it does not know how long a client backup
will take and therefore does not know when to schedule the next PC...
IMHO Windows Server should have offered the possibility to use Wake On Lan too. This is a much nicer way to do backups. It can't be that hard for Microsoft to send out a magic packet which would also be able to wake up a client when the user has shut it
down.
Anguel

Will Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials - 70A40034US

will
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials - 70A40034US
support and run with windows vista business and vista home premium

Hi,
I agree with HILogics,
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server -
Yes, you can join the Vista machines to the domain and its compatible but you won't be able to install the Windows Server Connector software as this isn't supported on either Windows XP or Vista clients.
See here for confirmation:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/dn408636.aspx
This just means you won't be able to manage the machines through the Essentials Dashboard, it doesn't mean that Vista machines won't be able to log into the network and access shares, etc.
Support Life Cycle for Windows Vista -
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle
Binu Kumar - MCP, MCITP, MCTS , MBA - IT , Director Aarbin Technology Pvt Ltd - Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

Access Database (.mdb) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Hi guys, thanks for your time!
SCENARIO:
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
- Windows 7 Ultimate Clients (3 clients)
- VB6 application on clients using a MS Database (.mdb) hosted on the server.
- Clients access the database (.mdb) via a mapped network drive (K:).
PROBLEM:
- Microsoft Database (.mdb) on server gets corrupted frequently.
- Clients don't "flush their changes" back to the database: database was not updated.
WORKAROUND:
- Database was moved from the server to one of the Windows 7 clients.
- Application is running OK.
CONFIGURATION:
- Permissions are correct: network and NTFS.
- No faulty network hardware: switch, cabling, NICs.
- Computers and Server hardware is new.
- UPS are used everywhere.
SOME LINKS:
SMB 3.0
- Opportunistic Locking and Read Caching on Microsoft Windows Networks.
- Windows 7 cannot
open the shared MS Access database if it's opened by another user
- Initializing the
Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine Driver
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Oplocks
- Configuring
opportunistic locking in Windows
- Understanding
offline files
- How to
enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3
- Is it possible to
monitor and log actual queries against an Access MDB?
Now, server is useless if it is not hosting our database. Any ideas, please? Do I need to diagnose using Wireshark? Or using Sysinternals Process Monitor? I think that is a waste of time.
Thank you!

Thanks for your reply.
Software is from a 3rd party provider. It currently supports concurrency. It was deployed on Windows XP. SQL Server would be a nice upgrade, however that is
not an option.
Something has changed with newer versions of Windows. That is what I am going to study in a lab I prepared with a real server and some clients.
File-sharing databases (Microsoft JET databases) are very old technology even before I was a college student. However, I have been very busy researching this technology.
It was made for multi-user environments. It is highly tied to file sharing services from Windows: SMB protocol.
Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 use different versions of this protocol. I think that is the root of the problem. With old technology, application was running fine.
With new technology, application is troublesome. I will check several things: JET drivers vs. ACE drivers, SMB tweaks, etc.
UPDATE:
Basically, there are 4 general answers to this issue:
1) Migrate your Access Database to SQL Server Express (or another RDBMS engine).
2) @Server: disable SMB 2.0/3.0 protocol stack by powershell command. Network speed decreases.
3) @Clients: disable client redirector caches by using regedit.
4) @Server: disable the leasing on the file server.
5) @Server: tuning Broadcom NIC parameters.
References:
- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff686200(WS.10).aspx
- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365433(v=vs.85).aspx
- http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/Q_28482197.html
- http://tipsntricks.sherr.co.uk/stop-smb-corrupting-files/
- http://www.dataaccess.com/whitepapers/opportunlockingreadcaching.html
- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/windowsserver/en-US/67baa9fd-5eaf-438e-9cc4-dc1a531b9e19/disabling-oplocksmb2-vs-fileinfocachelifetime
- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7336d31b-6c24-468a-9c47-750244ae3a8c/moved-to-server-2012-getting-access-database-corruption
- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e9567167-22db-4b8c-9f96-a08b97d507f9/server-2012-r2-file-server-stops-responding-to-smb-connections
- http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2957623
- http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2899011
- http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2955164
- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7bd0aa5b-eb95-40a8-a56d-c6013273665c/extremely-slow-smb-network-speed-server-2012-r2?forum=winserver8gen

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Server 2012 R2 - Essentials Experience - - I jacked my CA and certificates all to @#&$%!!

