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Move Client Computer Backups to member server

May 19, 2016, 5:08 am
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Hello,

I have WSE 2012r2 installed on Server1.  I have added a second Server that has Server 2012r2 Standard installed and it has been promoted to a domain controller.   Server1 has all the FSMO etc roles as required. 

I would like to move the "Client Computer Backups" server folder to Server2 where I have storage available.  On Server1 in the WSE dashboard, I can create a new server folder on Server2, but cannot move any existing folder between servers. 

If I install the Server Essentials Experience on Server 2, will I be able to move the "client computer backups" server folder to Server 2? or at least run Client Computer Backups on Server2?  I don't want to connect the computers to Server2, it's all the same domain.  Would rather manage them from Server1, but will if required. I think so from this article, but not sure: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj713503.aspx#BKMK_10

Also, if I installs the Server Essentials Experience on Server 2, will it mess up my existing IIS setup on that computer?  I have that role already installed and custom website setup that hosts and application. 

Thank you all in advance for your help.

Many Thanks, JP

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iSCSI Server: Can't connect to local computer

January 10, 2013, 9:34 am
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Hi,

I have had iSCSI working over the VPN to backup a remote server to my EX490 running Windows Server 2012 Essentials.  However, I made the mistake of allowing access by IP instead of IQN.  I now want to remove the old target and add a new one but any operation I do with the iSCSI pane (Server Manager -> File and Storage -> iSCSI) results in the following error.  It's even the same to create new iSCSI disks.

Both iSCSI services are running in services.  I tried removing the role and adding it back in.  I think somewhere along the line I've done something to mess iSCSI up but I can't think what it is.  Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips.  As iSCSI target server was only previously available in Storage Server I'm having trouble finding any info on the web.

I did trick my initiator into getting on the old IP address and we had a successful connection but trying to do anything on the local (WS2012e) server results in cannot connect to the computer.  Did I disassociate WINRM or something?

Cheers,

Al

-- Free AV for WHSv1 : http://whsclamav.sourceforge.net/ ---- The add-in won't work on WHS 2011/2


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BOSD on Server 2012 Essentials

June 2, 2016, 10:22 pm
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One of our servers just had 2 BSODs within a 24 hour period, but unfortunately i don't know hot to read the dmp file, can someone help me to find the cause?

Also i will be very grateful if someone posts me a tutorial on how to read and understand the dmp files to understand in the future how to diagnose this kind of problems Thanks!!

Here are my dmp files

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=26D62B7003B74D69!214&authkey=!ACV0trjMgXkhxWA&ithint=file%2cdmp

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=26D62B7003B74D69!215&authkey=!ABn3Zefv9Fihn6Y&ithint=file%2cdmp

Thanks for your help...

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Cannot generate SSPI context

June 2, 2016, 10:29 pm
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Hi All,

I understand that this is a SQL Server error however Googling it seems it has to to with Security and Credentials.

I need to start by saying I am not a system admin/dba. My problem is my home office with 1 Server (not VM) Windows 2012 R2 Essentials and 1 Windows 10 PC. This set up has been working fine for over a year and only started causing me problems after I rebooted the server.

Problems I am having:

1. I need to provide credentials (my login details) for my Mapped network drives every time I restart the client PC

2. I am no longer able to store the credentials for remote connecting to my Server from client PC because '..identity (of server) is not fully verified'

3. I can no longer connect to my SQL Server on the Server from client PC because of 'Cannot generate SSPI context' error.

I have read the MSFT KB article on how to troubleshoot that error and I have to say I just don't understand most of it.

I have looked into SetSPN because of recommendations from other but again not sure what I am doing, e.g. where do I run it? I have run it on my Server with my client PC name using the -L switch and got the  following but I am not sure what this means:

TERMSRV/<PC CLIENT>
TERMSRV/<PC CLIENT>.<DOMAIN>.local
RestrictedKrbHost/<PC CLIENT>
HOST/<PC CLIENT>
RestrictedKrbHost/<PC CLIENT>.<DOMAIN>.local
HOST/<PC CLIENT>.<DOMAIN>.local

Edit: 

I can confirm that client PC is logged into the same domain as my Server domain, someone in a SQL Server forum asked me to  check with SET USERDOMAIN.

Also I found references to NLTEST on the web. Running nltest /query on my client PC I get:

Connection Status = 1311 0x51f ERROR_NO_LOGON_SERVERS 


Thanks Steve


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Unable to Connect Computer To Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2

July 3, 2015, 6:06 pm
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I just did a fresh install, on a brand new box, of 2012 Essentials R2.  No errors of any kind.  Existing client computers are Win7 Pro x64 and were previously joined to an SBS 2003 R2 network.  I set each computer to be part of a workgroup, instead of the existing domain, prior shutting down the SBS box and removing it from the network.

