fail to set shared folder
I right click a folder, select 'Share with', 'Specific people', then add some domain users and click 'Share'. It works fine without error. However, then I type \server to check, but cannot see the shared folder. I go to Server Manager, File and…
Local Users group and the machine account
Can someone please explain why that I see the machine account if I list the Users group on some systems while it doesn't exist on others (same OS)? Thread source link:…
nfsadmin syntax
Can anyone tell me the correct syntax for the nfsadmin command? "nfsadmin server [computername] config casesensitivelookups = yes" doesn't seem to be working for me. What am I doing wrong? I keep getting an invalid option arguement error.…
Re-install CAL in new server
We have RDS (CAL) 2012 installed in our server 2012R2, now we want to format our server and install new windows version(2016) therefore i have the following questions: 1- How can i re-install the CAL again in the new windows while i forget/lost the…
LDAP Referrals for cross forest CA enrolment
I am setting up Cross Forest certificate enrolment for 2 forests that have 2 way trusts and an existing mature Enterprise CA in both. I am using this documentation: …
Question about Server type and definition
Hello, I'm confused about what type of server the Microsoft Windows server is. Windows servers can be application servers, database servers (Active Directory with LDAP), web servers (IIS), and so on, depending on what i install in addition to roles and…
Windows Server 2016 Wake on LAN (WOL) feature
Hi, Does Windows Server 2016 supports Wake on LAN(WOL) feature? If Yes, does WOL supported for S3, S4 and S5 power states ? Thread source link:…
RDGW NLB cluster responding with DUP ICMP Echo
Hello. We have 2 RDGW servers (2012R2) configured in a NLB cluster. Both servers have 2 NICs, 1 LAN, 1 WAN - NLB is configured on the WAN interface. NLB configured in anycast mode. We have found out that if the cluster IP or the individual WAN IPs…
Different driver versions for physical and virtual interfaces
Hi all, I have a question, I have configured 2 physical interfaces in a Teaming using Windows, but check the driver version for all of them, previously to Teaming configuration, first I had the oldest version for physical interfaces, so, I did an update…
Network Configuration on Windows Server 2016
Hey, I have a server which has 2 physical NICs and with a team at the O/S level. I would like to create multiple vNICs on this teamed interface to segregate the traffic. How can this be achieved? It is NOT a Hyper-V host. Thread source link:…
L2TP only works from Android
Hi All, maybe someone knows how to approach this. VPN server configured on windows server 2016 Clients can use pptp no problem. I try to switch to L2TP but I can only connect from android phone (4g and wifi) When I connect from windows 10 PRO…
the only valid load balancing algorithms in a virtual machine are transport
i am trying to create teaming at a 2019 std server in my virtual lab, but am getting this error when adding 2 nics into the first team: the only valid load balancing algorithms in a virtual machine are transport anyone who knows why this happens and…
DHCP Failover
Hi Team. I have configured a DHCP Failover with windows 2012 R2 servers at 2 different sites. i have the below questions as to what happens when Once the Partner (passive server become active after MCLT expire and take control of whole range of…
Decreasing The DHCP Scope
I have a Windows 2012 Domain. I want to reduce my DHCP scope. 1) Can I lower the ending IP address without affecting/disconnecting clients that currently have one of the IPs that I am removing from the scope? 2) Can I add (or still keep my existing)…
DHCP setup - IP range
Hello, The server IP is in 192.168.100.0/24 can it assign different IP addresses range to Domain PCs? The servers are our cloud server, which the network internal network gateway is 192.168.100.1 it connects to our local network by VPN. and as…
AlwaysOnVPN Full Ports List
Hi, Do Microsoft provide details of all ports required for AlwaysOnVPN solution. Article followed is https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-access/vpn/always-on-vpn/deploy/always-on-vpn-deploy-deployment We require a…
DHCP Failover Not Automaticaly Replicating Scope
Hi, Earlier I created a DHCP "Load Balance" Failover Configuration between 2 WS2019 DCs. I discovered that while the scope options, reservations, and leases were correctly replicated upon creation of the failover relationship, any…
DNS BPA Gives error "The Active Directory integrated DNS zone _msdcs.upp-ltd.local was not found."
Hi all, I am looking into fixing an issue on our AD DNS servers - We have 3. The error DNS BPA gives is: "The Active Directory integrated DNS zone _msdcs.upp-ltd.local was not found." Below is a picture from one of our DNS servers.…
DC with 4 NICS - all 4 are showing up in DNS
Hi all, Quick question to people. I have a DC with 1 NIC for LAN and 3 NICS for iSCSI traffic. Clients cannot see the iSCSI network. When i run 'nslookup serverdc' I get all 4 addresses. My assumption is this is not desired because if a client try to…
Autorun application from Microsoft
While using the Autorun facility to fix the missing DLL files in my laptop (windows 7) I am getting the below error "Autostart Program Viewer has stopped working" Please assist with a solution. Thanks