Questions tagged [windows-server-2012-r2]
Windows Server 2012 R2 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It was published on May 31 2013, and reached End Of Life on Oct 10, 2023. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and substantially streamlines the number of available versions, which are down to four: Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.
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How to specify user permissions for managing a Hyper-V machine on a LOCAL host?
I have UserA.
Working on ComputerA.
I have setup a Virtual Machine on ComputerA under Hyper-V called ComputerA-VM.
ComputerA runs Windows 10 Pro.
ComputerA is part of domain.com managed by a ...
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Is it possible to process millions of datagrams per second with Windows, using a vendor agnostic API? [closed]
I am investigating if I can implement an HPC app in Windows that receives small UDP multicast datagrams (mostly 100-400 Bytes) at a high rate, using a dozen or up to maybe 200 multicast groups (i.e. ...
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TLS Error 70 issues
I have a web application (IIS 8) on one server (Windows Server 2012) connecting to SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 on another server (Windows Server 2008) that until recently was working fine. ...
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Export or Convert Hyper-V VM to OVA/OVF
I can't find (Google) any documentation on how to export or convert hyper-v VMs to OVA or OVF. The hyper-visor is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. The results from Google only point to System Center ...
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Hyper-V Manager - Use HTTPS with WinRM
I've successfully configured WinRM on my Hyper-V server to use HTTPS. I am able to connect to it and execute commands from my client PC by using the same local username and password on both (they are ...
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Windows Server - any way to prevent file encryption?
I'm not talking about EFS or Bitlocker here.
I'm asking if there's a way to prevent files from being encrypted. I'm referring to some extent to ransomware, but specifically I want the following ...
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Why do I get office updates for server 2012R2
I was looking at updates for a Windows Server 2012R2 and noticed a bunch of office 2010 important updates. We don't have any office version on this server so wondering why these are here? Any insight ...
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What happens when DC cannot reach external time server?
We have a small Windows 2012 R2 domain with a single DC. The DC is advertising as a time server, and the clients are syncing just fine. The DC is getting its time from an external time server, and ...
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Set default Windows Server interface IP with multiple IPs
I've got a Windows Server 2012R2 VM with 3 IP addresses: 4.70, 4.17 and 4.18
4.70 is the 1st IP address entered on the Properties Sheet, 4.17 and 4.18 are entered in the advanced dialog.
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HyperV Failover Cluster (with/without CSV)
Been browsing a few websites, and it seems right now all hyper-v clusters are build on CSV ( clustered share volume ).
I have a current setup (2 node window failover cluster).
I have 2 vms running ...
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Adding a 2012 R2 Domain Controller to a 2008 R2 functional level domain
Our current domain is at a functional level 2008 R2 and all the current domain controllers are built on Windows Server 2008 R2 OS. One of our remote site domain controllers is up for replacement and ...
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Advanced Audit Policy not getting applied on 2012 R2
I have configured several avanced audit policy settings under:
Computer Configuration => Policies => Windows Settings => Security Settings =>
Advanced Audit policy Configuration => ...
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How to remove RC4 cipher from node.js https server running on Windows 2012 R2
Using ssllabs.com's scan tells me RC4 is in use. I read that RC4 should be disabled by default in Windows 2012 R2. I'm running a node.js server using https.createServer and not specifying ciphers (...
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Can Event ID 4013 be ignored if it only shows up once?
Server 2012 R2 (before the 2nd DC is added)
There are an amazing number of web pages that attempt to address Event ID 4013 including these on serverfault: link1, link2, link3 (though this last post ...
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IIS FTP Not Working Remotely Windows Server 2012 R2
We are attempting to duplicate our server in the Azure cloud. Both are Windows 2012 R2 servers. FTP works on the original server but not on the duplicate server. Additionally, the duplicate server ...
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Hyper-V and AD --> recommendations for small site? [closed]
I have a dilemma about how to proceed with new AD / Hyper-V installation and would appreciate your views, experience and advice.
Situation: we are a small company with single site (25 users) and few ...
