Questions tagged [windows-server-2012]
Windows Server 2012 was a server operating system from Microsoft. It was released on September 4, 2012, and reached End Of Life on October 10, 2023. Like its predecessor, Server 2008 R2, it is only available in 64 bit versions. 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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Simplest setup for Windows 2012 Server and RDP connection limits
I have a virtual Windows 2012 Server instance that is a stand-alone system. I would like to make it possible for 3 people to remotely connect to the server at the same time. What is the simplest way ...
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Extending an existing DNS zone
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I'm trying something simple at first thought, but it looks impossible when I'm trying to actually implement it.
I want to extend an existing DNS zone in a meaner, so that in my LAN, other ...
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Can shims be used to change Windows version number?
I've an installer that complains about wrong Windows version numbers, preventing an upgrade to an application to be installed on Windows Server 2012:
Unsupported operating system, major=6, version=...
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Windows Server 2012 MPIO 30sec Time Delay
I build up one iSCSI with MPIO in my lab, attached is draft diagram.
My MPIO may not configure as well, due to even though I set Round Robin in my Windows Server 2012 iSCSI manager, I still noticed ...
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Domain time issue, server to clients
I have a server 2012 running as the DC also running DHCP. I have three PCs on this domain right now and all three get the incorrect time.
The server has the proper time set and the proper time zone ...
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Is it possible to use one Windows Server 2008 R2 to be the backup for other 2008 and 2012 servers?
I have taken over some sysadmin duties and am looking to do the following (if possible).
1) Setup a single Windows Server 2008 R2 as a hub for all the backups.
2) Use Windows Server Backup on this ...
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How to setup an alias in IIS?
I'm a SharePoint developer, so please, bear with me here and I'll provide more information as needed since I'm not sure what I need to specify here!
I'm trying to setup an alias in IIS. I have a ...
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How to identify and differentiate networks so I can set location?
I am a developer and know just whatever sysadmin/networking/etc stuff I've picked up over a lifetime of computing and developing (not an inconsiderable amount, but I am very far from an expert on any ...
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Why does Windows 2012 search work like this?
Here is a search for "XA":
http://picpaste.com/b934e893ca7d05d1c3e7dca9b0324f9f.png
Search results are fine - note the first hit. Now search on "XA01" and nothing is returned:
http://picpaste.com/...
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File Control Block architecture
Our site runs its main business application (delphi 5) from a network share, this caused quite a bit of chaos when we upgraded our terminal servers to 2008 R2 from 2003 as MS changed the architecture ...
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How does DFS-R compression algorithm compare with 7-zip?
We need to regularly transfer large (60GB) Hyper-V virtual machines images around our WAN (UK to USA) over 50Mbps leased lines. We also use DFS-R between the sites. Historically, I've used 7-zip to ...
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Are there speed and resource allocation differences between 1x 300 GB Azure VM data disk vs 3x 100GB Data disks (and striping those)
I'm researching playing around with a Sql Server VM on Azure.
Our DB is around 30-40GB.
So i was thinking about making a 300GB data disk to put the 1 Database on it (or a few more, later).
I ...
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Debian install on Hyper-V: "Unreachable Gateway"
I'm currently running Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012, and I'm trying to get a Debian Wheezy VM running. I've configured the virtual switch and added a legacy network adapter configured to the virtual ...
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Cannot disable password expiry on Server 2012
I have an internal only Windows Server 2012 which I want to disable the password policy on. (The server is also a domain controller, if that makes any difference.)
I've tried following the ...
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Install Notepad++ as remote app on windows server 2012
I'm trying to install Notepad++ as a rempote app for a windows 2012 based rdp.
I've rdp up and running with the 3 preinstalled apps calculater, wordpad and paint. Now I want to add some more apps.
I ...
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Network share mapping not working correctly Win8/2012
We have a straight forward domain logon script with a line along the lines of
net use s: \\server\share
However, this isn't working correctly with Windows 8 / 2012 machines.
The strange thing is ...