When using http://servername/connect the connect software is downloaded "ComputerConnector(192.168.1.2)" but after running this software I get the following error:

"Cannot connect this computer to the network

The server is not available.  Try connecting this computer again, or for more information, see Troubleshoot connection computers to the server."

I've read this thread

This did not help

"We have the answer thanks to users at the Windows Home Server Forum.
We have ignition! Thanks to everyone! The key to all this was the reset of the computer in Active Directory. Here is the exact step by step procedure I followed to get it to rejoin:
1. Go to AD and reset the computer you want to disjoin (remove) (right click the client computer and choose "reset"
2. Remove computer via Dashboard in Devices
3. Restart the Client computer you just disjoined
4. Logon to the local Admin account
5. Uninstall the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Connector from Programs and Features
6. Go to Computer Properties and Make sure it is set to a Workgroup and not on a domain, which it was.
7. Click on More and make sure there their is no DNS suffix entered
8. Click on the Network ID button and select "this computer is part of a home network"
9. Restart the computer as requested
10.Log on to the local admin account and connect again via browser. (servername/connect)
Good to go!

Reset was the key because I reimaged that client and did the same procedure without the reset and it would not rejoin."

First, there are no computers listed in AD, so I can't reset.  Second, there is not Connector software listed in programs and features, so I can't uninstall it.  Third, I did remove the existing DNS suffix from the client PC, double checked it was part of a workgroup and restarted the client, reran the servername/connect and ended up with the same error as I cited above.

I've removed a previous install of dotnet 4.5.2 and let the connector software reinstall it.  Same error as cited above.

Per the same thread, disabling IPv6 redownloading and running servername/connect results in the same error cited above.

All prerequisites per this article are met.

Log files can be found here

I've tried servername/connect in both chrome and IE, same error in both browsers.  Anyone have a solution to this?  Otherwise, I'll have to put the SBS box back up before Monday morning roll around.

Thanks in advance.


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PCI Failue - Web Server HTTP Header Internal IP Disclosure

November 2, 2015, 7:05 am
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Security Metrics has failed our PCI Scan due to "Web Server HTTP Header Internal IP Disclosure" on port 443.

I've found lots of information about this for Windows Server 2003 but nothing for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials.

Could any kind soul tell me (in idiot's terms) how to fix this?  The full message is:

Synopsis:

This web server leaks a private IP address through its HTTP headers.

Impact:

This may expose internal IP addresses that are usually hidden or masked behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) Firewall or proxy server.  There is a known issue with Microsoft IIS 4.0 doing this in its default configuration. This may also affect other web servers, web applications, web proxies, load balancers and through a variety of misconfigurations related to redirection. See also : http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0025.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q218180 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;834141

Resolution:

None

Data Received:

When processing the following request :  GET / HTTP/1.0 this web server leaks the following private IP address :  192.168.43.29 as found in the following collection of HTTP headers : HTTP/1.1 302 Found Cache-Control: private Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Location: https://192.168.43.29/remote Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5 Set-Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=hifo2wuafngheok22ld2naxl; path=/; HttpOnly X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:52:08 GMT Connection: close Content-Length: 144

Many thanks.



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Preventing vpn clients from sending all traffic through vpn

January 21, 2013, 12:00 pm
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I have configured a windows essentials server that will primarily be used for file storage for numerous users. The server however does not have access to a very good internet connection and I'd like to minimize the amount of bandwidth going through it's connection. I know that you can configure the client vpn's to only send traffic related to the server through the vpn while using the client's default gateway for other things like surfing the web. Is there a way I can configure this on the server? If not, how could I at least block client vpn's from using the server for web surfing? The vpn clients only need to be able to access company files not use the server's connection for web surfing. Thanks in advance. 
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Essentials Experience Member Server - can't create folders/users

June 5, 2016, 9:32 am
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Hi,

I recently installed the essentials experience role to our 2012 R2 Standard box (as a fresh build domain joined server - all up to date with windows updates). This member server sits within our existing active directory domain (2012 R2 std).

I've run through the config wizard and can successfully access RWA.(custom domain name and SSL all in place)

When I try and create a new shared folder from within the dashboard I get the following error message.... "the task, Add a folder did not complete successfully". Its also worth mentioning that I get a similar error message when trying to add a user via the dashboard as well ("the task, Add a user did not complete successfully") hitting refresh leads to a further error message stating " The users provider is currently out of service, try again later." No users are displayed and the users groups wizard fails to complete.