Windows Server 2012 R2 - Essentials Experience
In trying to put pieces together, I jacked my CA and certificates all to @#&$%!!
Some of the factors involved are:
Server0 - Hyper-V Host
  Server1 - DC, 2012 R2 Essentials Experience role
  Server2 - Exchange 2013
Client Machines -
  Windows 7 Pro
  XP (Yes, these are my cross to bear... - worth noting their presence, but I'm working them out)
The functional requirements:
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   - Remote Desktop for Windows 7 machines
  Outlook Web Access
The mistake... 'Web Application Proxy'
-which uninstalled the CA
There is a CA back now, but after days of spinning in cirles in a rare area where I feel nearly completely lost (Certificate services) I am asking for help getting these pieces put back together.
The current situation:
The network is up with all of the network and business services required to work 'Inside the Office' - so the client is "functional".
The "Essentials Experience" is broken and won't install to the clients, though it does provide the Essentials website, access to server shared files (fairly gracefully, I might add) and, as an administrator user, I can get to the servers via
RWA through the site and there are no certificate problems with that since I have a secured certificate for the domain.
OWA has been moved to a further back burner while I try to get the Essentials Experience functioning t the point where the remote users can get to their workstations through RWA... This is the biggest current hurdle... RWA for the clients.
Trying to install the client to the workstations nets me the "The Server is not available. Try connecting this computer again,..." message at the point of username and password authentication.
The clientdeploy.log finishes like this:
[4976] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Standard Error:
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: The exit code of the process (C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exe) is: 0
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[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: RecordClientDeploymentFailReason: Save registry failed in ClientDeployment.exe : System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Cannot write to the registry key.
  at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.EnsureWriteable()
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  at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKey(String subkey, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck)
  at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ClientSetup.ClientDeploy.Helper.RecordClientDeploymentFailReason(UInt32 failReason)
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Exiting ValidateUserTask.Run
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.ValidateUser has TaskStatus=Failed
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.ValidateUser has RebootStatus=NoReboot
[4784] 141016.153746.2670: ClientSetup: Exting ConnectorWizardForm.RunTasks
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Secondarily, I would like to get the client side tools in place and functioning (I expect the latter will be a side effect of the former).
So,... for anyone patient enough to have read this far... uh,... help?

Actually,... I can now confirm the delicacy of which you speak...
After a support incident with Microsoft which spanned a marathon 18+ hours on the phone and remote access by no fewer than 7 Microsoft Engineers, we got to a successful result.
It is a point of utter frustration for me when people put in threads like this then don't bother to come back and report 'how the issue was solved', and sadly, I am about to have done that merely because my span of functional attention and valuable reporting
capability was basically gone before I submitted the ticket and following all that was done in my state was not conceivably possible.
So - all I can do is apologize for not being able to report a valuable resolution and give a few little tidbits.
The net result is this - DO WHAT YOU CAN TO AVOID THE SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. Once your CA is in place, LEAVE IT THE $%@& ALONE!!!! I mean... my best current advice.
In all, the CA was uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times after my blunder and significant work was done in ADSIEdit as well as substantial manual manipulation of certificates and CAs that was well outside of my (quite considerable) scope of expertise.
I wish I had more to offer in the world of resolution.
With this said, I will make one more request of viewers and moderators alike:
THIS QUESTION IS OFFICIALLY NOT ANSWERED. IT WILL NEVER BE ANSWERED. THE RESOLUTION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE MORTAL MAN.
DO NOT MARK IT AS ANSWERED
IF YOU MUST DO SOMETHING, DELETE THE WHOLE THREAD, BUT DO NOT BURDON PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR REAL ANSWERS WITH THE NECESSITY OF READING THROUGH THIS.
DO NOT MARK THIS QUESTION AS ANSWERED
I hope this makes sense for people, and I hope people will appreciate NOT having to read this as though there is some 'resolution' contained within.

