VSS on DFS Server

We have two Physical Windows 2012 R2 Storage Edition configured as DFS.
Server B is read only and nobody can access it, all the clients conntect to server A.
On both server we have activated VSS
We have 6 TB of shared data on the server.
One share is very large 3TB and its staging area is 1 TB large.
In DFS event log I see 4202 error for this share.
VSS are scheduled at 10 am and 15 pm and stored on a different disk partition 1,5 TB large.
When VSS start and for an hour long server A:
- stop responding to user interfaces
- windows 2003, 2003 R2, xp client can't connect anymore to the shares
- windows 2008, vista or higher access to share is very slow
Any ideas?

Hi,
Sorry for the delay.
If you can access the shared folder using IP address, you could enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on server to see if the issue still exists.
For more detailed information, please see:
Error : No network provider accepted the given network path" when trying to access server via UNC
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5c21fd13-41d7-452e-a9c7-8dc58d12c5b5/error-no-network-provider-accepted-the-given-network-path-when-trying-to-access-server-via-unc?forum=winserverfiles
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Mandy
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Hi Hakan,
Actually it is not a DFS related question - It is AD related.
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Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
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I have seen this error since the inception of this stand alone AD PDC instance of Windows server 2012 R2 Essentials. I understand that Essentials does not support other Domain Controllers ; Member servers ; or trust between Domains of any kind. I also
understand that DSF Replication is a service that replicates files between other servers and other domain servers that Essentials dose not want to talk to.
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service? Do I even need to try to resolve this issue or should I just disable it and move on?
Contents of Error:
Log Name:      DFS Replication
Source:        DFSR
Date:          2/6/2014 1:57:57 PM
Event ID:      1202
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Hxxx2.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.local
Description:
The DFS Replication service failed to contact domain controller to access configuration information. Replication is stopped. The service will try again during the next configuration polling cycle, which will occur in 60 minutes. This event can be caused
by TCP/IP connectivity, firewall, Active Directory Domain Services, or DNS issues.
Additional Information:
Error: 160 (One or more arguments are not correct.)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="DFSR" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">1202</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-02-06T19:57:57.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>194</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>DFS Replication</Channel>
    <Computer>Hxxx2.Hxxxxxxxxxxxxx.local</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>60</Data>
    <Data>160</Data>
    <Data>One or more arguments are not correct.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Hi,
Did you mean that you did not configure a DFS server in the new DC but you get the DFSR error 1202 in your event log? Then the issue is not related to the existing SBS domain.
Please try to turn off the Windows Firewall to check if it causes the issue. You could also refer to the articles below to troubleshoot the issue:
Newly Promoted Win2K8 DC is not advertising as Domain Controller.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/niraj_kumar/archive/2009/04/23/newly-promoted-win2k8-dc-is-not-advertising-as-domain-controller.aspx
Restrictions for Unauthenticated RPC Clients: The group policy that punches your domain in the face
https://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2011/04/08/restrictions-for-unauthenticated-rpc-clients-the-group-policy-that-punches-your-domain-in-the-face.aspx
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Advise on using Branch office server as backup

Hello and thanks for assistance,
The site in question has four physical servers and two virtual servers. They have the following major functions. Server A is a DC/DNS server as well as hosting DFS files. Server B holds exchange server 2012A and the replica partner for DFS, Server C
has two virtual servers installed. First one is exchange 2012B and second one is the antivirus server. Server D is a DC and a witness server. It also holds WSUS. Backup is taking as long as 12 hours. I had an idea of moving Server C and D offsite and configuring
them as branch office servers using VPN. Then all data including mail will be offsite and eliminate the need for backups. All servers of course have RAID1 so my concern really is not hardware related but disaster recovery in the event of fire, flood, ect.
I know this idea may be full of holes but that is why I am posting this for your opinions. There are about 50 workstations in the network. The client is very dependent on the network.
Thanks
Ronald C. Pope

Hi Ronald,
Of course you can create offsite Exchange server and DC. The connection performance may be an issue as you must use site-to-site VPN incase you need a failover.
Both topics are discussed a lot in Exchange and DC forum:
Advice for Offsite DC
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/237d8767-4004-448d-883d-ccb596b4da61/advice-for-offsite-dc
Onsite and Offsite Exchange 2010 Failover?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/6cfdfa81-9a4a-499d-a0dd-96b6b8d07bdc/onsite-and-offsite-exchange-2010-failover
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Event ID: 5014, 5004 The DFS Replication Service is stopping communication with partner / Error 1726 (The remote procedure call failed.)