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How to get from a Hyper-V 2008 R2 node with Powershell the IP address and Vlan ID
I tried to take from the Hyper-V (Hyper-V 2012) node with this command the IP address:
Get-VM | select -ExpandProperty networkadapters | select vmname, ipaddress
The thing is that i take as an ...
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Hyper-V Machine cannot join domain
I have a laptop which has Hyper-V installed.
I have two virtual machines, "ws12-dc", the domain controller (domain: idg.local), and ws12-sql12, the sql server 2012 machine.
When I try to join the ...
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Very extremely weird IIS\Reporting Services permission issue
Server 2012 Standard
Reporting Services 2012
I have 2 URLs for my Reporting Services:
http://MACHINE-NAME/reportserver
https://domain.com/reportserver
When using the local url locally everything ...
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Windows 2012: how to make power button work in every cases?
I need some Windows 2012 servers to be shutdown properly with the power button.
If nobody is logged, the power button correctly shuts down the server
If somebody is logged without a blocking ...
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DNS and Domain conflict [duplicate]
I have Active Directory 2012 running (just got it running like today) and I chose the domain "markonsolutions.com"
I now noticed that when i try to visit www.markonsolutions.com that dns doesn't ...
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Ubuntu 12.04, Windows 2012 Active Directory Integration, Kerberos won't resolve service principals
after having checked the whole internet literally, I hope that I might get help here.
I am trying to accomplish integration of ubuntu 12.04 servers into a Windows 2012 active directory with nfs and ...
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Windows 2012 SSTP The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline
In order to get rid of "Error 0×80092013: The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline" you have to install base/delta CRLs on the client you want ...
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Windows Server 2012 after restart public network become private
I have a 3 servers with Windows Server 2012.
After restart one server :
public network become private and private network become public. (2 NIC)
I don't know how this can happen and how to fix it ? I ...
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Hosting multiple socks proxies on a single server
I have multiple public IP addresses assigned to a single NIC in a Windows Server 2012.
I want to be able to use each IP as a socks proxy server which has to be accessible from other Internet users. ...
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Have Windows Server Essentials license, installed standard. Is reinstalling the only option?
tldr; Is there any way to go from Windows Server 2012 Standard to Essentials without reinstalling?
I've been setting some stuff up one our new Windows 2012 servers for a few days. I am not a server ...
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Apache hanging on Windows Server 2012
I configured Apache/PHP on a Windows 2012 server and everything runs smoothly for a few hours then Apache hangs and my website is not responsive.
I did find this entry in my Apache error log:
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Why would anyone purchase Windows Server directly from Microsoft?
I was looking on eBay and I realized that there are people selling copies of Windows Server 2012 Datacenter for way cheaper than retail. I assume that they are just reselling volume licenses or ...
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Remote Session: Switching from Desktop to Metro Mode Windows Server 2012
I'm having a terrible time switching back/forth between the desktop and metro mode in remote desktop windows accessing a Windows 2012 server.
I know of two ways--one doesn't work in remote session ...
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.NET App hanging on Windows 2012 on startup
We have a customer that has supplied us with a Window 2012 Hyper-V server that has a Window 2012 Multipoint guest os which we run our .NET-based (v3.5) software products on.
Unfortunately there are a ...
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I have a 3.46 TB Raid disk array, but when I setup windows server 2012, it only refers to it as 2TB
I have a 3.46 tb raid disk array, but in volumes it shows it only as 2.00TB
What have I done wrong, and how can I fix it?
Thanks
Noam
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Configuring WSUS server to use NIC#1 (LAN#1) to push, NIC#2 (LAN#2) to sync
Oh boy... This should be easy, but my head is swimming. I work in two domain environments. My primary domain (LAN1) is completely offline, but has regular domain services (DC, DHCP, router (legacy, ...
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Saving the State of an Application using App-V or some other type of Virtualization Technology
I have an application that I would like to be able to create "snapshots" of (sort of like you might do with a virtual machine). Basically I would like to be able to allow the user to do a bunch of ...
