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Windws 7 64bit Users computer hangs when saving to Win2008 Server
Back about 3 weeks ago I moved about 1.3 terabytes of data from a 2k3 server to a 2k8 server do to space issues.
I have a mix of windows xp and windows 7 64bits workstations on the network.
Since the move, the win7 users experience lockups when saving data to the 2k8 server. They can be in windows explorer, word perfect, or any other program and they will get a message that the program isn't responding when it appears that the save/copy has locked up. In most cases, you cannot close the the locked program through task mgr and when you try to reboot, the workstation hangs which requires a hard shutdown of the system. I have verified that the machines are not infected with any virus, malware, etc. The server itself is running near 90% of the physical memory being used (not sure if that could be causing the issue). I have verified the desktop and servers have the latest network adapter drivers. Other than adding memory to the server, is there anything else I might check?
I have a mix of windows xp and windows 7 64bits workstations on the network.
Since the move, the win7 users experience lockups when saving data to the 2k8 server. They can be in windows explorer, word perfect, or any other program and they will get a message that the program isn't responding when it appears that the save/copy has locked up. In most cases, you cannot close the the locked program through task mgr and when you try to reboot, the workstation hangs which requires a hard shutdown of the system. I have verified that the machines are not infected with any virus, malware, etc. The server itself is running near 90% of the physical memory being used (not sure if that could be causing the issue). I have verified the desktop and servers have the latest network adapter drivers. Other than adding memory to the server, is there anything else I might check?
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Permissions do not seem to be an issue. Domain users is set on the share and file.folder level with read/write. Also, if there was a permission issue, I believe that the windows xp systems would be showing some issues as well.
Data is not on the old 2003 server anymore.
Data is not on the old 2003 server anymore.
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Here is an example of what happend today.
I went to copy a 2 meg photo from one folder to another on the server. The copying process locked on my screen showing that it was calculating the time. I was able to kill the process in task manager, but I was unable to open windows explorer up after the issue. I went into task manager and I could see where I tried to open several explorer processes, but nothing on the screen. I was able to kill all processes except for one process. I even tried taskkill which wouldn't remove the procress. I went to restart the computer and the computer locked up in the shutdown process and had to do a hard shutdown of the unit. When I went into the folder where i was copying the file to, it was there.
On another note, I moved the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to another unit on our network and that didn't seem to help it any. After moving SEPM, Physical Memory is still running at 94%.
I went to copy a 2 meg photo from one folder to another on the server. The copying process locked on my screen showing that it was calculating the time. I was able to kill the process in task manager, but I was unable to open windows explorer up after the issue. I went into task manager and I could see where I tried to open several explorer processes, but nothing on the screen. I was able to kill all processes except for one process. I even tried taskkill which wouldn't remove the procress. I went to restart the computer and the computer locked up in the shutdown process and had to do a hard shutdown of the unit. When I went into the folder where i was copying the file to, it was there.
On another note, I moved the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager to another unit on our network and that didn't seem to help it any. After moving SEPM, Physical Memory is still running at 94%.
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1) When you mentioned "I moved about 1.3 terabytes of data from a 2k3 server to a 2k8 server". How did you do that? If you do just simply "Copy and Paste", your users will have problems with the permissions and shared as you (the administrator) will take ownership of all shared resources and permissions if the move wasn't done right at the beginning.
2) Do you still have the original data on the 2003 box? You might have to start this process again.
3) There are software out there to do this for you such as Robocopy or MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx.