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    - VPN between 2 win 2008 servers I have two win 2008 servers. I am trying to setup a VPN between them to pass files securely. They are in seperate locations and both have multiple network cards as shown below Server 1 NIC 1 - Public IP (89.xxx.xxx.xxx) NIC 2 - Internal IP (192.168.0.1) Server 2 NIC 1 - Public IP (219.xxx.xxx.xxx) NIC 2 - Internal IP (192.1681.1) I want to setup the VPN using a preshared key not a secure certificate between the two internal NICs. I have tried running through the routing and remote access wizard but cannot find a way to get it to work. Can anyone point me in the direction of any online step by step guides that will help me out here. I have looked but cannot find anything covering the above example. Thanks Tim Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119825
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    - Image Backup of RAID arrays I'm going to be rebuilding a server in a couple of months. It is a Dell PowerEdge 2850 connected to a PowerVault box. There are 2 RAID 1 arrays in the PowerEdge and a RAID 10 in the PowerVault. Id like to image the 3 arrays before wiping the server and rebuilding. I currently have Backup Exec 9.1 Looking for a way to do this. Low cost would be a good thing... TIA -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119819
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    - We need to stress our server, monitor activity, and get a report .. Hello, We want to test a new database application on our LAN using a Win2003 server. The idea is to simulate normal use, and then heavier-than-normal use and (if possible) to get a report of what happened during the to see if the machine can manage the load increase. Are there any tools on a Win 2003 server to get such an report? Are there any freeware tools, which allow such monitoring? Thanks in advance Roger T. Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119816
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    - Windows server 2008 registry value for MaxUserPort What is the equalvilent registry value for MaxUserPort (which is considered in Windows Server 2003) under Windows Server 2008? Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119811
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    - Problem with SMTP on IIS7 on Win2008 If this is the wrong forum, please let me know what the correct one is. We have a new server that we have installed Windows2008 with IIS7 and we have everything working fine except the SMTP server will not send mail. We need this because 2 of our ASP.NET apps email to people who request it. We're making no progress - any suggestions on what to check or how to track down the problem? One note, our company mail server (Exchange) is on a totally different server. thanks - dave david@at-at-at@windward.dot.dot.net Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com me -- http://dave.thielen.com Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119810
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    - Migrate Creation Date only attribute I have a problem. I migrated a large number of files and did not set the preserve timestamp setting in the utility I used and now, after a couple of weeks in production, we have an application problem. Is there a CLI utility where I can copy just the creation date from a source file to a destination file without changing any other atribute, or the data it self? We still have the source data intact. I know I can use Robocopy to copy the timestamp, but we want to preseve the new destination 'modify date', and only change the creation date. Thanks, Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119809
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    - Can't reinstall Windows Installer 3.1 While working with Symantec support, they asked me to do the following: -Un-register Windows Installer (using msiexec /unregister) -Boot Windows into Safe Mode -Delete MSI.DLL, MSIEXEC.EXE, and MSIHND.DLL from System32 -Delete MSI.DLL, MSIEXEC.EXE, and MSIHND.DLL from System32/dllcache -Boot back into Normal mode -Download and reinstall Windows Installer 3.1v2 Upon trying to re-install Windows Installer, I receive an error stating "Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying. There is no need to install this update" The KB893803v2 (Windows Installer 3.1v2) log shows: [KB893803v2.log] 0.016: ================================================================================ 0.016: 2008/09/15 16:21:29.281 (local) 0.016: K:\Downloads\Windows Installer 3.1\update\update.exe (version 6.1.22.4) 0.016: Hotfix started with following command line: 0.031: CheckSystem: ServicePack version Mismatch 0.031: DoInstallation: CheckSystem Failed: 0xf06b 0.031: Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying. There is no need to install this update. 30.000: Message displayed to the user: Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying. There is no need to install this update. 30.000: User Input: OK 30.000: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf06b 30.000: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance. Anyone have any idea on how I'm supposed to re-install Windows Installer at this point?!? Thanks, Vishnu Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119807
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    - File copy help Hi, I need some suggestions for solving a file copy problem. I essentially need to watch multiple directories for new files, and copy any new files to a common destination. The directories I need to watch are in the same top level folder, but are in different sub folders. Any 3rdparty tools or scripting ideas that might make this easy and scalable (the number of source directories will continue to grow). Thanks. Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119806
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    - Server 2008: Downgrading to SMB1 Hi Everybody, I have a set of PDC and WTS running on Server 2008 (Enterprise x64). I have problems accessing files that seem to be SMB related. Server 2008 uses SMB2. Somebody told me that I could activate SMB1 on those servers. I have created a 32Bit DWORD called SMB1 in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrenControlSet\LanmanServer\Parameters and set the value to 1. (on both servers) This did not have any effect, netmon still reports SMB2. Can anybody help? Thanks for your time Ole Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119805
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    - missing renamed network attached printer on print server On a Windows Server 2003 print server i renamed a printer and it's share name. After i renamed the printer the name did not change and there was an error message that said "Printer not found on server, unable to connectâ?? and there was no sign of the new printer name. On a XP machine i went to add a printer wizard and found the printer with the new name in the list of printers on our print server and was able to add it and print to it. What is really strange is that the new printer name or associated port does not show up in printer and faxes on our print server. I was able to delete the old printer with the error message on the print server and am still able to print to the printer with the new name on the XP machine. I am concerned because I am not able to get the properties of the printer with the new name. How can I get this printer to show up in add printers and faxes on the print server? Thank you, Geekzmom Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119803
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    - Separator Pages Thank you for your response. The users are part of a domain. I tried the following, but it did not resolve the issue. I deleted the printers from the computer. I made the user an administrator. I then reinstalled the printers. I tested the separator page, but it still displayed "Administrator", not the user's name. Do you know how I can fix this issue? Are the user part of a domain? If they entered the credentials for Administrator when making the printer connections, the jobs hit the server with the same security ID -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Kate" <townsend@nccn.org> wrote in message news:A28F2EDE-F375-4C59-A018-065FDE25A5DF@microsoft.com... > We are using a print server with Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. Our users > are on Windows XP. We are using separator sheets on our printers. Most > of our users have their name displayed on the separator sheet. However, > we have a few users whose separator sheets display the name > "Administrator". > > Can someone tell me how I can change the display name to the user's name? > > Thank you in advance for any help. > > Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119797
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    - Windows 2008 - is the 32 bit OS a fully supported and endorsed product or should I avoid it ? Hi, I have just been told that Windows 2008 is really only available as a 64bit product and not to use the 32bit version. Apparently MS have only produced the 32bit version for transition reasons and don't recommend using this version. I know this was the case with Exchange 2007, but am suprised to hear this about Windows Server 2008? Is this a case of mis-information and is the 32bit version just as solid/endorsed/supported as the 64bit version or should I avoid the 32bit version at all costs? Thanks for any input in advance. Zaz (PS. I know 64bit is the better product and I should use it over the 32bit if possible, but sometimes compatibility comes first (usually always actually) and I imagine that the 32bit OS is going to be more "backward compatible" than the 64bit version when it comes to printer drivers etc... Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119794
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    - SSL Certificate Question. I am moving a certificate from one server to another. However when i am trying to export the private key the server is telling me that the private key has been marked as not exportable. Is there a way in windows to change this so i can avoid a reissue of the certificate. Thanks Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119789
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    - Audit when a user copies a file Hello, can I audit when an user copies a file from the fileserver? I'm using Windows 2003. Thanks! JD Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119781
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    - Is there any advantage to Using Wins? I have win2003 server with about 15 XP clients. We use dhcp from a router. Is there any advantage to setting up wins on the server. It is my understanding that it is used for netbios clients. We dont install netbios on any of the computers. Would it be a waste of time to set up the wins on the server. Or does it do more than that. Would it help our network function better. If you ask "if it aint broke dont fix it" . Well the network does act up sometimes. Im wondering if this might help a little. Regards Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119776
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    - Server 2003 Backup exec 12 I have a problem where by i cannot install backup exec 12 when i run the msi file i get the following error message. "An error was encountered while trying to load the install package. Review the install log and contact your system administrator or re-run the setup with administrator privileges". This event logged in the application log Source MsiInstaller Category None Event ID 11708 User DOMAIN\Administrator Computer SERVERNAME Description Product: Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers -- Installation Failed. I have come accross this article and tried some of the suggestions although they're not for the version im running but I through it was worth a shot. http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/302930.htm There Server spec Intel Xeon 3Ghz 1Gb Ram 150Gb space available on the C drive Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 The system is also being used as a Terminal Server. Has anyone come accross this problem? Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119775
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    - Why doesn't the Windows Component installer want all files to be from SP2? Gurus, If I install Windows components on my Windows Server 2003 SP2 computer, I first get prompted for the location of the Windows Server 2003 SP2 CD-ROM and I point the installer to the C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles directory. Then I et prompted for the location of the original Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM, which means I have to point it to the CD-ROM drive, which only contains the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM (with SP1) media. Then the installer is happy and finishes it's job. My question is, why does the installer ask to pull files from the SP2 CD-ROM directory only to later ask for files from the SP1 CD-ROM? Why wouldn't it want all files to be from the SP2? -- Spin Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119767
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    - Roaming profiles - laptop users who travel to sites with slow link Hi, All our users -include laptop users - are configured with roaming profiles - all stored on a file server in our large well connected head office. Many of the laptop users travel to some of our smaller sites which have very slow links e.g. 512k /128k ADSL. I just wanted to confirm my understanding of roaming profiles - specifically that when the user signs on in the small site that Windows XP will try to pull down the profile from the central file server. Can anyone confirm this ? Regards Michael Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119759
