Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server

I updated my file server to Server 2012 R2 and everything went ok except now my windows 8 clients cannot connect to the file server. I get a generic error An extended error has occurred when I try to unc to it and none of my drives will map. Did anyone else have an issue like this?
The file server is a virtual server running on Hyper-V and the file storage comes from a San iscsi drive.
Thanks for any help with this issue.
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