Sysprep on Windows Server 2012 R2
After learning basic usage and benefits of sysprep utility, I am eager to sysprep my reference Server 2012 R2 image. I have installed AutoCAD 2015 and MATLAB and some other smaller softwares as well as...
View ArticleDism on windows nt 6.3.9600.17031 running under 6.1.7601.16385
I don't know why but my recovery environment has turned to NT 6.1.7601.16385, not the previous 6.3.9600.17301. So I tried to copy a Server 2012 R2 install folder to a partition without install.wim....
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 backup: the drive cannot find the sector requested
Hi Guys!I've been trying to make this work for over a week now.Everything I backup to either a External Drive, NAS share, or Iscsi mounted drive, I get this error:the drive cannot find the sector...
View Article"Unidentified network" in Domain enviroment
I have setup Lan routing millions of times on Server 2012 in Domain environment.------------DC1.ip: 10.10.0.10 mask: 255.255.0.0 gw: 10.10.0.1Router:ip: 10.10.0.1 (internal) mask 255.255.0.0 ip2:...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 VM failing system state backup
When trying to create system state backup on 3 new Win2k8 R2 servers DPM reports the generic "DPM failed to create the system state backup, verify WSB is installed and enough free disk space" verified...
View ArticleHow good is the built in backup?
We are going to upgrade or server to Windows Server 2012 Essentials.Today we are using Symantec Backup Exec.Will the built in backup in WS be enough?We will be using MS SQL Server and it's crucial that...
View ArticleWHS 2011 Rebuild Raid 5
HII have a WHS 2011 with 5 drives2 X 500gig drives, where the first drive is my C: drive and that is backed up to the second drive.3 X 3000gig drives in a WHS (software) Raid 5 configuration and this...
View ArticleSystem Image Restore Fails "No disk that can be used for recovering the...
Greetings - Our critical server image backup Fails on one server - Two 2008 R2 servers. Both do a nightly "Windows Server Backup" of Bare Metal Recovery, System...
View ArticleWindows Backup
Hey Every one ,I have a problem over here with the Windows baremetal backup. I want to back my Server applications and settings as it is domain controller. But when I am trying to take baremetal backup...
View ArticleEvent 10172, Hyper-V-VMMS
VSS writers inside virtual machine 'CONTOSO' failed to perform BackupComplete to its shadow copy (VSS snapshot) set: Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF). (Virtual machine ID...
View ArticleWindows Server backup fails on scheduled full backup
Hi All,Just a quick question, I have Exchange 2013 running on Server 2008 R2 SP1.We have an OS drive and a EDB drive. When a scheduled full server backup is run, the backup fails with the below...
View ArticleWill DFS work with a domain controller against a member server?
Hi,I've got DFS working before when I had 2 domain controllers. I had to demote one (a complete rebuild because its goes funny after the demotion), now I am unable to get DFS to sync between the...
View ArticleBackup on tape library in server 2012
Hello,Please let me know can we take backup on tape library in server 2012 std if yes then provide the steps.we have ibm tape library connected to server 2012 through fiber.
View ArticleBackup or image a microsoft server 2008 r2 with raid array.
Can I do a complete image or backup of my windows server 2008 r2 that has a raid array and then restore my backup to another computer that has no raid array but a big enough hd to support the restore.,...
View ArticleHow to read/open partial (unfinished) backup on Windows 2003
Hello,One of our server backups failed last weekend due to power failure and the backup failed at that point. So I was wondering if I can read/open the backup? When I try using windows restore it says...
View ArticleHardening Windows server 2008 r2
Hi all,I want easy steps to do harden windows server 2008 r2, i read http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg236605.aspx. i understood that want to use SCM,MBSA,SCW tool complete the hardening...
View ArticleBackup Schedule failing on weekdays.
Our backup schedule runs every day at 1:30AM. The weekend backups complete successfully, but the backups during the weekdays fail with a shadow copy error. The only difference is that during the...
View ArticleError 80780176
receiving the following error when am running the windows backup which currently is backing up 6 x hyper-v machines.only one of the server are giving me this issues I had an issues with update and had...
View ArticleCan I recover the the deleted outlook emails?
Can I recover the the deleted outlook emails? And how ?
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 Synology DS2411+
Hi i have problem with DPM 2012 R2 backup to Synology DS2411+.NAS. Disk is connected via iSCSI interface. DPM is installed on Windows 2012r2 fully patched. I'm using microsoft initiator. In DPM console...
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