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    - BEST PRACTICES: Simple File Server I'm not even sure what group to put this in so I'll start in general and if it belongs somewhere else, just say so! So I have this IBM x3650 here that's running Win2K8 Datacenter Edition. I need to make a very simple server out of it that has the following requirments, in order of priority. 1) Share files via NFS to a small group of Unix (Fedora Core 5) clients on a private subnet. 2) Be viable and accessible by Corporate IT as a Windows machine with standard shares. 3) All file level transactions (read/modify/write) must be logged and fully auditable. 4) Be able to be backed up via TSM or Backup Exec. This server has two network cards in it, one going to the p rivate subnet (192.168.1.X) and one going to the corporate subnet (10.0.0.X). The server is not a member of a domain and it won't be; it's just a simple workgroup. It is not necessary for the Corporate LAN to be able to access the private and and thus it is not necessary for the private LAN to access the corporate LAN. I am no a Windows expert here, I am a Unix developer! So far I have installed Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition and put it on the networks, I can ping both subnets. Some best practices and a bit of hand holding would be really helpful and greatly appreciated here! I need to have this in production yesterday! Thanks in advance! -brian Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119758
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    - Limit access to one application only on RDP login I'm fairly new with admining a windows server so please be kind... I need to set up a client to RDP into our Windows 2003 server. How can I limit them to only running one application and not having access to anything else on the server? Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119753
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    - No Folders Button Hi, Is there a way to display Folders button in Win 2008 Windows Explorer. I want to display the Folders tree in the left navigation pane of Win Explorer. Thanks. Alan Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119752
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    - Disabling the POSIX subsystem on Windows Server 2003 to increase system performance? Gurus, If I disable the POSIX subsystem on my Windows Server 2003 computer, will I increase my system performance, even by a miniscule amount? I do not currently use nor do any applications that I have in my environment use the POSIX subsystem. -- Spin Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119751
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    - Are admin permissions really needed? I have a vendor that is trying to tell me that they need Admin permissions on the Windows 2003 server to perform the following actions. They also thought they needed it for file creation and registry editing, which they don't, but I'm unfamiliar with the following and can't find much online. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! 1. Global System Objects (mutex, events) creation/read/write, used by Inter Process Communication: - Conversion engine - Database remote storage - Database lock/synchronization management - DW licensing management - Full Text Search (indexing service) management 2. Shared Memory creation/read/write (used by Inter Process Communication): - Trace engine - Event log reporting 3. DCOM objects creation Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119750
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    - DNS service causing DC to hang on reboot *posting here and in the DNS forum* DNS is causing my Domain Controller (Win2003R2) to hang on reboot. It freezes on "Preparing Network Connections". To determine it was DNS, I booted into Safe mode and disabled DHCP and DNS. The server booted normally and I was able to log in. I then enabled DHCP and rebooted server and the server booted normally. After I logged in, I then changed the DNS service to manual and started the service and it started successfully and my forward and reverse zones came up (active directory integrated) and all AD errors were cleared on this particular server (I have a total of 4 DCs among 3 different sites). Problems started a couple of weeks ago, when after a reboot, DHCP and DNS were not working. I had to manually start DHCP and although DNS was running, the zones were gone. After I restarted DNS, the zones reappeared and all was fine. The next week DHCP was fine, but again, the zones in DNS disappeared until I restarted the service. Now this week, DNS won't even allow the server to boot. Once DNS is started, replication appears to be working just fine between my sites, and my workstations and servers are happy. Any suggestions on fixing the startup issue when DNS is set to automatic? Seeing as though this is a DC, I probably can't just uninstall and reinstall DNS, can I? I will probably be running dcdiag to help confirm things are okay between all the DCs, but any other suggestions would be helpful if you have them. I'm just not sure why the DNS service is freezing my server upon startup. Thank you! Sara Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119745
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    - Script needed to change the SourcePath value in my Windows Server 2003 Registry Gurus, I am trying to change just the SourcePath value in my Windows Server 2003 Registry via script. I want to change it from it's current value to "D:\ENGLISH\WIN2003\32BIT\ENT_WITH_SP1\I386". What kind of simple script would enable me to change just that one value? The path to that is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. -- Spin Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119735
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    - Windows Server 2008 Task Manager Problem I don't know if I'm in the right group or not, as I cannot locate a specific Server 2008 category. Many times, when I attempt to bring up the task manager I am running into a problem. I can right click the task-bar and select task manager from the context menu or hit CTRL-shift-ESC, or CTRL-alt-Del and select task manger, or start it from the run line, but the result is always the same... task manger starts minimized in the task notification area, and when I right click to restore or close it, the context menu appears, but task manager never comes to the foreground. If I mouse over the task manager Icon on the task-bar, it shows a gauge that is jumping up and down, and a tooltip shows CPU usage at different percentages, however I cannot bring the task manager to the foreground to work with it! The context menu also is staying on the screen with "Always on Top" checked, but I cannot get task manager to come up. Clicking on task managers context menu does nothing and appears to be ignoring the clicks... the context menu does not go away. Is anyone else having this problem? I gargled it, but nothing related comes up. Any assistance would be appreciated. Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119733