I'm replicating between two servers in two sites (Server A - Server 2012 R2 STD, Server B - Server 2008 R2) over a VPN (Sonicwall Firewall). Though the initial replication seems to be
happening it is very slow (the folder in question is less than 3GB). I'm seeing these in the event viewer every few minutes:
The DFS Replication service is stopping communication with partner PPIFTC for replication group FTC due to an error. The service will retry the connection periodically.
Additional Information:
Error: 1726 (The remote procedure call failed.)
and then....
The DFS Replication service successfully established an inbound connection with partner PPIFTC for replication group FTC.
Here are all my troubleshooting steps (keep in mind that our VPN is going through a SonicWall <--I increased the TCP timeout to 24 hours):
-Increased TCP Timeout to 24 hours
-Added the following values on both sending and receiving members and rebooted server
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Value =DisableTaskOffload
Type = DWORD
Data = 1
Value =EnableTCPChimney
Type = DWORD
Data = 0
Value =EnableTCPA
Type = DWORD
Data = 0
Value =EnableRSS
Type = DWORD
Data = 0
---------------------------------more troubleshooting--------------------------
-Disabled AntiVirus on both members
-Made sure DFSR TCP ports 135 & 5722 are open
-Installed all hotfixes for 2008 R2 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968429) and rebooted
-Ran NETSTAT –ANOBP TCP and the DFS executable results are listed below:
Sending Member:
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:53            0.0.0.0:0
LISTENING       1692
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:54669
10.x.x.x:5722          TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:54673
10.x.x.x:5722          ESTABLISHED     1656
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:64773
10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     1692
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:64787
10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     1656
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:64795
10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     2104
Receiving Member:
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:56683
10.x.x.x:389           ESTABLISHED     7472
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:57625
10.x.x.x:54886         ESTABLISHED     2808
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:61759
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61760
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61763
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61764
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61770
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61771
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61774
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61775
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61776
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61777
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61778
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61779
10.x.x.x:57625         TIME_WAIT       0
TCP    10.x.x.x:61784
10.x.x.x:52757         ESTABLISHED     7472
[DFSRs.exe]
TCP    10.x.x.x:63661
10.x.x.x:63781         ESTABLISHED     4880
------------------------------more troubleshooting--------------------------
-Increased Staging to 32GB
-Opened the ADSIedit.msc console to verify the "Authenticated Users" is set with the default READ permission on the following object:
a. The computer object of the DFS server
b. The DFSR-LocalSettings object under the DFS server computer object
-Ran
ping <var>10.x.x.x</var> -f -l 1472 and got replies back from both servers
-AD replication is successful on all partners
-Nslookup is working so DNS is working
-Updated NIC drivers on both servers
- I ran the following to set the Primary Member:
dfsradmin Membership Set /RGName:<replication group name> /RFName:<replicated folder name> /MemName:<primary member> /IsPrimary:True
Then Dfsrdiag Pollad /Member:<member name>
I'm seeing these errors in the dfsr logs:
20141014 19:28:17.746 9116 SRTR   957 [WARN] SERVER_EstablishSession Failed to establish a replicated folder session. connId:{45C8C309-4EDD-459A-A0BB-4C5FACD97D44} csId:{7AC7917F-F96F-411B-A4D8-6BB303B3C813}
Error:
+ [Error:9051(0x235b) UpstreamTransport::EstablishSession upstreamtransport.cpp:808 9116 C The content set is not ready]
+ [Error:9051(0x235b) OutConnection::EstablishSession outconnection.cpp:532 9116 C The content set is not ready]
+ [Error:9051(0x235b) OutConnection::EstablishSession outconnection.cpp:471 9116 C The content set is not ready]
---------------------------------------more troubleshooting-----------------------------
I've done a lot of research on the Internet and most of it is pointing to the same stuff I've tried. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Maybe I need to look somewhere
else on the server side or firewall side?
I tried replicating from a 2012 R2 server to another 2012 server and am getting the same events in the event log so maybe it's not a server issue.
Some other things I'm wondering:
-Could it be the speed of the NICs? Server A is a 2012 Server that has Hyper-V installed. NIC teaming was initially setup and since Hyper-V is installed the NIC is a "vEthernet
(Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver Virtual Switch) running at a speed of 10.0Gbps whereas Server B is running a single NIC at 1.0Gbps
-Could occasional ping timeout's cause the issue? From time to time I get a timeout but it's not as often as the events I'm seeing. I'm getting 53ms pings. The folder
is only 3 GB so it shouldn't take that long to replicate but it's been days. The schedule I have set for replication is mostly all day except for our backup times which start at 11pm-5am. Throughout the rest of the time I have it set anywhere from
4Mbps to 64 Kbps. Server A is on a 5mb circuit and Server B is on a 10mb circuit.

