Hi.
My environment is:
Hardware: Two Servers. Each of them have 2 CPUs.
OS: All operating systems mentioned are Windows Server 2012 Standard.
Server A: Only a OS with some programs.
Server B: one OS with 4 VMs (have same OS) installed.
I get different answers to this question from Microsoft help desks. I want to try this here to make sure which is right.
Thanks a lot.
Eternal Snow
I have recently installed a new server that is running Windows Server 2012. Nobody is making a backup solution that works with Server 2012 yet. I have a free upgrade to Backup Exec 2012 R2 when it is released. (they tell me it is supposed to be released on Monday.) So I'm waiting patiently, but for now I was just going to use the Windows Server Backup feature to back up my volumes and system state to a network location. The network location is an older server that has an LTO 3 tape drive. Obviously the backup would then be backed up again on the LTO-3 tape. However, I can't seem to get a successful backup of the server. It will start off fine but then about half way through thte backup it stops. And I get an error message that says "Error: the specified network name is no longer available." I can't seem to figure out what is going on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nate
Hello to all,
I have recently installed Windows Management Framework v3 on a Windows 2008 R2 Machine in order to run MS Server Manager. After I installed the framework, I noticed a couple of service errors showing up in server manager; they are as follows.
| AMD-MINI1-W2K8 | Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319_X86 | clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32 | Stopped | Automatic (Delayed Start) |
| AMD-MINI1-W2K8 | Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319_X64 | clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_64 | Stopped | Automatic (Delayed Start) |
These services are being automatically stopped and I am unsure how to remedy the problem. Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all that reply,
Mike
Greetings,
I have created a test environment on my network which includes a Windows 2012 domain controller. This DC has its own DNS server and forwards out using OpenDNS servers as forwarders. I did this to keep it from integrating or causing any issues with the production DC on the network. However, if I ping the production DC from the test DC using its computer name, I get a response. How can the DNS name resolve if I do not have any records in the test DNS server on the test DC server to the production server?
My plan is to put a test Exchange server online next but I want to be 100% sure these test servers will not change any settings or cause problems with the production servers. My other idea is to create ACL's on my switches to block any communication. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Robert
The new storage pools in server 2012 look like a very interesting. I have one question, though.
Given the following situation:
You install Windows Server 2012 and setup your storage pools
You add disks over time to your pool
A year later your drive with the operating system fails
You replace the bad drive and reinstall server 2012.
Now how do you add this preexisting storage pool full of data to your fresh install?
On our old server that is running win2k3 r2 I would always use filesvr.exe which was found at c:\windows\system32\. It doesn't look like this exists in sever 2012. Can someone tell me how can view what files users have open?
Nate
I would like my server to automatically install all the updates as soon as they come out, but when the server requires a reboot wait till 10AM in the morning before doing a reboot.
For example at patch Tuesday the server would be rebooted on Wednesday at 10AM.
How can I configure this?
Hi all,
I installed windows server 2010 on a dell vostro 3560 bluetooth connection but does not work.Douglas Filipe http://douglasfilipe.wordpress.com
I just installed Server 2012 and when I run Msconfig to disable some startup programs it's telling me, startup items not enabled on the system, I tried the Task Manager as well but it's not there either, I need to know to know how to enable that; and I cannot get any Bluetooth dongles to work, tried installing drivers but none would work.
Thanks for any help.
Edward Gonsalves
Hey,
I was trying to configure primary computer as mentioned in the post :
Here is my scenario and my question.
My question first if someone has an answer on top of their head and want to skip reading below.
My Question) Is Primary computer attribute and folder redirection not valid when the 2nd client is Windows 7/XP. The folder is still getting redirected when the 2nd client is 7/XP. Is that how it is designed?. So In a heterogenous environment it would still be of no much value as the folder redirection will still take place consuming time for the impatient users. But if all the clients are win8 and server 2012 then it would be a wonderful setting and can help save huge amount of time. Am i correct ?
My Scenario)
Server : master12
Client 1) Hostname : client8 (Win 8 - hyper v)
Client 2) Hostname : client1 (Win 7 laptop)
Both the client belong to same OU "admin systems"
User belongs to OU "Admin user"
When I use the Distinguished name (Under Attributes of Client8) of the Hyper v client8 (win 8) and paste in the users attribute under msDSPrimaryComputer (I copied and pasted so no spell mistake)
Redirected the folders Desktop and My Document for the GPO linked to OU "Admin users".
Restarted the hyperv And Laptop (10 times by now For other reasons and tests ) but both the machines are pointing to\\master12\roamingprofiles and the win 7 machine is not taking a local profile.
