My company is running SBS2008/SBS2011/Essentials, but it has grown to the point where this no longer meets our needs (We have too many employees!) and/or the software is going out of extended support. What is the migration path off of SBS/Essentials?
I have just installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on a new PC.
The server boots to the windows desktop, and a wizard appears asking us to enter an admin username, a domain, and name the PC.
Upon pressing submit, we receive the following error:
This message then re-appears every time the server is rebooted.
I've tried installing all windows updates. I have also tried re-installing and installing all updates before attempting to use the Config wizard. In all cases, we get the same problem.
Looking in the event viewer, it seems the service "Windows Server Essentials Management Service" is crashing:
The Windows Server Essentials Management Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 2 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service.
Any suggestions on how to proceed and complete this configuration wizard?
I'm setting up an FTP server on IIS 8 running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials box. The server is configured to be the physical directory D:\ (the whole drive). I have 3 users: let's say user1, user2, and user3, all of which are in an ftp_users group. I added a read & write allow rule for this group only. Up until this point, everything works fine, but all users have access to the whole directory.
I created 3 virtual directories under D:\LocalUser for each of the users (D:\LocalUser\User1, etc) with physical paths of D:\ServerFolders\IIS\Sites\Site[1/2/3]. I configured FTP user isolation to isolate users to their user name directory (disable global virtual directories). Once I do this, users can no longer connect to the FTP server, with the following logs from FileZilla:
Status: Connecting to <ip address>:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.
Command: USER user1
Response: 331 Password required
Command: PASS ************
Response: 530 User cannot log in, home directory inaccessible.
Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server
As a note, I'm not using SSL at the moment.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
I'm setting up Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for the first time. I'm able to backup a test client which runs Windows 7 Ultimate. All available Microsoft Updates have been applied to both client and server.
When I attempt to restore from a backup using the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard on the client machine I get an error stating the restore has stopped working.
I'm also seeing two errors in the event log.
Error #1
Application: MountBackupWizard.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupClientProviderException
Server stack trace:
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupClientManager.CallSyncOperation(Action`1 operation)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupClientManager.StartMountBackup(String user, Byte[] password, String machineSid, Int32 jobIndex, Guid volumeGuid)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, Object[] args, Object server, Object[]& outArgs)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.AsyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg, IMessageSink replySink)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.EndInvokeHelper(System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.Message, Boolean)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(System.Object, System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.MessageData ByRef)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupClientManager+StartMountBackupWorkerEventHandler.EndInvoke(System.IAsyncResult)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupClientManager.StartMountBackupAsyncDone(System.IAsyncResult)
Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.UI.MountBackupWizard.backupClientManager_StartMountBackupAsyncCompleted(System.Object, System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupClientManager+<>c__DisplayClass2f.<StartMountBackupAsyncDone>b__2e(System.Object)
Exception Info: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(System.Object, System.Object[], System.Signature, Boolean)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(System.Object, System.Object[], System.Object[])
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl(System.Object[])
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(System.Object)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(System.Windows.Forms.Message ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG ByRef)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(IntPtr, Int32, Int32)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(System.Windows.Forms.Form)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.UI.Program.Main(System.String[])
Error #2
Faulting application name: MountBackupWizard.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16384, time stamp: 0x52156f60
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7601.23392, time stamp: 0x56eb2fb9
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x0000845d
Faulting process id: 0xbfc
Faulting application start time: 0x01d1bcf8214eedba
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\Essentials\MountBackupWizard.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 658061e9-28eb-11e6-85e2-00155da01813
I found some old reports from last year stating windows update KB3023562 was the problem, but there was no change after uninstalling the patch. I also tried turning off the firewall on the client and server, but that changed nothing. I have done a repair on the backup database and no errors were found.
I've never successfully mounted a backup, so I'm not sure what the problem could be.
In Active Directory (Windows EBS Server 2008 testing envionment), I have set a user the ability to log onto all computers. (Eg: Properties of User -> Account tab -> Log On To button -> Select All Computers option) This is all fine but the setting is being reset to the default option at odd intervals.
Is there some kind of policy setting that is making this revert? or something else? This option is preventing the test user from logging into their local workstation.
Thanks in advance.