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Server Manager 2012
In Server 2008 R2 the Server Manager instance was an all-inclusive tool with which to do everything from a centralized location - IIS, MSMQ, Event Viewer, Services, Disk Management, etc. In Server ...
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No Burflags in registry
I have a problem where my Windows 2012 Domain Controller SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares did not get created on my secondary domain controller. When I run dcdiag /q it tells me that it failed the ...
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Routing and Remote Access Preventing Hyper-V VM shutdown
I have a Windows Server 2012 domain controller with Routing and Remote Access as well as Hyper-V installed.
When I try to shut down a Hyper-V VM, the VM goes into the stopping state and never actually ...
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Server 2012 DC in VMWare virtual network (NAT) unable to connect to the internet [closed]
I am trying to set up a virtual lab on my laptop in an attempt to get into some SharePoint development. As a developer, my knowledge of Windows Server and VMWare is limited so I'm following the blog ...
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Half of disk space missing on RAID1, all disks it seems to be ok
Hi there. I have a problem with raid array. I miss it a half.
My disks layout is
2 x 250 gigabytes velociraptors (Array_0000)
2 x 1TB velociraptors (Array_0001)
....both connected in RAID1. OS is ...
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Nginx not reponding
I have setup WNMP on Windows Server 2012 despite the fact that it's not that great of a setup it's required, here are my settings:
worker_processes 1;
error_log logs/error.log;
#pid logs/...
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How to configure DNS on Server 2012 to allow hosts without "extension"?
I'm using Windows Server 2012 as my DNS server. I'd like to have the address http://intranet to point to 192.168.0.180. I'm not able to reach this. If I create a Forward Lookup Zone, for example Local ...
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Create a folder on a share each time a workstation joins the server 2012 domain
I'm trying to automate the creation and deletion of a folder each time a computer is added or removed from the domain.
When a computer joins a domain, I'd like folder w/ %computername% to be created....
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Server 2012: change desktop background color
On a Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Session Host with the Desktop Experience feature enabled and the desktop wallpaper disabled, users wish to configure own color schemes and define an own desktop ...
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How to access Apache Tomcat running on Windows Server 2012 (alongside Microsoft SMTP service)
I am running Apache Tomcat as my only HTTP server on Windows Server 2012.
Tomcat has been installed as a service and is bound to port 80. The server.xml file has had address="0.0.0.0" added to the ...
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Windows Server Audit Failure from Client
Every several minutes I get an audit failure from one of my clients running Windows 8 on ports 56280 to 56294 in the event log of my server which provides DHCP/DNS/DC for that client. Do you have any ...
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Windows Server 2012 RemoteAccess 20106
I was running RRAS on my Windows Server 2012 before and now I uninstalled the role but I still get an Event ID 20106 from RemoteAccess which says
Unable to add the interface {guid} with the Router ...
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Connecting to MySQL & MS-SQL yields "Access denied for user" error message
I am trying to connect to both of my database servers, however when using some interfaces (web and some apps), I get the error message:
Connection cannot be established with database. Authentication ...
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NFS share supported on Server 2012 dynamic disk?
Creating NFS shares on server 2008 R2 spanned volumes (with dynamic disks) works however when I tried on 2012 I received an error. The same PowerShell command works on the C drive basic volume on 2012....
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Sharing an internet connection from a virtual Windows 2012 AD Server
I have a virtual HyperV network used by a number of virtual development and testing servers and an all-in-one Domain, DNS, DHCP server; I want to keep the many virtual servers separated from our main ...
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Shadow copies for local files on Windows Server 2012 or alternative
I hope serverfault is the right place for this - if not, please tell me where to post it.
The situation is the following: our company has a WebDAV fileserver running on a Windows Server 2012 that I ...
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SSTP VPN connects, then disconnects
I'm trying to setup an SSTP VPN on Windows Server 2012 which works fine when I connect from the same subnet as the RAS server but does not work when I configure PAT or when I try to route the traffic ...
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