Server 2012 r2 essentials...urgent help needed...Two separate DHCP servers, one for lan and one for wifi...design picture attached

hello
S2012 R2 essentials is in office...Want to have functional 2012 dhcp, dns, ad, wds role for 1gbps wired lan and separate wi-fi for temporary visitors for internet access like gsm phones etc...Need functional anywhere access to office server and computers
for administering...When worker with laptop go out of office must have have full functional wifi.
here is picture what i have in my mind with all components in network.
How to configure L3 switch, router and server? Many thanks

Hi,
Based on your description, I understand that you want to prepare network for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials,
then will run a DHCP Server on the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and correctly configure router. Please refer to following article and check if can help you.
Before You Install Windows Server 2012 Essentials
For DHCP, please refer to following article.
Running
DHCP Server on Windows Server 2012 Essentials
For router configuration, please refer to following article.
Configure a Router - Windows Server Essentials
If anything I misunderstand or any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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Configuration failed for Windows Server Update Services on Server 2012 R2 Essentials (Trial Version)

Hi,
I'm trying to setup the WSUS on the Server 2012 R2 Essentials (Trial Version) but with no luck. Below are the logs generated. Hopefully someone can guide me on this. Thanks.
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Postinstall started
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Detected role services: Api, UI, WidDatabase, Services
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Start: LoadSettingsFromXml
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Start: GetConfigValue with filename=UpdateServices-Services.xml item=ContentLocal
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Value is true
2014-10-15 12:23:06 End: GetConfigValue
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Start: GetConfigValue with filename=UpdateServices-Services.xml item=ContentDirectory
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Value is C:\WSUS
2014-10-15 12:23:06 End: GetConfigValue
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Content directory is C:\WSUS
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Database roleservice is not installed
2014-10-15 12:23:06 End: LoadSettingsFromXml
Post install is starting
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Start: Run
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Fetching WsusAdministratorsSid from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Value is S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1000
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Fetching WsusReportersSid from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:06 Value is S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1001
2014-10-15 12:23:19 Configuring content directory...
2014-10-15 12:23:19 Configuring groups...
2014-10-15 12:23:19 Starting group configuration for WSUS Administrators...
2014-10-15 12:23:19 Found group in regsitry, attempting to use it...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Writing group to registry...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Finished group creation
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Starting group configuration for WSUS Reporters...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Found group in regsitry, attempting to use it...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Writing group to registry...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Finished group creation
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Configuring permissions...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Fetching content directory...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Fetching ContentDir from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Value is C:\WSUS
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Fetching group SIDs...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Fetching WsusAdministratorsSid from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Value is S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1000
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Fetching WsusReportersSid from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Value is S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1001
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Creating group principals...
2014-10-15 12:23:22 Granting directory permissions...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Granting permissions on content directory...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Granting registry permissions...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Granting registry permissions...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Granting registry permissions...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Configuring shares...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Configuring network shares...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Fetching content directory...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Fetching ContentDir from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Value is C:\WSUS
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Fetching WSUS admin SID...
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Fetching WsusAdministratorsSid from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Value is S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1000
2014-10-15 12:23:23 Content directory is local, creating content shares...
2014-10-15 12:23:25 Creating share "UpdateServicesPackages" with path "C:\WSUS\UpdateServicesPackages" and description "A network share to be used by client systems for collecting all software packages (usually applications) published
on this WSUS system."
2014-10-15 12:23:25 Creating share...
2014-10-15 12:23:25 Share successfully created
2014-10-15 12:23:25 Creating share "WsusContent" with path "C:\WSUS\WsusContent" and description "A network share to be used by Local Publishing to place published content on this WSUS system."
2014-10-15 12:23:26 Creating share...
2014-10-15 12:23:26 Share successfully created
2014-10-15 12:23:26 Creating share "WSUSTemp" with path "C:\Program Files\Update Services\LogFiles\WSUSTemp" and description "A network share used by Local Publishing from a Remote WSUS Console Instance."
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Creating share...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Share successfully created
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Finished creating content shares
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Stopping service WSUSService
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Stopping service W3SVC
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Configuring WID database...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Configuring the database...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Establishing DB connection...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Checking to see if database exists...
2014-10-15 12:23:28 Database exists
2014-10-15 12:23:28 Switching database to single user mode...
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Loading install type query...
2014-10-15 12:23:32 DECLARE @currentDBVersion int
DECLARE @scriptMajorVersion int = (9600)
DECLARE @scriptMinorVersion int = (16384)
DECLARE @databaseMajorVersion int
DECLARE @databaseMinorVersion int
DECLARE @databaseBuildNumber nvarchar(10)
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.databases WHERE name='SUSDB')
BEGIN
SELECT 1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @currentDBVersion = (SELECT SchemaVersion FROM SUSDB.dbo.tbSchemaVersion WHERE ComponentName = 'CoreDB')
SET @databaseBuildNumber = (SELECT BuildNumber FROM SUSDB.dbo.tbSchemaVersion WHERE ComponentName = 'CoreDB')
DECLARE @delimiterPosition INT = CHARINDEX('.', @databaseBuildNumber)
IF (@delimiterPosition = 0)
BEGIN
RAISERROR('Invalid schema version number', 16, 1) with nowait
return
END
SET @databaseMajorVersion = SUBSTRING(@databaseBuildNumber, 1, @delimiterPosition - 1)
SET @databaseMinorVersion = SUBSTRING(@databaseBuildNumber, (@delimiterPosition + 1), (10 - @delimiterPosition))
IF @currentDBVersion < 926
BEGIN
SELECT 3
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF (@scriptMajorVersion > @databaseMajorVersion OR
(@scriptMajorVersion = @databaseMajorVersion AND @scriptMinorVersion > @databaseMinorVersion))
BEGIN
SELECT 2
END
ELSE IF (@scriptMajorVersion = @databaseMajorVersion AND
@scriptMinorVersion = @databaseMinorVersion)
BEGIN
SELECT 0
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT 4
END
END
END
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Install type is: Reinstall
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Creating logins...
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Fetching account info for S-1-5-20
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Found principal
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Found account
2014-10-15 12:23:32 Got binary SID
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Fetching WsusAdministratorsSid from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Value is S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1000
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Fetching account info for S-1-5-21-308464661-3380577483-199018475-1000
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Found principal
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Found account
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Got binary SID
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Setting content location...
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Fetching ContentDir from registry store
2014-10-15 12:23:35 Value is C:\WSUS
2014-10-15 12:23:40 Swtching DB to multi-user mode......
2014-10-15 12:23:47 Finished setting multi-user mode
2014-10-15 12:23:47 Writing DB settings to registry...
2014-10-15 12:23:47 Marking PostInstall done for UpdateServices-WidDatabase in the registry...
2014-10-15 12:23:47 Starting service W3SVC
2014-10-15 12:23:47 Configuring IIS...
2014-10-15 12:23:47 Start: ConfigureWebsite
2014-10-15 12:23:51 System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070003): The system cannot find the path specified.
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject()
at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection.PopulateList()
at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection..ctor(DirectoryEntry entry, String propertyName)
at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyCollection.get_Item(String propertyName)
at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UseCustomWebSite..ctor()
at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.ConfigureWebsite(Int32 portNumber)
at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.Run()
at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.Execute(String[] arguments)
Fatal Error: The system cannot find the path specified.