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Get back hyper-v VMs after in place reinstall of host OS
I have standalone win 2012 r2 server with hyper-v on it. It is my test server I use for experiments so it can be turned off anytime. That's not a problem.
Is it possible to import 2012r2 VMs to 2016 ...
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Is timesync still required for Windows Server 2012 R2?
Our servers are on a workgroup, we are a small company and do not use a domain controller. In Windows Server 2008 R2 we used TimeSync to help keep the most accurate time, not sure it was really ...
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Can I use the GroupPolicy PowerShell module on non-AD standalone servers?
I am trying to use the GroupPolicy PowerShell module to manipulate and read local group policy settings on a standalone Windows 2012R2 server.
When I try to execute the Get-GPOReport cmdlet:
Get-...
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Server 2012 deduplication: run on Hyper-V host or guest VM?
I have a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V host with VMs on a dedicated RAID-5 volume. One VM is also running Server 2012 and is being used to serve files. The other VMs are smaller and mostly used for ...
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GPMC missing Hide/Show links
We currently have a single 2012 R2 server in our domain. As we're rolling out Windows 8+ machines I like using it for Group Policy Management.
For some reason the Group Policy Management Console on ...
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ASP.NET application on "IIS 8.5" on "Windows Server 2012 R2" performs poorly compared with "IIS 7.5" on a "Windows Server 2008 R2"
We have the same ASP.NET application running on a couple of servers:
one instance runs under IIS 8.5 on Windows Server *2012* R2
two instances run under IIS 7.5 on Windows Server *2008* R2
What bugs ...
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Active Directory Administrative Center Crashes when updating object
DSAC.exe crashes every time we try to update a user object. It will crash in every system we try it on including the servers running Active Directory. It happens on Windows 7, Windows 10, and Windows ...
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How do I tune windows server 2012 R2 to handle NTFS file structure with 50 million files?
I have a developer utility that I will use to generate 50 Million files. The directory structure goes four levels deep. The top level contains 16 directories (years 2000-2016), next level - months (1-...
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In-place upgrades for Windows Server (updated for Y2016)
In the spirit of asking a Good subjective question I bring this forth again, in hopes that ServerFault will continue to be a preferred "go to" when searching on this topic.
OLD REFERENCE
Back in ...
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SQL Server Page File location - where to put it?
There are a lot of recommendations about the sizing of the windows page file. What I am looking for is the correct placement.
We are running a MS SQL server on a Server 2012R2 VM with multiple ...
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Two-Node Failover Cluster with internal storage
I want to create a two-node cluster, which uses the internal storage as shared storage. I don’t have any external storage. I know about Starwind and other third-party products but I can’t use that. Is ...
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Server sent passive reply with unroutable address. Using server address instead IIS 8.5
I have just set up a FTP server in IIS 8.5 on my Windows Server 2012 R2 machine.
With FileZilla when I try connect to the local IP (10.0.0.4) with my username and password on port 21, it will ...
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Error adding child Active Directory domain to existing forest
I'm building a test environment containing multiple Active Directory domains in the same forest, but I'm having strange issues while trying to add a child domain to the forest root domain.
All ...
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Can't click on start button and programs in taskbar
I have several users using RDS to my Windows Server 2012 R2.
Only one of my users have this problem...
He can't click the start button. If he hover the start button, it flickers.
Furthermore if he ...
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Difference between limit number of connections setting in IIS and the Max Pool Size
I am trying to understand the difference between the "Max Pool Size" setting in the connection-string against the Limit setting in the IIS server manager...whether they are referring to the same thing?...
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Kill inactive user sessions on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Terminal server
I've been trying to configure a GPO to kill inactive sessions on a Windows Server 2012 R2 terminal server, but I can't seem to be able to get it done.
I went to Computer Settings → Policies → Admin ...
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Deploy multiple instances of a Virtual Machine in Azure
I have a Virtual Machine, let's call it Ceres, which is currently running in Azure. I would like to have two copies of Ceres running. Is it possible to simply create another identical instance of this ...