Looking at our DC I can see that the security groups and GPO's have been created by the essentials wizard, and I can allow users access to RWA by adding them into the groups, but surely they should also be appearing with the dashboard as well?

Going back to folders - I tried looking at DFS but cannot see anything out of place, creating subfolders of the default 'Users' shared folder (via RWA) works fine.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to add folders/users? it feels like something simple that i'm missing but I can't put my finger  on it.

 

Phil

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Connector Update won't install on Windows 10

April 23, 2016, 11:26 am
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I tried to install the update Windows10.0-KB2790621-x64.msu for connecting the windows 10 pro x64 clientto the windows server 2012 R2 essentials server,but the msu package always fails on the client.

any idea how to solve that or manually install the connector software ?

i already tried to copy the files "system32\essentials" from a working client to the client with the installation problems

but the deploy.exe wont work. do i have to register all the dlls ?

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Computer is already connected to a domain

June 6, 2016, 6:29 pm
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The problem is the old domain is gone. I reinstall the  system with my server. so I can't unjoin it from the old domain, how can I do?
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only dashboard via remote webaccess for server possible

June 6, 2016, 10:54 pm
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Hi

I am able to access via remotewebaccess the  remote desktop of the client computers.

But if I open (via remotewebaccess) the remote desktop of the server, only the dashboard ist displayed and I am not able to access the desktop.

Is there any possibility to change that?

Thank you very much for your help

MIchael

windows server 2012 R2  (essentials role installed)


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Want to put an application's output online - is this the right program?

June 7, 2016, 3:44 pm
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I am running Virtual Radar that outputs air traffic from an ADSB antenna. I can see the results locally on 10.0.0.50:8080 but would like to access it from the internet without exposing the rest of my computer. Will this let me do that?
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Client Backups started Failing 2012 R2 Essentials

June 7, 2016, 4:43 pm
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This is an 8 month old install of 2012 Essentials R2.

It had been backing up 3 client PCs (win8.1 and win10) without issue for months.  About a month ago the health status reported a warning for a scheduled cleanup task for Client Backup did not finish successfully and the client backup status became unsuccessful. 

  • Selecting "try to repair" from the health monitoring tab removes the warning temporarily but it reappears after a few minutes.
  • In the task manager under Microsoft>windows>server essential, running the cleanup task manually it seems to run and generates the create task process, task started, action started, action completed with return code 0, and task completed events.  In the history it appears to be running as scheduled.
  • The drive the client folders are on is less than 1/4 full on a 2TB disk.  It shows no errors or warnings anywhere.  chkdsk /R does not indicate any issues with the drive.  It is just an ordinary sata drive, no raid.
  • The repair database wizard completes  and indicates "repair completed successfully.  The repair process did not detect any problems with your computer backups."
  • The status of the client backups in the dashboard is unsuccessful.  View details shows "Backup did not succeed, backup did not start for this volume" for each volume that should be backed up.
  • Each client displays a message for backup started and backup did not complete when the backup attempt to execute.
  • I disabled the backup for all three computers selecting the option to delete the backups.  I then added a new backup for the computer, the results remain the same.

There are a number of files in the server client backup folder, can I delete all of them without creating havoc on this server.  Where should I be looking or what can I do to try and get client backups working again.

Thanks



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Error configuring Windows Essentials Server

June 8, 2016, 4:02 am
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Hello, I had to delete "Windows Essentials Server" role, and I installed again. When I am going to configure the rol I see the following message "Certificacion Entity has been installed in this server" and I cannot continue. 

I did this because the didn't work and I tried to reinstall "Backup" and "Windows Server Essentials".

Thanks.

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SBS 2011 SERVER OS DELETE

June 8, 2016, 8:37 am
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MY QUESTIONS IS: WE HAVE A SERVER WITH SBS 2011 ON IT. WE LOST THE RESTORE DISCS AND WE'RE WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANOTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO WIPING OUT THE WHOLE SERVER WITHOUT THE DISC?
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Client computer backup schedule

June 8, 2016, 8:56 am
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Hi All,

Is it possible to change the client computer backup schedule in a way that client computers are only  backed up once a week? Even though i do like to have the possibility to restore a client machine, the daily backups are using a lot of HDD space on my server..

Thanks in advance for your reply / solution!

Cheers, Bernard

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Windows Server Essentials Service Cannot Reset the password for the following accounts

November 11, 2014, 7:41 am
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I have a Server 2012 R2 Essentials and passwords have stopped syncing with Office 365. I reset the password for the administrative account that Essentials uses to sync information with Office 365 since it expired. After fixing the password it still won't sync. I need to know how to force Server Essentials to perform a full password sync with Office 365.