2014-10-15 12:23:47 Start: ConfigureWebsite
2014-10-15 12:23:51 System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070003): The system cannot find the path specified.
Looks like it failed trying to setup the website.
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Configuring WID database...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Configuring the database...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Establishing DB connection...
2014-10-15 12:23:27 Checking to see if database exists...
2014-10-15 12:23:28 Database exists
This also looks like its a RE-installation of WSUS.
Any chance the "WSUS Administration" v-root is already present and did not get deleted after the last uninstallation?
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCSA, MCITP:EA, MCDBA
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Microsoft MVP - Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing (2005-2014)
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A few bumps from whs to Server 2012 R2 Essentials

I'm a typical WHS user looking to upgrade (non-business use) for a simple storage area and being able to back up the laptops and PCs in the house.
Problem not solved:
Perhaps not a Server 2012 r2 Essential problem but my WDTV Live can't access the shared folders. After installing the media server add-on for Server R2 Essentials the WDTV Live is able to see the server via the media server but its messy and cluttered and
also reports no media found within folders.
With WHS I was able to view the shared folders easily. Have not been able to enable the shared folders with the WDTV Live...
Big thanks for any help, Microsoft Server 2012 R2 Essentials seems like overkill for home use but I'm really liking it.

Thank you very much for the reply.
I have installed Serviio and things seem somewhat better, just getting Serviio's preferences setup. Dont' need artists/date/etc. info and I'm setting it in preferences.
Just need a simple media folder structure:
Video folder/Videofile + Videofile.jpg
Picture Folder/JPGs
Music Folder/MP3s
Was hoping share folders would be the simple way to go but WDTV still can't access shared folders from server.
Don't really need transcoding because WDTV handles the x264 and VLC handles it on the family PCs.
So close to finish now, I'll bug in another thread about anywhere access as it's just a bonus and not really needed.
Again, thank you for help, just need to figure out how to un-install the microsoft media server now...

Windows 8.1 pro client on a Windows server 2012 R2 Essentials domain, how to change lock when idle?