I'm seeing the same errors, all servers are running 2008 R2 x64. Across multiple sites, VPN is steady and reliably.
185 events from 12:28:21 to 12:49:25
Events are for all five servers (one per office, five total offices, no two in the same city, across three states).
Events are not limited to one replication group. I have quite a few replication groups, so I don't know for sure but I'm running under the reasonable assumption that none are spared.
Reminder from original post (and also, yes, same for me), the error is: Error: 1726 (The remote procedure call failed.)
Some way to figure out what code triggers an Event ID 5014, and what code therein specifies an Error 1726, would extremely helpful. Trying random command line/registry changes on live servers is exceptionally unappealing.
Side note, 1726 is referenced here:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/976442?wa=wsignin1.0
But it says, "This RPC connection problem may be caused by an unstable WAN connection." I don't believe this is the case for my system.
It also says...
For most RPC connection problems, the DFS Replication service will try to obtain the files again without logging a warning or an error in the DFS Replication log. You can capture the network trace to determine whether the cause of the problem is at the network
layer. To examine the TCP ports that the DFS Replication service is using on replication partners, run the following command in a
Command Prompt window:
NETSTAT –ANOBP TCP
This returns all open TCP connections. The connections in question are "DFSRs.exe", which the command won't let you filter for.
Instead, I used the NETSTAT command as advertised, dumping output to info.txt:
NETSTAT -ANOBP TCP >> X:\info.txt
Then I opened Excel and manually opened the .TXT for the open wizard. I chose fixed-width fields based on the first row for each result, and then added a column:
=IF(A3="Can not", "Can not obtain ownership information", IF(LEFT(A3,1) = "[", A3&B3&C3, ""))
Dragging this down through the entire file let me see that row (Row F) as the file name. Some anomalies were present but none impacted DFSrs.exe results.
Finally, you can sort/filter (I sorted because I like being able to see everything, should I choose to) to get just the results you need, with the partial rows removed from the result set, or bumped to the end.
My server had 125 connections open.
That is a staggering number of connections to review, and I feel like I'm looking for a needle in a haystack.
I'll see if I can find anything useful out, but a better solution would be most wonderful.

Problems with VSS and RoboHelp on second machine

Hi all,
We chose to use Visual Source Safe as our source control tool
to use with RoboHelp. To build the VSS database containing the help
project on the server, we successfully used the version of our help
project on my machine. I have had no problems using it for the last
several weeks. Everything works great. Files are retrieved, checked
out, and checked back in with no issues.
The problem is we have been unable to successfully set anyone
else on the team up with the VSS-RoboHelp source control. Since
we're not building the database from scratch, the way we did with
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place it on her machine. I'm guessing this is the way to do it, but
we don't know how. When we try to get the version in source
control, only the top level of .htm topics are retrieved, not
anything that is nested in child folders. Then, when we attempt to
open the help project on her machine, we get all sorts of errors
ranging from "corrupt .cpd" files to "invalid characters" to "the
local version is different from the version in source control"
(DUH!). We tell it to get files from RoboHelp when we try to open
the help project on her C drive, but it doesn't download them
correctly, and invariably RoboHelp crashes.
Has anyone successfully used VSS with RoboHelp, and if so,
how do you get a new computer set up with an existing RoboHelp
project that is already in VSS? I need exact steps, if possible,
since it's not intuitive (or since we're just clueless).
I really appreciate any help anyone can offer!
Thanks!
Lisa