Please let me know what is the reason why i am not able to achieve or it is the design of it which restricts?
Jack Wills Nothing but Group Policy and Exchange!
Good afternoon.
Migrated from 2003 to 2012 Active Directory, all is good, but the service Computer Browser in Windows Server 2012 is not working properly.
Online, there are several hundred computers, one network, no segments. PDC is the Master Browser, it is in my list of all the computers, but gives customers or Backup Browser computers only part, and in alphabetical order, giving the first 70 computers and all.
Looked packet sniffer:
Microsoft Windows Lanman Remote API Protocol
Entry Count: 70
Available Entries: 251
So on Master Browser shows 251 computer, and the client 70.
If disabled on Windows Server 2012 Service Computer Browser, Master Browser is a computer running Windows Server 2003. He gives all computers.
What is the problem, how to get Windows Server 2012 to work correctly as a Master Browser?
when trying to access any of the links located on your "Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs", I get a download window for "holLanchPadOnline".
After downloading "holLanchPadOnline.exe", and I open the file, it tries to make a connection to your IIS server and fails.
A notepad pop up name "CAWYIWW9" with multiple error messages inside this notepad.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\Users\username\Downloads\holLaunchPadOnline.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Deployment and application do not have matching security zones
This is just a summary of the error, much more to this.
What is holLanchPadOnline ?
Do I need to make changes to proxy ? Why?
Alternative way to access "Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs" ?
I am running Server 2012 RTM with a single storage pool containing 4 drives - 2.73TB, 1.36TB, 465GB and 148GB. There is a single virtual disk created, with thin provisioning, using the Simple layout, with a current maximum size of 2.73TB, and with 1.32TB allocated. I want to remove the 148GB drive and replace it with a 465GB drive. When I right-click the 148GB disk and select Remove, I get a warning that Windows will attempt to rebuild any virtual disks that store data on the disk I'm trying to remove, and that in order to succeed, the storage pool must have enough free space to accommodate the data from the disk I'm trying to remove. There is more than enough space in the virtual disk to accommodate whatever files may be stored on the 148GB disk - over 1TB unallocated. However, when I confirm that I want to remove the disk from the pool, I get the following message:
This physical disk is used by one or more virtual disks that use the Simple (no resiliency) layout. To remove this physical disk, delete the following virtual disks: Simple
Surely the fact that it's a simple volume (rather than mirrored/parity) shouldn't affect the ability to move the data off the disk? It appears that disk removal is implemented as a simulated drive failure, forcing a rebuild of the resiliency data, rather than by simply moving the data off the disk onto other available disks.
Additionally, after I've attempted to remove the disk, it's now been marked as 'Retired'.
Is there any simple way to remove this disk?
Hello,
I installed Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on the physical computer. This OS is a Hyper-V host. For testing purposes I installed Windows 8 Enterprise as VM guest and I installed RemoteFX on it and everything worked great.
I also installed Windows Server 2012 as VM guest and in VM Hyper-V settings I added “RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter”. Same method was used in the Windows 8 Enterprise and RemoteFX worked without problem. But the RemoteFX is not working with this VM with Server 2012. There are two “Unknown device” items in the Device Manager.
I read that RemoteFX is supported by Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows Server 2012 but now it looks like that Windows Server 2012 can be used only as host of VMs and not as VM guest.
Please can somebody tell me is it possible to install RemoteFX on the guest VM with Server 2012?
Thank you very much.
Im running windows server 2012 standard. Its a node in a 3 node cluster. The server is a fully functional node, as i can failover to the node, it can see the iscsi storage, but if i try to view the disks, volumes etc on the server, All i see is an empty list and a little message saying "display will be complete when the server inventory has finished...".
I left it for 30 mins to see if it would finish but it never did. a reboot didnt help either. there is nothing in the error log. has anyone any ideas?
Update: i can view the disk info (volumes etc) from the Disk Mangement section of the old Computer Managment Console. Still not working from Server Manager.
Using the same pool comprising of multiple 1.5TB/2TB WD&Seagate drives on a Core 2 Quad System.
Regular Storage Space shows performance over 100MB/sec
Mirror Storage Space shows performance of around 80MB/sec
Parity Storage Space shows performance of 80MB/sec initially but as you copy a large file the performance keeps dropping until it reaches single digits making this pool option basically unusable. Is this a bug or is it expected behaviour?
Reader application has abnormal behavior with multiple monitor configuration. Dragging the application from one monitor to another does not work properly. The original monitor starts to blink (the reader application does not vanish). The application remains visible in both monitors while blinking in the first one.