Hi,
I need to find out how to do something?
I have Windows 8.1 pro running on my PC and its part of a domain which is Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, it all runs perfectly except for a little niggle where my Win 8.1 PC locks after its not used for a short time. What I want to find out is
how to change this so it no longer locks when idle? I know this is a security feature but as its just my home pc it can be very annoying to log in again after walking away from the PC for a few min's.
I've had a look through the default domain policy but there are so many settings that I can't find it, that's even if there is a setting there?
Anyway can anyone help?
Thanks
JK
JK MCP

Hi,
We can try to implement by use High performance power plan or GPO to prevent computer from locking down:
Refer to the solution here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0863112d-ee54-4808-9d27-0380d7bf04b0/gpo-to-disable-lock-computer-?forum=winserverGP
Also, you can check if there is any task scheduled for idle:
Task Conditions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721902.aspx
Hope these could be helpful.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

[Forum FAQ] Introduce Backup in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials provides reliable ways to perform regular backups of your server and backups of your network computers.
1. Server Backup
Description:
Backs up your server running Windows Server Essentials. The data is backed up to an external USB drive. You can also perform full system restore of server.
Operations:
On Dashboard, please select DEVICES and then navigate to the server which you need to backup. Right click the server and select Set up backup. When set up complete, you will be able to
Start a backup for the server. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
More information:
Manage server backup in Windows Server Essentials
Restore or repair your server running Windows Server Essentials

3. Microsoft Azure Backup
Descriptions:
Performs an online backup of files or folders on your server. When you use Azure Backup to back up server data, the information is encrypted by using your passphrase before it is uploaded to a secure datacenter on the Internet.
Operations:
1) Open Dashboard and follow the path: HOME-> Get Started-> ADD-INS-> Integrate with Windows Azure Backup. Then as Figure 3 shows, you need to “Click to sign up for Windows Azure Backup” and “Click to download Windows Azure
Backup integration module”.
Figure 3
Please note: when you click to download, you may encounter the issue as Figure 4 shows. If so, please follow the path:
Tools-> Internet Options-> Security->
Trusted sites-> Add this website to the zone and add
http://downlaod.microsoft.com,
https://activedirectory.windowsazure.com in Trusted sites in IE. (Please uncheck
Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone). Then please check if you can download as normal.
Figure 4
2) After you download the OnlineBackupAddin, please run it. Then begin to install the add-in. (if any issue occurs in your installation of add-in, please navigate to C:\PrgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs folder and check
InstallAddin log file if you can find some clues.)
3) During your installation, KB 2873390 may be required. Please download the update package and run it. Then Windows Azure Backup Agent Upgrade Wizard appeared. Please follow it and complete as Figure 5
and Figure 6 show.
Figure 5
Figure 6
4) Then please re-open Dashboard, you will find ONLINE BACKUP option. (Figure 7) There will be three steps that you need to do: (i)
Upload a certificate. (ii) Register your server.
(iii) Configure backup settings.
Figure 7
(i). Upload a certificate. (In this example, we use the second option: Upload certificate to Windows Azure Backup vault)
Please logon Windows Azure, select RECOVERY SERVICES and click
NEW. Follow the path: RECOVERY SERVICES-> BACKUP VAULT->
QUICK CREATE. Please type NAME and select
REGION, then click CREATE VAULT. When create completes, please click the name of this new recovery service that you create. As Figure 8 shows. Then select Manage Certificate to add or update the certificate file (.cer) that contains
a public key for the vault. The certificate is used to register servers with the vault.
Figure 8
(ii). Register your server
On Dashboard, navigate to Online Backup and click Register. (Figure 9)
Figure 9
Then it will check the certificate. And then you need to set a passphrase to secure your data. (Figure 10)
Figure 10
When you set passphrase complete, please click Next to continue. When register successfully. You will see Figure 11.
Figure 11
(iii). Configure backup settings
When register completes, please click Configure Online Backup. Then you can follow the Configure Online Backup wizard to configure online backup (add folders), specify the backup schedule, specify the backup retention policy and choose bandwidth usage. The
all process will be shown in Figure 12-16.
Figure 12
Figure 13
Figure 14
Figure 15
Figure 16
After all configurations complete, you will be able to see that the server integrates with Windows Azure Backup. (Figure 17)
Figure 17
On the Dashboard in server essentials, you will be able to start backup online. (Figure 18)
Figure 18
After backup online, you will see the protected data as Figure 19 and Figure 20 show in Dashboard and Windows Azure.
Figure 19
Figure 20
More information:
Manage Online Backup in Windows Server Essentials

