Windows Storage Viewer 1.0

http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2011/02/11/windows-storage-viewer-1-0/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheStorageArchitect+%28The+Storage+Architect%29

Windows Storage Viewer 1.0

Storage Foundation Basic for Windows

http://www.ithome.com.tw/itadm/article.php?c=64115

Storage Foundation Basic for Windows

How to share a folder to have a hidden feature in Windows Server 2008

Turn on ABE (Access Based Enumeration).

There are four methods to enable a file share in Windows Server 2008.

Two of them will enable ABE by default.

For more information:

http://msmvps.com/blogs/erikr/archive/2008/06/28/access-based-enumeration-abe.aspx

Remark:

The Access Based Enumeration is filters shared folders visible to a user based on that individual user's access rights, preventing the display of folders or other shared resources that the user does not have rights to access. ABE can be accessed via graphical user interface (GUI), command-line executable tool, and a robust advanced programming interface (API).

It start from Windows Server 2003 SP1 support this feature.

How to share a folder to have a hidden feature in Windows Server 2008

File share disappear on iSCSI volume after the Windows Server 2003 is reboot

iSCSI share disappears after Windows 2003 rebooting.

http://esupport.thecus.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=128&nav=0,7

 

File shares on iSCSI devices may not be re-created when you restart the computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870964

File share disappear on iSCSI volume after the Windows Server 2003 is reboot

New File Shortcut - reate a custom task to move old files to another server and leave a shortcut in place

To move old files to another server and leave a shortcut in place. The files are moved to a cheaper storage server and the users can still find their files with practically no fuss. However, this requires Windows Server 2008 R2.

You can download the script file http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/New-FileShortCut.txt which is created by Jeffery Hicks

Reference:

http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2010/03/new-file-shortcut/#utm_source=feed%26utm_medium=feed%26utm_campaign=feed

New File Shortcut - reate a custom task to move old files to another server and leave a shortcut in place

Windows Storage Server 2008 and iSCSI Software Target 3.2 documentation on TechNet

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd573315%28WS.10%29.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd573326%28WS.10%29.aspx

Windows Storage Server 2008 and iSCSI Software Target 3.2 documentation on TechNet

(File Server Migration) Using robocopy for file copy and synchronize

Robocopy.exe C:\folder1 D:\folder2 /e /copyall /w:1 /r:1

 

The “/e” specifies to copy everything, including subfolders.  The “/copyall” switch specifies to copy security and file attributes.  The “/w:1” switch specifies to wait 1 second before retrying a file if access denied.  The “/r:1” switch specifies to retry a failed file 1 time before moving on. 

(File Server Migration) Using robocopy for file copy and synchronize

You cannot make more than one client connection over a NAT device to Windows File Server

When two client computers try to use the server message block (SMB) protocol to connect to the same server across a network address translation (NAT) device, the more recent client connection may reset the earlier client connection. If a client and a server that use the SMB protocol over a NAT device are copying files, that session may be reset when another client uses the SMB protocol over the same NAT device to the same server.

When a new connection is established to a server, the server checks for previous connections from the same client IP address and deletes any previous connections. Because NAT acts as a proxy for the SMB protocol by using the same IP address from the two client connection requests, the earlier connection is terminated.

This fix applies only to the SMB protocol traffic over TCP NetBIOS port 139. The connectivity problem that is mentioned in this article still occurs on client computers that are running Windows 2000 or later if you make the connection with direct hosting on port 445. By default, Windows 2000 uses this port.

You can establish no more than one direct hosting client connection across a NAT device. If you must have more than one simultaneous SMB protocol, disable either direct hosting on the Windows 2000 file server or on all clients behind the NAT device.

To disable direct hosting on the server:

1. Start Registry Editor.


2. Locate and then click the following registry key:
   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters


3. Add the following registry value:
   
   Value Name: SmbDeviceEnabled
   Type: REG_DWORD
   Value Data: 0
   
   The default setting is 1 (enabled)

When you complete these steps, clients must use port 139 NetBIOS over TCP/IP to make a connection.

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B301673&x=8&y=7

You cannot make more than one client connection over a NAT device to Windows File Server

File Server Capacity Tool

File server capacity planning and performance troubleshooting are critical aspects of high-level network administration. Central file servers and distributed client workstations are now the norm in most corporate networks. This structure reduces storage capacity requirements, centralizes backup, increases the availability of files, and simplifies the document revision and review process. However, because data storage and access are centralized, performance limitations impact the entire network population. Accurately projecting the number of users that hardware can support under a specific workload, and understanding when and where bottlenecks occur, are critical to making efficient improvements to the server configuration. File server capacity planning tools can be valuable in choosing new hardware for purchase, identifying the capacity of existing hardware, locating existing bottlenecks, and planning for resource expansion in advance of resource exhaustion. The throughput capacity of a file server can be expressed either as the maximum number of operations per second or a maximum number of users supported by the configuration. These values are influenced by several factors, some of which include processor speed, available memory, disk speed, network throughput and latency, and the speed with which SMB requests are processed.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0b212272-1884-4af1-972d-42ef1db9f977

File Server Capacity Tool

(Freeware) DeltaCopy

What is DeltaCopy

In general terms, DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program. Let's say you have to backup one file that is 500 MB every night. A normal file copy would copy the entire file even if a few bytes have changed. DeltaCopy, on the other hand, would only copy the part of file that has actually been modified. This reduces the data transfer to just a small fraction of 500 MB saving time and network bandwidth.

In technical terms, DeltaCopy is a "Windows Friendly" wrapper around the Rsync program, currently maintained by Wayne Davison. "rsync" is primarily designed for Unix/Linux/BSD systems. Although ports are available for Windows, they typically require downloading Cygwin libraries and manual configuration.

Unlike "rsync", DeltaCopy is a only available for Windows and is tightly integrated with services available only on Microsoft platforms (NT4, XP, 2000 & 2003). Here is a list of features

• Incremental backup - Copies part of the file that is actually modified


• Task scheduler - Profiles in DeltaCopy can run based on a schedule


• Email notification - Administrators can receive email confirmation on successful as well as failed transfers


• One-click restore - Backed up files can be easily restored.


• Windows friendly environment - No need to manually modify configuration files or play around with command line options.

http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp

(Freeware) DeltaCopy

(Freeware) FILEACL

NTFS Permissions command line tool

The FILEACL application was designed to be a small command line tool that allows to manipulate ACLs on NTFS volumes.

Here are some key features of "FILEACL":

· change permissions masks
· take ownership
· manipulate inheritance
· report permissions and apply them elsewhere
· view raw or SDDL version of security information 

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/FILEACL.shtml

(Freeware) FILEACL