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Adding a share in a Failover Cluster with quotas enabled takes 10 minutes
I have File Service cluster where one of the file server resources is hosting ~50,000 user home directories. The home directories do have a quota template assigned through the FSRM.
When trying to ...
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CentOS cifs client sees Windows 2012 deduplicated files as symlinks
I have CentOS 7.0 VM with a volume mounted on a Windows 2012-R2 file server.
The volume contains some big files related to an internal Wordpress site.
About a week ago the site became 'broken' and ...
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Disable SSLv3 on Windows Server 2012
I have disabled the SSLv3 on Windows 2012 sever using the following method: http://blog.brankovucinec.com/2014/11/13/disable-the-sslv3-protocol-on-microsoft-windows-servers/
Around the same thing is ...
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2012 R2 Hyper-V and File Server (general purpose) cluster
I am in the process of creating a Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster. I have 3 physical hosts (128GB RAM , dual Hex-core and 12 NICs each) and a SAN to play with. The SAN is a Virtual Storage system (Datacore), ...
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How to interpret the results of DDPEval.exe?
I have read the documentation for DDPEval.exe and various blogs and so on and cannot find any information on how to interpret the results.
I ran the tool on a drive on one of our servers and found ...
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Sizing of journal disks with Microsoft Storage Spaces parity volume
I'm currently speccing out a new backup server. It's going to be running Windows Server 2012 R2 with Direct Attached Storage, and I'm considering using Storage Spaces rather than using a RAID card. (...
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Active Directory Integrated DNS Records Deletion by System
I have an issue where records are 'disappearing' from my primary DNS zone. The client records for these devices are static entries. The entries replicate correctly but get randomly removed. I have ...
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Windows Server 2012r2 black screen after bootup logo
We had a recent power outtage and our VM hosts went down, today I see that the SQL VM which is running Server 2012r2 boots up, we see the Windows logo and then a black screen. I am unable to ctrl+alt+...
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Storage Spaces adding a mirrored drive later
I am planning to use Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2.
I want to initially set up my sever with 1 hard drive in the storage pool. Is it possible later to add a second drive that mirrors the ...
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Restructure Active Directory Forest Root Domain
We have a forest root domain of legacy_domain.loc, and another domain modern_domain.loc which exists in a structure similar to:
legacy_domain.loc ----- modern_domain.loc
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Connecting to Windows Server 2012 R2 console session with RDP
I need a server process to run with full access to the physical desktop of the server. I also need to view/control it's state remotely.
My current solution involves a VNC Server service, but I want ...
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Remote PowerShell, WinRM Failures: WinRM cannot complete the operation
When running Enter-PSSession COMPUTERNAME with Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, I see the following relevant messages in the Windows Remote Management Operational log:
WSMan operation Get failed, error ...
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Force DHCP Reservation Updates to Secondary DHCP Server in Windows Server 2012 R2
I have setup and configured two DHCP servers on my private network in load balancing mode as outlined in the following technet article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn338979.aspx
Both ...
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Can you raise the domain functional level to windows server 2016 and have DFS running on windows server 2012 r2?
I have 2 DC's that are both Windows Server 2016.
We have one DFS server running Windows Server 2012 R2 but all of the namespaces are 2008 compatability mode.
Our Domain Functional Level is at ...
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MSTSC connection quality vs RDS via Connection Broker connection quality
We have a site in the USA which has a fixed VPN into our Datacentre in the UK via a 100Mb Leaseline.
Our Datacentre Environment is a 2012 R2 Session Collection of RDS Servers, using Microsoft ...
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Hyper-V 2012 R2 virtual machines
I have a Hyper-V 2012 R2 cluster, 4 Dell PowerEdge R620 servers connected to a Dell PowerVault MD3600F storage array by means of FC connections; it's all pretty straightforward, all servers run ...
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DFSr detected that a file was changed on multiple servers, but "winning" file and that moved to conflicts folder have same hash
We've just deployed a new DFS replication system between two Windows 2012 R2 servers. We cloned the DFSr database using MS's recommendations (http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2013/08/21/dfs-...
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