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    - Registry Error I am running Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003. I remote installed a System Center Data Protection Manager agent and needed to reboot my server. Having rebooted the server it now comes up with a blue screen stop error. The error is 0x00000051 and says it is a Registry Error. I get this error regardless of whether I am trying to load normally or in safe mode. Any ideas as to how i can recover my sever? Thanks Gavin Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119723
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    - NTP Server did not respond I am receiving a NTP Server did not respond, w32time event ID 11. I have searched the support site and found the error but did not locate how I can remedy this situation. I am running Windows Server 2000, service pack 4 with all the latest Microsoft updates. This is a domain controller (one of three, two of the domain controllers are windows 2000 and one is 2003). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bruce Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119718
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    - How many users... Hi, I have in my organization two server: one server IBM x206 with 4GB of RAM that works as Domain Controller, File server one server IBM x3400 with 4GB of RAM that works as SQL Server 2005 for 15 users and Backup Server, Antivirus server I need to install Terminal server, and probably on the x206 How can i estabilished how many users can works in Terminal Server without affecting too much network and system performance? TIA Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119714
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    - Robocopy Where is the home of current Robocopy information? The sync software we use doesn't work on 2008. I'm awaiting an install of Commvault which will include the replication so in the short term Robocopy seems to work well. Is there somewhere where Robocopy and all its versions, faqs, etc lives. It appears to be built into the 2008x64 OS I have installed and I've seen mention of also built into Vista. It appears to be a later build which includes the dcopy:t timestamps funtionality although this is not listed in the output of /? - doesn't seem to be much info about. Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119712
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    - unable to rdp into server after windows update Hi all. I am unable to rdp into my server after doing manual windows update. Upon windows update completion i would manually restart the server. Previously if i just click on the restart button from the windows update dialog box i would have this problem. All my other servers do not face this problem except this particular server. All my servers are of win2003 standard with sp2 and have the latest patches. Is there any setting i can do to prevent this issue? Thks in advance. Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119701
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    - Replacement for Local Users and Groups Snap-in Hello All, Does anyone know if there are any good replacements/3rd-party tools for the local users and groups snap-in? Many thanks. Ken Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119699
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    - Robocopy /MIR question I am using Robocopy GUI 3.1.2.0 with Windows Scheduler to to copy/sync a folder from a client PC to a shared folder on a Microsoft Windows Home Server. The scheduler runs Robocopy every hour. I want to use the /MIR Switch to copy everything from the Client PC folder to the WHS shared folder and when a file changes or is deleted in the Client folder the change will be copied to the WHS shared folder or the file I ill be deleted in the WHS folder. People on other forums have told me that the /MIR switch purges/deletes the entire destination (WHS) folder when a source file change occurs then Robocopy copies the entire source folder to the destination folder again. Is this correct? I assumed that when the /MIR switch was used the changed files in the source folder would be copied again to the destination folder or they would be deleted in the destination folder when the source folder file was deleted. I didn't think the entire destination folder would be delete and then re-copied from the source. Which scenario is correct? Thanks for your help! -- Regards, Bill Artman Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119689
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    - WBS Backup issues I am having an issue using WBS on a Hyper-v Host with 4 VM's running on it. Config is as follows 64bit Windows 2008 with Hyper-v role WBS feature is installed. All the latest patchs released to 09/12/2008 Including Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956697) Installation date: â??9/â??12/â??2008 8:23 PM Installation status: Successful Update type: Recommended Install this update to resolve an issue in which the Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) does not back up virtual machines properly. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Server 2008 License Terms. More information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956697 Help and Support: http://support.microsoft.com VM's are 1 Windows 2008 DC using a VHD for storage 1 Windows 2008 Web server Ed. using a VHD for storage 1 Windows 2008 Exchange server 2007 using VHD's for storage 1 Windows 2003 SP2 using pass through disks for storage All VM's have the Hyper-v Intagraition tools loaded and the VSS backup option in the VM settings is sellected for all Evertime I reboot the first backup attempt fails and then every backup atempt after reports success. However I do not belive the backups after the first one is using the Hyper-v Writer for VSS Bellow is the steps to show the behavor. Issued command after reboot >> C:\Users\Administrator>vssadmin list writers vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer' Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de} Writer Instance Id: {4a8930b1-165d-4f9b-8024-c37961a4b7ce} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'System Writer' Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} Writer Instance Id: {d5612e86-0374-44cc-957b-b2616e264fee} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'ASR Writer' Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4} Writer Instance Id: {a2cd5ee7-6f09-47f8-9afd-fcca429c9bd4} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'BITS Writer' Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0} Writer Instance Id: {5752db5d-5d0b-4ae0-be06-971afd4246b9} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'Registry Writer' Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485} Writer Instance Id: {48917837-49d4-4d3b-b564-876e3e7eba1c} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'WMI Writer' Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} Writer Instance Id: {ad730ce5-91e5-48d5-8b81-2a86a0aaf2e5} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer' Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f} Writer Instance Id: {0655bb31-ca18-45fc-8a55-7fb5267abb08} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer' Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} Writer Instance Id: {c74edbcd-071e-41bc-bda8-c5911d08f2e6} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Then: Start the backup and wait for failed job Issued Command as soon as backup failes >> C:\Users\Administrator>vssadmin list writers vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer' Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de} Writer Instance Id: {4a8930b1-165d-4f9b-8024-c37961a4b7ce} State: [9] Failed Last error: Not responding Writer name: 'System Writer' Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} Writer Instance Id: {d5612e86-0374-44cc-957b-b2616e264fee} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'ASR Writer' Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4} Writer Instance Id: {a2cd5ee7-6f09-47f8-9afd-fcca429c9bd4} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'WMI Writer' Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} Writer Instance Id: {ad730ce5-91e5-48d5-8b81-2a86a0aaf2e5} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'BITS Writer' Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0} Writer Instance Id: {5752db5d-5d0b-4ae0-be06-971afd4246b9} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer' Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} Writer Instance Id: {c74edbcd-071e-41bc-bda8-c5911d08f2e6} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer' Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f} Writer Instance Id: {0655bb31-ca18-45fc-8a55-7fb5267abb08} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'Registry Writer' Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485} Writer Instance Id: {48917837-49d4-4d3b-b564-876e3e7eba1c} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Issue command about 30 Sec later >> C:\Users\Administrator>vssadmin list writers As you can see the writer is gone. vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Writer name: 'System Writer' Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} Writer Instance Id: {d5612e86-0374-44cc-957b-b2616e264fee} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'ASR Writer' Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4} Writer Instance Id: {a2cd5ee7-6f09-47f8-9afd-fcca429c9bd4} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'BITS Writer' Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0} Writer Instance Id: {5752db5d-5d0b-4ae0-be06-971afd4246b9} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer' Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} Writer Instance Id: {c74edbcd-071e-41bc-bda8-c5911d08f2e6} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer' Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f} Writer Instance Id: {0655bb31-ca18-45fc-8a55-7fb5267abb08} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'Registry Writer' Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485} Writer Instance Id: {48917837-49d4-4d3b-b564-876e3e7eba1c} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer name: 'WMI Writer' Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} Writer Instance Id: {ad730ce5-91e5-48d5-8b81-2a86a0aaf2e5} State: [5] Waiting for completion Last error: No error Writer is gone till next reboot. Backup Jobs kick off and finish succesfully after this but don't think it is getting the benifits of the Hyper-v Writer and don't know constance the VHD's are. This error in the event is also logged. Log Name: Application Source: VSS Date: 9/13/2008 2:39:57 PM Event ID: 12301 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: vmserv.markandbeth.net Description: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Writer Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer did not respond to a GatherWriterStatus call. Operation: Gather writers' status Executing Asynchronous Operation Context: Current State: GatherWriterStatus Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="VSS" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">12301</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-09-13T18:39:57.000Z" /> <EventRecordID>2505</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>vmserv.markandbeth.net</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer</Data> <Data> Operation: Gather writers' status Executing Asynchronous Operation Context: Current State: GatherWriterStatus</Data> <Binary>2D20436F64653A2042554543584D4C4330303030343630332D2043616C6C3A2042554543584D4C4330303030343531392D205049443A202030303030333839322D205449443A202030303030333830342D20434D443A202076737361646D696E20206C697374207772697465727320202D20557365723A20564D534552565C41646D696E6973747261746F72202020202D205369643A2020532D312D352D32312D313032393339383634332D3434303331333237312D333337333035313534332D35303020202020</Binary> </EventData> </Event> -- Mark Murphy - MCSE2000 Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119683
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    - w2k3/IIS6 query on FTP logins? Learning here how to use windows Explorer to ftp data to our server, instead of using our FTP software. Seems pretty easy to do, but I've a question. w2k3 is supposed to allow you to both isolate or not, the user from all the folders in the vhosts folder, as I understand it. In setting up a simple FTP, I just used the Wizard and it ran fine...but I did note that when I tried to use same, I was asked for the id/pw and I had them for one of the sites on the server....but that made me wonder. When I'm using RDC on the server and settting up a new FTP service there, for a client whom I want to be isolated, I did NOT see anyway to create id/pw for them. Is there a way using IIS mgr in the console to do that? Did I miss it? Jim Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119680
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    - Burning IMG file to DVD I downloaded Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (Trial edition) Microsoft's download page says to download and burn the ISO to CD or DVD but the download is a IMG extention, not ISO. I have tried to burn the IMG to DVD but all it does is move the file to the DVD and not extract it like a ZIP or ISO would. I am using Sonic DigitalMedia but can't seem to figure how to extract it. I have looked all over google for an answer and everyone seems to have this problem. I have changed the extention to ISO but that didn't do anything. Here is the link http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/trial/installinstruct.mspx Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119679
