Christopher (Drashna)
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Yes, sorry, you are right. Any modifications of any system file violates the EULA for anything from Microsoft.
There is also a trick to "restore" the session to the computer after you're done RDPing into it. This just takes advantage of built in tools.
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mvd, do you have any other balancers enabled?
If so, try disabling those (especially "prevent drive overfill").
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Ah, yes, CableCard.... I'm sorry.
That's a very good reason to set things up that way.
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What Doug said. The trial is fully featured. If you decide you want to transfer it, you can deactivate it on the original machine, and then activate the licenses on the "new" machine.
And to answer the other question, the license is valid for any version of the product. Not just to the WHS version, or the Windows version.
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When this happens, does restarting the "StableBit DrivePool Service" fix the issue?
Either way, could you do this:
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Both are supported for WHS, but for now, v1.3 definitely works better (and has an stable version out).
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That really depends on the type of "backups" you mean. If you mean the client computer backups, these aren't compatible between different OS's, but are compatible within the same OS (as long as it's the same "patch level").
As for the server backup, that depends as well.
But if you mean just files, then the pool should move over to different OS's just fine (and can move between v1.x and v2.x without issue)
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Yup, very simple, and super fast.
One more thing.... you may want to download the WSS Troubleshooter util, and use the "Reset NTFS permissions on the pool" option to make sure it's all "kosher". (otherwise, you could get security permission issues).
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Error_Reports
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If you don't mind deleted the server backups, then by all means delete that folder.
And that may/should clear up the issue.
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There is a hack to enable "concurrent sessions" for Remote Desktop. May be worth looking into.
But I mainly use Remote Desktop, because I have Server 2012 Essentials, which includes Remote Desktop Gateway (basically a secure proxy for Remote Desktop, done over port 443). But locally, I use TightVNC to manage my media center (as XBMC won't work over remote desktop). And yes, the experience overall is much better for RDP, even if you install the "extra" stuff to get better gfx over VNC.
Basically, it depends on what you're doing.
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Okay, I was just wondering.
If you want to send in some logs, that may help figure out why it's failing specifically (so we can get it fixed):
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Log_Collection
Also, have you checked out XBMC and a PVR server (such as MediaPortal, or other PVR software, as XBMC supports that now)? It would work well with WHS2011 (which does have BDA drivers required for tuner support).
....And I don't mean to give you ideas, I'm just curious. I like to know how others build their machines and networks.
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If all the balancers are turned off, then yes, that should be the default behavior.
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It depends on how you move the files.
The recommended way is to move the files to the J:\ drive. This may go fast, but it may not go "super fast".
However, if you don't mind "messing around with stuff".... there is a hidden "PoolPart.xxxx" folder in the root of each drive that has been added to the pool. You can move contents into this folder, and it will show up in the pool. This would be the quickest method to do so.
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Have you tried formatting the drive?
There are a number of folders that Server Backup creates, and is part of what we look for. Which is why I asked you to formatting it.
If that doesn't work, try restarting the server.
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It could be a bad drive. Can you check the SMART data via the OS (run scanner on there, or use another tool).
Otherwise, Lee's suggestion are a sound one (and part of why I was suggestion not passing the disks through).
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sl4ppy, if you have a lot of data, that could be why (or other errors could be occuring).
Also, by default DrivePool uses "background IO" to accomplish duplication and balancing. This can take a long while depending on the contents of your pool.
However, if you are willing to "tweak" settings, you can change the behavior here. However, it may cause the system to be more laggy while it's processing it's tasks:
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Advanced_Settings
Set FileDuplication_BackgroundIO to "False", and restart the server.
If that doesn't help, let me know.
Regards
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Hi all,
Had a bluescreen yesterday morning. Everything came back without an issue - and has been fine since - but looking into the cause, seems covefs.sys tripped over.
windbg on the minidump yeilds: covefs+301a - KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139) A kernel component has corrupted a critical data structure.
memory.dmp uploading now - it's automatic, not kernel though - so not sure if it'll do you any good.
BSOD occured at 6:45 AM, no one was accessing the server at the time. Balancing kicks off at 2am, and backups at 8am.
Could you submit a ticket at http://stablebit.com/Contact
And use the form at the bottom of the following link to upload the memory dump:
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_System_Crashes
I was getting a RASH of these same errors for several days. Every few hours I'd get basically the same error.
After some futile efforts debugging it, I discovered one of my drives was going bad (bad sectors) before Scanner had caught it. After pulling the drive (it ended up being 2), I haven't had a BSOD again.
Kinda surprised a failing drive could cause a BSOD, but that was def. the culprit.
If the problem was the circuit board (electrical failure), it can cause all sorts of issues. Up to and including BSODs, or causing the system to hang on boot. That is why SMART data isn't 100% reliable (it depends on said board to be working 100%). SMART *is* a good indicator of mechanical failure though.
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Not a problem.
If it makes you feel better, it used to be just the upward triangle.
And hopefully, no more issues.
Regards
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Oh, okay, it is happening repeatedly.
I'm assuming you've "transferred". Have you tried restarting again after the upgrade?
If so, try resetting the Scanner settings:
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_Scanner_Q4200749
You will have to reactivate the license, but it may fix the issue.
Regards
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The file lock issue you are a getting here is probably due to a recent change in DrivePool.
And as for the backup, If you really want multiple machine backups, I'd honestly recommend getting WHS2011. You can find it for ~$50, which is so totally worth the money. And it does a pretty good job of handling BMRs (as well as use "Single Instance Storage" for the backup database). At least, I'm assuming what you want is centralized backup of your systems.
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Out of curiosity, what happens if you don't actually pass the disks through to the WHS2011 VM?
Also, what NIC chipset is the hyperV machine using?
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That's definitely not a normal thing.
If all the disks were definitely basic, NTFS disks, that shouldn't happen.
I use HyperV for testing, and have a bunch of different VMs with DrivePool and haven't seen that.
What virtualization software are you using?
Also, since I'm assuming your using DrivePool 2.x, could you do this:
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Error_Reports
And submit the error to http://stablebit.com/Contact/
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MVD, could you submit this as a ticket at http://stablebit.com/Contact ?