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Migrating a Virtual Drive (File Share) from Windows Server 2008 to 2016
We have this legacy file server running on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise as a VM on VMWare esxi host. The storage drive is a separate VM disk attached to the OS VM.
We want to migrate to Windows ...
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Limiting FTP privileges on Windows Server
I currently have a Windows 2012 Server which is acting as a webserver running IIS.
I am using Filezilla to host an FTP server to allow some clients FTP access to their own websites.
I have setup the ...
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Close locked file in Windows Share using Powershell and Openfiles
I work with a lot of folder shares, but there are a bunch of locked files which have been opened by some other process.
I need to close those files. So far I've been using MMC - System Tools - Shared ...
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How to grant permissions for a member of two groups that have different permissions in windows?
I have a windows 2008 server with file server role. Multiple shared folders are there, one for each group, so that each group has access to its own folder, but is denied access to other shared folders....
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What is Most Reliable/Sustainable Way to Distribute a File to a Group of Windows Servers
In managing one of my applications, I need to distribute a small text file to a specific directory on a number of application servers and restart the service when a new version is pushed out. I have a ...
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Some users unable to see files that others can see
I have a file server running on Windows Server 2008 R2 in our domain that houses files created by an application and then moved to a folder available as a share to some users here.
Users who use this ...
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How do I lock a file for editing that's stored on a shared folder?
I have installed a windows server 2008 r2 with file service enabled. I have a network with 5 computers with windows 7 and all are on the same workgroup (I do not have domain controller and active ...
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Moving/Redirecting File Shares with a Twist
I have to move some file shares from a machine with Win2008R2 Enterprise to another with Win2008 R2 Standard. The goal is to have the file shares only on the second, dedicated machine.
Currently ...
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Common document library between two SharePoint sites
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:
Our organization maintains a sharepoint site for our clients, and sometimes we have situations where different clients (with distinct sharepoint sites on the ...
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Where is the location of shares stored in Windows Server? (Switching iSCSI disk to VMDK)
I have a virtualized Windows Server 2008 with iSCSI volume attached (inside the guest). This disk servers as the main file server data disk with lots of shares, permissions, etc.
I would like to "...
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How do I get my machine to access the share now?
Disclaimer: Using windows to share files is definitely not as simple as on *nix, even if it seems like.
First, I'm assuming we can securely (with passwords) share files / folders in basically only ...
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Access denied in workgroup for UNC
I have two Windows Server 2008 machines: machine1 and machine2. They are both in a workgroup but not in a domain.
On both machines I have the user accounts 'Administrator' and 'FileTestUser' with the ...
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Synchronizing code for multiple users [closed]
I'm a beginner in all this and am working on a project with a few other people.
I'm facing some problems.
My code is to worked on by another person simultaneously.
I want to perform staging on a ...
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I need to know if anyone is using our file server's IP address to access instead of the name. Any ideas?
I have been given the task of changing our current file server's IP address. I haven't been in the company long, so don't know what exactly reads and writes to it yet.
Is there any way that I can ...
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Get a file from a load balanced server in Windows Server
I've a load balanced server on production environment for my application. The server is on Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm running a web application that creates and save a file into a folder on the web ...
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