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    - Scheduled Task .bat file 0x1 Error I was having trouble getting a scheduled task to run on Windows Server 2008 that was calling a .bat file to run. Specifically, I was getting a 0x1 error whenever the scheduled task ran. The solution was to type in the path to the .bat file in the Start In(optional): in the edit action window. You get there by pressing the Edit button under the Actions tab. Here is an example path you'd type in if your .bat file is located under the temp folder at the root of drive c: c:\temp\bat I wanted to report this solution because it took me several days to discover this solution and I wanted to save someone else the trouble. Tag: Shadow Copies for Shared Folders and VSS Hardware Provider Tag: 119678
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    - Server 2008 Script questions Hello, I am trying to modify a script from the Windows 2008 server resource kit to fit my needs. I am wondering if anyone can help in this effort. Here is what I have for the script: '========================================================================== ' ' VBScript Source File -- Created with SAPIEN Technologies PrimalScript 2007 ' ' NAME: UDS_UserFolders_Extended_Provision_DFS.vbs ' ' AUTHOR: Dan Holme , Intelliem ' DATE : 11/12/2007 ' ' USAGE: ' cscript.exe UDS_UserFolders_Extended_Provision_DFS.vbs UserFolderPath ' [dfs:Y /server:<servername> ' /userfirstname:<first name> /userlastname:<last name> ' ' Creates a physical and DFS namespace for all user data stores. ' See the Windows Administration Resource Kit for documentation ' ' Neither Microsoft nor Intelliem guarantee the performance ' of scripts, scripting examples or tools. ' ' See www.intelliem.com/resourcekit for updates to this script ' ' (c) 2007 Intelliem, Inc '========================================================================== ' CONFIGURATION BLOCK ' Because configuration is so significant for this script, it has been moved to ' Sub Configuration () Option Explicit Dim FSO, WSHShell Dim sUsernameFolder Dim sUsername, sCommand, sFolder Dim arr, i, ret Dim sUserDataServer, sUserFirst, sUserLast Dim bDFSNamespaceMode, bQuiet Dim DFSUTIL Dim sUserDFSNamespace, sUserDataPath Dim sUserDocsDFSFolder, sUserDocsShareName, sUserDocsPath Dim sUserDesktopDFSFolder, sUserDesktopShareName, sUserDesktopPath Dim sUserFavoritesDFSFolder, sUserFavoritesShareName, sUserFavoritesPath Dim sUserMusicDFSFolder, sUserMusicShareName, sUserMusicPath Dim sUserPicturesDFSFolder, sUserPicturesShareName, sUserPicturesPath Dim sUserVideosDFSFolder, sUserVideosShareName, sUserVideosPath Dim sUserProfileDFSFolder, sUserProfileShareName, sUserProfilePath Dim sUserProfileV2DFSFolder, sUserProfileV2ShareName, sUserProfileV2Path Dim sUserBackupsDFSFolder, sUserBackupsShareName, sUserBackupsPath Dim sDomainNetBIOS, sTemplate_UserData Dim bInheritanceError Create_Common_Objects Check_Arguments Configuration Create_Physical_Namespace If bDFSNamespaceMode Then Create_DFS_Namespace WScript.Echo sUsernameFolder & " provisioned." Sub Create_Physical_Namespace() ' ===================================================================================== ' Create physical namespace for %username% folder and the user's data stores beneath it ' %USERNAME% folder ' Physical path is passed to script as first argument ' and stored in sUsernameFolder variable ' Make sure it exists. If not, create it. If that fails, quit. If Not FolderPath_Create(sUsernameFolder) Then WScript.Echo "Folder could not be found and could not be created." WScript.Quit End If ' Determine the user name by looking at the last folder in the folder path sUsername = FSO.GetFolder(sUsernameFolder).Name ' %USERNAME%\Data ' The parent folder of Documents and Desktop ' Create folder if it does not exist and, if successful, apply a quota. sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserDataPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then sCommand = "dirquota quota add /path:""" & sFolder & """ /sourcetemplate:""" & sTemplate_UserData & """" arr = Execute_Capture(sCommand, 10, True) End If ' %USERNAME%\Data\Documents sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserDocsPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Data\Desktop sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserDesktopPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Data\Favorites sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserFavoritesPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Data\Music sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserMusicPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Data\Pictures sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserPicturesPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Data\Videos sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserVideosPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Backups sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserBackupsPath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Profile sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserProfilePath If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' %USERNAME%\Profile.V2 sFolder = sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserProfileV2Path If FolderPath_Create( sFolder ) Then ' Management logic here, if any End If ' INHERITANCE ' Ensure that inheritance is enabled for the %username% folder and the profile folders ' If the roaming profile created the folder first, it will be off! ' WS2008 code using icacls.exe with the new /inheritance switch sCommand = "icacls """ & sUsernameFolder & """ /inheritance:e" arr = Execute_Capture(sCommand, 10, True) if arr(0) > 0 then bInheritanceError = True sCommand = "icacls """ & sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserProfilePath & """ /inheritance:e" arr = Execute_Capture(sCommand, 10, True) If arr(0) > 0 then bInheritanceError = True sCommand = "icacls """ & sUsernameFolder & "\" & sUserProfileV2Path & """ /inheritance:e" arr = Execute_Capture(sCommand, 10, True) if arr(0) > 0 then bInheritanceError = True If bInheritanceError Then WScript.Echo "There was an error enabling inheritance using icacls.exe." & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & _ "If you are executing this script from a system that is not running" & VbCrLf & _ "Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1, then the error is expected: " & VbCrLf & _ "older versions of icacls.exe do not support the /inheritance switch." & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & _ "Once the script is complete, you must check to ensure inheritance is enabled" &VbCrLf & _ "on the following folders: " & VbCrLf & _ " - " & sUsernameFolder & VbCrLf & _ " - " & sUsernameFolder & "\Profile" & VbCrLf & _ " - " & sUsernameFolder & "\Profile.V2" & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & _ WScript.Echo End If ' PERMISSIONS AND OWNERSHIP ' We've been creating all of these folders. We need to ensure the user has full control and owns them. ' First, we give the user full control at the %username% folder. ' Inheritance should be enabled on all subfolders, allowing that permission to apply down the tree. sCommand = "icacls """ & sUsernameFolder & """ /grant " & sDomainNetBIOS &"\" & sUsername & ":(CI)(OI)F" arr = Execute_Capture(sCommand, 10, True) ' Log_Command sCommand, arr ' Then we grant ownership to the tree at the end of the routine, so we can blast ownership down with the /T switch sCommand = "icacls """ & sUsernameFolder & """ /setowner " & sDomainNetBIOS &"\" & sUsername & " /T" arr = Execute_Capture(sCommand, 10, True) ' Log_Command sCommand, arr End Sub Sub Create_DFS_Namespace() ' ===================================================================================== ' Create DFS namespace for %username% DFS folder and the user's data stores beneath it Dim sUserDFSFolder ' Define the top-level folder for the user within the DFS namespace sUserDFSFolder = sUserDFSNamespace & "\" & sUsername ' %USERNAME%\Documents sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserDocsDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserDocsShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserDocsPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Desktop sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserDesktopDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserDesktopShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserDesktopPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Favorites sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserFavoritesDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserFavoritesShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserFavoritesPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Music sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserMusicDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserMusicShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserMusicPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Pictures sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserPicturesDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserPicturesShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserPicturesPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Videos sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserVideosDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserVideosShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserVideosPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Profile sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserProfileDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserProfileShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserProfilePath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Profile.V2 sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserProfileV2DFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserProfileV2ShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserProfileV2Path arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME%\Backups sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link add " & _ sUserDFSFolder & "\" & sUserBackupsDFSFolder & _ " \\" & sUserDataServer & "\" & sUserBackupsShareName & _ "\" & sUsername & "\" & sUserBackupsPath arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) Log_Command sCommand, arr ' %USERNAME% ' The root DFS folder for the user, %username%, has subfolders ' with targets but does not itself have targets. ' So it cannot be created with DFSUTIL. Instead, it is created ' when a subfoder (with a target) is created. ' Therefore, we have to wait until a subfolder has been created ' to configure the COMMENT property sCommand = """" & DFSUTIL & """ link comment set " & _ sUserDFSFolder & " """ & sUserLast & ", " & sUserFirst & """" arr = Execute_Capture( sCommand, 10, True) End Sub Sub Create_Common_Objects() Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set WSHShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") End Sub Sub Check_Arguments() Dim sDFS On Error Resume Next If Right(" " & WScript.Arguments(0),1)="?" Then Call Usage() WScript.Quit(0) End If sUsernameFolder = WScript.Arguments(0) If sUsernameFolder = "" Then WScript.Echo "No parent folder provided" WScript.Quit(501) End If On Error GoTo 0 ' Check to see if we're running DFS Namespace creation mode sDFS = WScript.Arguments.Named("dfs") & " " bDFSNamespaceMode = (UCase(Left(sDFS,1))="Y") sUserDataServer = WScript.Arguments.Named("server") sUserFirst = WScript.Arguments.Named("userfirstname") sUserLast = WScript.Arguments.Named("userlastname") If (bDFSNamespaceMode And (sUserDataServer = "")) Then WScript.Echo "Cannot run in DFS Namespace creation mode: /server:<servername> argument required." WScript.Quit(501) End If ' Default for this script is quiet. Must specify /quiet:N to produce output. bQuiet = Not(UCase(Left(WScript.Arguments.Named("quiet") & " ", 1)) = "N") End Sub Sub Configuration() ' Because the definition of the namespace is such a big block of code, ' it is separated into a Sub, allowing some script editing applications ' to "collapse" the Sub for readability ' It is assumed that namespaces are consistent across systems in a ' user data and settings framework. ' SMB share namespace: ' SHARES: users$, profiles$ and backups$ ' all three shares target the same physical <root> ' Physical namespace: ' FOLDERS: <root> ' %username% ' Backups ' Data ' Documents ' Desktop ' Favorites ' Music ' Pictures ' Videos ' Profile ' Profile.V2 ' The DFS namespace is created in this structure: ' DFS: <namespace/root> ' %username% ' Backups ' Documents ' Desktop ' Favorites ' Music ' Pictures ' Profile ' Profile.V2 ' Videos ' All of the structure and assumptions above can be modified to some ' extent by changing configuration below. Also look at the code ' that *generates* the physical and DFS namespaces based on this configuration ' if you need to do further customization ' CONFIGURATION BLOCK ' The physical root (e.g. E:\Users) is assumed to already exist, since ' it only has to be created and shared one time. ' Similarly, it is assumed that the root folder has been shared as ' users$ (caching emabled), profiles$ (caching disabled), and backups$ (caching disabled) ' ' The %username% folder is passed to the script as the first argument ' and is stored in the sUsernameFolder variable ' The parent folder in the physical namespace for Documents and Desktop sUserDataPath = "Data" ' The DFS namespace within which to create the user's folders ' The DFS namespace must be created prior to running this script sUserDFSNamespace = "\\contoso.com\users" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Documents targets \\<server>\users$\%username%\data\Documents sUserDocsDFSFolder = "Documents" sUserDocsShareName = "Users$" sUserDocsPath = "Data\Documents" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Desktop targets \\<server>\users$\%username%\data\Desktop sUserDesktopDFSFolder = "Desktop" sUserDesktopShareName = "Users$" sUserDesktopPath = "Data\Desktop" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Favorites targets \\<server>\users$\%username%\data\Favorites sUserFavoritesDFSFolder = "Favorites" sUserFavoritesShareName = "Users$" sUserFavoritesPath = "Data\Favorites" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Music targets \\<server>\users$\%username%\data\Music sUserMusicDFSFolder = "Music" sUserMusicShareName = "Users$" sUserMusicPath = "Data\Music" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Pictures targets \\<server>\users$\%username%\data\Pictures sUserPicturesDFSFolder = "Pictures" sUserPicturesShareName = "Users$" sUserPicturesPath = "Data\Pictures" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Videos targets \\<server>\users$\%username%\data\Videos sUserVideosDFSFolder = "Videos" sUserVideosShareName = "Users$" sUserVideosPath = "Data\Videos" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Profile targets \\<server>\profiles$\%username%\Profile sUserProfileDFSFolder = "Profile" sUserProfileShareName = "Profiles$" sUserProfilePath = "Profile" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Profile.V2 targets \\<server>\profiles$\%username%\Profile.V2 ' this is the Windows Vista user profile folder sUserProfileV2DFSFolder = "Profile.V2" sUserProfileV2ShareName = "Profiles$" sUserProfileV2Path = "Profile.v2" ' DFSNamespace\%username%\Backups targets \\<server>\backups$\%userprofile%\Backups sUserBackupsDFSFolder = "Backups" sUserBackupsShareName = "Backups$" sUserBackupsPath = "Backups" ' Other configuration ' Your domain name sDomainNetBIOS = "CONTOSO" ' The name of the template you want applied to the user's Data folder sTemplate_UserData = "1 GB User Data Storage Limit with 100 MB Extension" ' The path to DFSUTIL.exe (include the full path if it is not in the system path) ' DFSUTIL is installed with the administrative tools for the DFS role DFSUTIL = "dfsutil.exe" End Sub Function FolderPath_Create(FolderPath) ' VERSION 070918 ' Creates a folder path specified by FolderPath ' and returns True (success) or False (failure) ' ' Recursively create a folder path ' This is an "inside out" recursion that starts with the lowest level, ' works its way "up" to the nearest ancestor that exists, then ' creates folders down from there as it works its way out of recursions ' ' INPUT: FolderPath: desired folder path ' OUTPUT: FolderPath_Create: TRUE: success ' FALSE: failure Dim bFolderExists FolderPath_Create = False On Error Resume Next bFolderExists = FSO.FolderExists(FolderPath) If Err.Number <> 0 Then ' This handles scenarios where a sharename in a UNC doesn't exist. ' I was getting Out of Memory errors on the FolderExists method. FolderPath_Create = False Exit Function End If If Not bFolderExists Then ' If the folder doesn't exist already, test its parent ' (RECURSIVE CALL TO SELF) If FolderPath_Create(FSO.GetParentFolderName(FolderPath)) Then ' Create the folder FolderPath_Create = True Call FSO.CreateFolder(FolderPath) End If Else ' This level of folder does exist FolderPath_Create = True End If End Function Function Execute_Capture(ByVal sCommand, ByVal iTimeout, ByVal bTerminate) ' VERSION 070918 ' Executes command in sCommand ' Times out after iTimeout and (optionally) terminates the process ' Returns exit code, StdOut & StdErr ' ' INPUTS: sCommand: Command to run ' iTimeout: Time (in seconds) to wait for process ' bTerminate: TRUE = terminate process after timeout ' FALSE = return from function ' RETURNS: Execute_Capture: *ARRAY* ' (0): Exit code of command ' 0.01 = timed out but NOT terminated ' 0.99 = timed out and TERMINATED ' (1): StdOut ' (2): StdErr Dim oExec, iTimer, iExitCode, sOut, sErr Set oExec = WSHShell.Exec(sCommand) iTimer = 0 Do While oExec.Status = 0 WScript.Sleep 100 iTimer = iTimer + 100 If (iTimer/1000) > iTimeout Then Exit Do Loop If oExec.Status = 0 Then ' Not completed, but timed out If bTerminate Then ' Terminate oExec.Terminate iExitCode = 0.99 Else ' Timeout but do not terminate iExitCode = 0.01 End If Else ' Completed iExitCode = oExec.ExitCode End If sOut = oExec.StdOut.ReadAll sErr = oExec.StdErr.ReadAll Execute_Capture = Array(iExitCode, sOut, sErr) End Function Sub Log_Command(ByVal sCommand, arr) If Not bQuiet And arr(0) <> 0 Then WScript.Echo String(80,"-") WScript.Echo sCommand WScript.Echo "Exit Code: " & arr(0) WScript.Echo "STD OUT" WScript.Echo arr(1) WScript.Echo "STD ERR" WScript.Echo arr(2) WScript.Echo String(80,"-") WScript.Echo VbCrLf End If End Sub Sub Usage() WScript.Echo "UDS_UserFolders_Extended_Provision_DFS" WScript.Echo "======================================" WScript.Echo "Create user data stores and" WScript.Echo "fully-enumerated DFS namespace for a user." WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "USAGE:" WScript.Echo " cscript.exe UDS_UserFolders_Extended_Provision_DFS.vbs" WScript.Echo " UserFolderPath" WScript.Echo " [/DFS:Y /server:<servername>" WScript.Echo " /userfirstname:<first name> /userlastname:<last name>]" WScript.Echo "WHERE:" WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "UserFolderPath" WScript.Echo "--------------" WScript.Echo "Full local or network path to a user's folder," WScript.Echo "e.g. E:\Users\jfine or \\server01\users$\jfine." WScript.Echo "The user's folder will be created if it does not already exist." WScript.Echo "It is assumed that the last folder in the path (e.g. jfine) is the user's" WScript.Echo "pre-Windows 2000 Logon Name. That account must already exist. It is given" WScript.Echo "ownership and Full Control of the folder" WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "/DFS:Y" WScript.Echo "Create a fully enumerated DFS namespace for the user." WScript.Echo "If running in this mode, you also must provide these parameters:" WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "/server:<servername> Server on which the user's data is located" WScript.Echo "/userfirstname:<first name> User's first name" WScript.Echo "/userlastname:<last name> User's last name" WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "In DFS namespace mode, the DFSUTIL command must be in the system path" WScript.Echo "(%PATH%, e.g. System32). DFSUTIL is installed by the DFS admin tools." WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "Run the script from a Windows Vista SP1 or Windows Server 2008 system." WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "Run locally on a Windows Server 2008 server as an adminsitrator." 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Can the shadow copies for shared folders use a VSS hardware provider ?

Thanks,
Mariano

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