Hi Kathy,
Thank you for your response. I'm not sure we're on the same
page, but it just may be because I'm so new to this. The problem
isn't with checking in or checking out files -- It sounds like you
might be at step 5 and we're still at step 1. The problem is with
getting the entire help project down from source control to her
machine the very first time. For example... Imagine a new RoboHelp
author who has just started with the company and has just gotten
RoboHelp and VSS installed on her machine. We now need to get the
project down from VSS to her machine. We can't check out or get
anything yet because the project hasn't even come down to her
machine yet. RoboHelp on her machine doesn't even know about this
help project out there. We open RoboHelp, and there's nothing on
her C drive to browse to because the project isn't even there yet.
I believe our infrastructure guy (who has been trying to get her
set up with this, but is as much in the dark as I am) was trying to
somehow "get" the files from VSS to her C drive from within VSS,
but obviously that didn't work because it only grabbed the
top-level files. I don't know if any of this makes sense. I thought
there'd be a way, in RoboHelp, to tell it that we have something
out in source control, and "please go get it." It doesn't seem to
work that way.
If you and I *are* on the same page and I just don't
understand, I apologize, in which case do you mean she's supposed
to check out files or get files from within VSS? Apparently that's
what the infrastructure guy did, and it didn't work. She needs to
be able to work on these help files just like I do, so she needs to
be able to get, check out, and check in. Or do you mean we need to
check out or get files from within RoboHelp?
Color me confused... :P
Thanks,
Lisa

Weird DFS issue Windows 8.1 clients

One of my users noticed something peculiar when working on text or document from a DFS share.
The user will save changes and leave the doc open. Preliminary tests show that around 10min+ is when user receives an error, "THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED". The user hits the "OK"
button and is presented with a "SAVE AS" dialog in the same working directory. User hits "SAVE", dialog warns of an "overwrite" and hits "OK" again and text or doc gets saved.
I was able to reproduce the problem myself. I opened an online stopwatch and set a count down of 12 minutes. Every 3 minutes I added some text and hit save. All was well until the last 3:45. I added some more text, hit save and BOOM - error occurred, "The
System cannot find the path specified".
The two servers that hold the DFS share are Windows 2012 R2 boxes. One sits in the LA site and the other in Chicago. According to the output from "get-dfsrbacklog", there is no backlog between the DFS servers - all appears sync'd. Also, logs
appear clean except a few of errors in the event log and DFS replication health report regarding sharing violations.
Anyone seen something like this? Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot?

Hi,
Please run DFSUTIL /PKTINFO on the client to check if the client referred to Off-Site DFS namespace targets and also check if the DFS root information was missing in registry:
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\DFS\Roots\Domain"
If so, we could export the same registry from a working DFS server and imported the same on the server and restarted the DFS service to check the results.
Best Regards,
Mandy
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DFS on 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 simultaneously

First of let me preface this by saying DFS newbie here so any help is appreciated.
Background: Currently in our environment we have one 2008 R2 box running the DFS Role Services. It has a handful (< 10) namespaces configured. We also have several 2003 servers with multiple fileshares. None of these 2003 shares
are configured for dfs or replication to my knowledge. We are trying move all the data and shares off of the 2003 servers so they can be retired.
Question and options: Too avoid having to do the 2003 -> 2008 -> 2012 dance I'd like to go ahead and move as much as possible to directly to 2012R2. So the question I guess is can I have different namespaces for
\\mydomain.com configured on both the 2008 R2 and a 2012 R2 at the same time? I don't necessarily want to move anything off of the 2008 server at the moment; just leave it alone. What I'd like to do is set up
2 new 2012R2 servers with the DFS role installed and move all the data from the 2003 servers to new replicated shares on the 2012 servers. These will be new different namespaces from the ones on the 2008 server but still be
\\mydomain.com Can namespaces for the same domain and the dfs roles co-exist on both the 2008 and the 2012 servers at the same time independently?
Any information as to if this will work or better ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi,
We can create different namespaces for \\mydomain.com configured on both the 2008 R2 and a 2012 R2 at the same time. If you click “Add Namespaces to Display…” on a DFS server, you could view all namespaces for \\mydomain.com configured on the current DFS server.
Best Regards,
Mandy
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