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials will only recognize 1 USB drive at a time in primordial pool

I have a new install of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I added 2 identical 2TB Seagate Expansion USB drives. Initially they had a volume on them, so I deleted the volume in order for them to be added to the primordial pool and storage spaces,
etc. They both show up fine in Disk Management, but only 1 of them at a time will show up in the primordial pool. I have tested moving them to different USB ports, trying only 1 disk at a time to ensure that both are good, rebooted, attached them via
a USB hub... but nothing works. In my most recent test I plugged in only one and did a rescan. I see it as Disk 1 in both Disk Management and Primordial pool. Then I added the second drive and did a rescan, it showed up as Disk 2 in Disk Management
and when I did a refresh in storage spaces, I can see that it changed to only see disk 2 in the primordial pool. What can be causing this?

To use USB disks, each disk must be plugged into a differs USB controller. A hub will obviously be on one controller, so that won't work. But many computers have only one or two controllers on the motherboard and then use port multipliers (basically internal
hubs) to support more ports. So you have to know your motherboard and which ports are on which controllers. And again, only one drive per controller.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Trial Key - Did I miss it, too?

I tried both "Windows Server 2012 Essentials" and "Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials". Here is the link to the page I downloaded the images:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-essentials
The following are the respective links to the images I used which were provided by the above webpage:
http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/1/2/9/129AEC4F-1C6C-44B2-9B61-77935E8AB1F4/WindowsServer2012Essentials-English-Install.iso
http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/8/F/7/8F7024D2-AB2A-4BE2-8406-1E3AC49C5C1F/9600.16384.WINBLUE_RTM.130821-1623_X64FRE_SERVER_SOLUTION_EN-US-IRM_SSSO_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5.ISO
I tried burning these images to DVD and booting my Intel NUC with resulting disc. Setup goes fine but it asks me for a product key. I have not received any mail nor was there any pointers to a product key. This is why I tried both R1 and R2.
I found a similar post here regarding this issue (in fact I found a couple):
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/windowsserver/en-US/db7fd5b9-f58d-4456-86cf-816ec91ded14/windows-server-2012-trial-key-did-i-miss-it
But the answers were unsatisfactory, so please do not give me the same response.
Just in case the question/directive comes up, I redownloaded and re-burned the images using sector verification. There are no checksums posted on the site so who knows if something got broken while downloading it, but I find it extremely unlikely that
a few bad sector would cause the intaller to forget its evaluation key rather than borking the whole installer.
Further note that I tried "Windows Server 2012 R2" (standard / non-essentials) and that image correctly had the trial versions baked in. So, I would bet dollars to donuts the problem lies in the images not in a download / burn failure.
I want to use the new NUC as a central content/backup server for all the home computers which are unfortunately growing at bunny reproduction rates. Since Windows Home Server was discontinued, I was pointed to Server 2012 R2 as the alternative / upsell.
Let me know if this is the case or if a better-fit product exists.
Also, is the "Essentials" install a simply a licensing matter (e.g., 25 user cap) or is it more fundamentally crippled than the standard version? I am only a home enthusiast and so not really interested in using the product in a production environment.
I only want some ensurance that if I download "standard", I can put in an "essentials" key at the end of evaluation. If not, then please point me to a correct "Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials" trial image.
Thanks,
Ryan

Hi Ryan,
à
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-essentials
We can find following description from this TechNet Evaluation Center website. Then please check if you can
find product key.
In addition, for Windows Server 2012 Essentials, please check if you can use
HHRHF-YMNJW-RPGCC-VV68W-BWMVY. For Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, please check if you can use
R9N79-23MWD-MBP9B-KHF8Q-C36WX.
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

How do I deactivate a license key for server 2012 r2 essentials

I bought a retail version of server 2012 r2 essentials to upgrade my 2003. I found my software is not compatible with "essentials" and it
is compatible with "Standard". Now I am buying a retail standard edition. My buddy is interested in the "essentials" for his server.

Strange... Server Essentials IS Server with some add ons. What tells you it will not work? Or is support for your program just balking?
As for your bud... let him call MS if it does not activate and explain a hardware failure. They will give him a new key... but it should not be necessary for the second install attempt.
Larry Struckmeyer[MVP] If your question is answered please mark the response as the answer so that others can benefit.

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