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2017-04-01
Reset VSS Writers
VSS writers are application-specific components for Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service, which ensure the consistency of application data when a shadow copy is created. That's quite useful for creating consistent backups of a system. However, some of these writers go into error states more or less frequently. And Microsoft did not deem it necessary to document how to reset writers without rebooting the entire system (or at least I didn't manage to find that piece of information).
Posted 16:19 [permalink]
2014-03-18
Migration of SMB Shares
Share migration is a common (if not integral) part of a file server migration. If you just move the shares from one host to another host the process is pretty straightforward as described in MSKB article 125996:
Export
[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares]
on the old file server to a file:reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares shares.reg
Copy the file to the new file server and import it:
reg import shares.reg
Restart the
Server
service:net stop server && net start server
Done.
Posted 21:09 [permalink]