*Update

I'm seeing Error ServerEssentials Event Id 1280 as well

Critical Alert: PasswordSyncOtherFailure is raised at Server. <Title> The Windows Server Essentials Service cannot synchronize the user password to the online identity repository.. <Description> The Windows Server Essentials Service cannot reset the password for the following accounts:

user1@domain.com,user3@domain.com,user3@domain.com. <AdditionalInfo> .

I went down through the list of logs and it is no longer generating authentication failed errors.

Vincent Sprague



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Unexplained Crashes- I've trried everything... Server 2012 RS Standard w/Essentials Role

June 9, 2016, 11:07 am
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Hello Everyone,

My name is Jessie and I am looking for some troubleshooting help for my server. I am currently running Microsoft Server 2012 R2 with Essentials Experience. Over the last year, we have suffered many server failures and crashes. I’m writing the details here in hopes that someone with more experience may direct me in the right way so I can solve this hideous problem we are having. So, here are the details….

Server Info:

  • Dell PowerEdge R710 server (running the latest firmware/BIOS) with six drive bays (4 disk RAID 10 for server OS, 2 disk RAID 1 array for client backups and internal company docs – all drive bays occupied)
  • 2 Intel Xeon L5640 @ 2.27GHz CPU’s
  • 4 BroadCom NetExtreme II GigE NIC’s, “Teamed” into one interface
  • 12 – 8GB RAM sticks installed (12 of 18 slots occupied) = 96GB total RAM
  • PERC H700 RAID controller (Embedded) running the latest firmware)
  • PERC H800 RAID adapter controller (on PCI slot 3 - Riser) (running the latest firmware)
  • MD1200 Drive Enclosure attached to server via PERC H800 adapter with 12 drive bays. 12 disks in RAID 6 array for a total of ~29 TB.
  • 2 Seagate 4 TB external drives for offsite backups connected via USB 2.0
  • 2 Seagate 8 TB external drives for offsite backups connected via USB 2.0
  • CyberPower UPS 1000W (Sine Wave)
  • 10 Client computers managed through Server Essentials experience role

Here’s the story…

Our server is crashing without any warning. It just shuts down as if I held the power button, then reboots with errors and broken services all over the place! On occasion, I have managed to see a pattern to these shut downs, they typically occur during a file sync or backup task. Some days neither of these tasks cause a problem, and on other days, we suffer as many as 6 shut downs in a day.

I have tried numerous troubleshooting tools, including Dell’s tools, HD Sentinel for HDD testing, Memory testing, graphics testing, load testing, and so on. I’ve reviewed hours-worth of logs and cruised every forum I can think of for advice.

After exhaustive troubleshooting, we decided to replace a few parts in the server to narrow down the culprit. I have received two error codes from the front LED on the server: Error E1410 Fatal Err and E171F Fatal Err, which indicate a PCI error and CPU error, but it only throws these two errors after a crash. If you shut down, unplug and then restart both errors go away and will not reproduce until another crash occurs. We have almost completely rebuilt the server from the ground up, including a clean install of Server 2012 R2. Here is a list of the hardware we have recently replaced:

  • Server motherboard
  • 2 CPU’s
  • New PERC H700 battery (that is currently stuck in the “Learning” cycle)
  • 2 New PCI riser cards for the PERC adapters
  • New PERC H800 adapter card with new PERC battery
  • 4 new HDD in the MD1200 RAID 6 array
  • New 1000w UPS

I have logs and screen shots of my server on hand for anyone who can help! Please help if you can, I’m at a complete loss as to what to try now (other than buying a new server, which is not in the budget). L

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Additional servcers

June 9, 2016, 4:31 am
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Hi

Windows 2012 R2 std with essentials installed.

- Is app access to multiple users allowed on the server via terminal services or any other method?

- Are additional domain controllers allowed in this domain?

Thanks

Regards

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"Choose if you want to move your existing data and settings" does not open on Win8.1 join to WS2012EssR2

June 9, 2016, 6:11 am
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I try to setup a new Essentials2012R2 environment. Client ist Win8.1Pro (virtual machine for testing)

  1. Try open //server/connect from local admin account
  2. (after reset the virtual machine) Try open //server/connect from normal local account

In both cases client install works o.k. but no transfer of local data is offered. In second case a "setup computer for the following users" is offered and one of the gets local admin priviledges.

When starting "Easy transfer" only the restore option is offered, but no backup option.

Question: What is the right way to transfer i.e. two populated local user accounts?

Klaus

Klaus Beckstette Aalen Germany

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