Storage Space Parity
I'm trying to wrap my head around the differences between a multidisk pool using mirroring and one using parity. From a storage point of view presumably 2 copy mirroring keeps a copy of each file on 2...
View ArticleCan't logon to DC
After DCPROMO - I get "The number of connections to this computer is limited and all connections are in use right now. Try connecting later, or contact your system administrator". I can't log in to my...
View ArticleSteaming from network share causes Server to lose all network access.
I run the Windows 2012 RC and I run three systems from my server: - Minecraft Server (Primary Single HDD) - Web Server (Primary Single HDD) - Windows File Share (On secondary RAID5 (Run by Windows...
View ArticleNon-UEFI boot to GPT Disk?
Hello, I've looked around and can't seem to find an answer on this. Can Server 2012 boot to a GPT disk on a server that only has a BIOS, and not UEFI? I ask because I know in the past (Server 2008 R2...
View ArticleNo Group Policy Preferences
We use GPP to map commonly used data to all users as they logon, assigning drive letters to the seven different data libraries. These libraries are all DFS namespaces. For all computers using OSes...
View ArticleRDP-TCP
Where can i find rdp-tcp in Windows Server 2012? How can i change the ssl certificate of RDP in windows server 2012? RDP has now a self signed ssl and want to use our wilcard. Thanks all
View ArticleRemoteFX Windows Server 2012 RC - None of the GPUs on this computer support...
No matter what I've tried, I cannot enable RemoteFX on Server 2012. When I open Hyper-V Manager, right-click on Hyper-V Settings, and click on Physical GPUs, I see the message: "None of the physical...
View ArticleServer 2012 Direct Access
I am trying to get Direct Access to work. I have setup a single direct access test server on our network with a single internal NIC and internal IP address, done all the configuration based on a few...
View ArticleDifference between AD DS 2008 R2 and AD DS 2012
Hi, What are tthe Difference between AD DS 2008 R2 and AD DS 2012 ? I couldn't find any documentation on that. Asking this question here as there is no seperate forum for AD DS 2012 yet. By the way, I...
View ArticleNetwork Location Issue with Windows Server 2012 RC
Hello, I'm running Windows Server 2012 RC as a domain member computer. No problem joining it to my domain but shortly afterward I noticed that after a reboot it came back up as being on an...
View ArticleAnti-Virus in Windows Server 8 Beta
I've installed Server 8 in a VM for now just to get to know my way around the interface before doing a bare metal install. I understand...
View ArticleStorage Spaces Enclosure Awareness
Hi, I'm currently testing Storage Spaces using a Data On Storage DNS-1660D SAS enclosure connected using LSI 9207-8e. I can see the drives just fine and add them to a pool but Storage Spaces doesn't...
View ArticleUpgrade from 2012 RC to RTM without reinstall?
HI There I do admin work for a small school and we need to rebuild our VMware servers to HyperV. I'd very much like to build the servers with Server 2012, however I'd hate to have to rebuild them in a...
View ArticleNAT with Network Virtualization/NVGRE
We are planning our Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V deployment and will be using the NVGRE approach to network virtualization. I can't seem to find any resources that explain how we NAT public IP's to the...
View ArticleUnable to launch new Windows Explorer window from task bar when my short cut...
Hi, I have a short cut menu extension registered on a windows server 2012 machine (Version 6.2 (Build 8400)). When I register my short cut menu extension on this machine, then I am unable to launch any...
View ArticleHyper-V Server 8 Beta Does Not Support the AMD Bulldozer CPU
Hello! I am trying to use Hyper-V Server 8 on AMD Bulldozer CPU, and getting this error: "The virtual machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running". It is the same as I've got...
View ArticleNIC Teaming setup help
I tried using the nic teaming gui to setup my first nic team, and while it appears that the team is created, the state is always faulted and the reason is always not found. I have also tried using the...
View ArticleJumbo Frames not working with Intel X520 KX4-KR Mezzanine cards
We have Dell M910's with the Intel X520 cards and jumbo frames does not appear to be working, or at least through the 8024-K switches in the blade chassis. This was working fine with the Server 8...
View Articleserver 2012 network issue
hi, everyone installed server2012rc, (upgraded from server 2008r2) had net LAN device and drivers (Realtek RTL8139/810 NIC working with the 2008r2 installation), but with the 2012rc install the NIC...
View ArticleRTM?
Unlike Windows 8 which RTM'd today and has been announced on the Windows Team blog, I haven't yet been able to find anything on an official Microsoft web site about Windows Server 2012 being RTM'd but...
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