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Server 2003 network directory access Hybrid 03-13-2008
Posted by Hybrid on March 13, 2008, 4:56 pm
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I 've had many issues with a server over the past couple of days. The
server is running Windows 2003 Enterprise and handles our backup-to-disk
operations. Over the weekend, a memory module failed and the server
restarted. When we booted back up on Monday, there was corrupt data that
was saved to the hard drive. The first thing we did was test to ensure that
there was no issues with the hard disk and after verifying it was the
memory, we removed the bad module and began to repair the problems.

There were a couple of corrupt OS files keeping the server from booting so
we recovered those in the recovery console and it booted into windows fine.
The next problem we ran into was the network card showed that the driver
could not be loaded becase a file was missing and would not show the network
connections. This turned out to be something that was corrupt in the
registry and after resolving it using MS article KB825826, we were able to
assign the network card it's TCP IP info. This is where we got stuck.

This server is not a domain controller. It can ping other computers on our
network by their host names using the assigned DNS servers. Other computers
can also resolve its host name. The problem occurs when I try to access any
computer shares over the network. When I type \computer_name\share_name\
I get "The network location cannot be reached. For information about
network troubleshooting, see Windows Help". If I'm on the backup server,
when I type \backup_server\share_name\ I get \backup_server\share_name\ is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
permissions " I've checked the to make sure all sharing and security
permissions are set correctly. Furthermore, if I am on any computer on our
network and I try to access \backup_server\share_name\ I get "The network
path was not found"

What else is strange is that Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, which
uses file shares, can access the backup server shares from other computers
to perform it routine backups.

Does anyone have any ideas?



Posted by Pegasus \(MVP\) on March 13, 2008, 5:39 pm
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>I 've had many issues with a server over the past couple of days. The
>server is running Windows 2003 Enterprise and handles our backup-to-disk
>operations. Over the weekend, a memory module failed and the server
>restarted. When we booted back up on Monday, there was corrupt data that
>was saved to the hard drive. The first thing we did was test to ensure
>that there was no issues with the hard disk and after verifying it was the
>memory, we removed the bad module and began to repair the problems.
>
> There were a couple of corrupt OS files keeping the server from booting so
> we recovered those in the recovery console and it booted into windows
> fine. The next problem we ran into was the network card showed that the
> driver could not be loaded becase a file was missing and would not show
> the network connections. This turned out to be something that was corrupt
> in the registry and after resolving it using MS article KB825826, we were
> able to assign the network card it's TCP IP info. This is where we got
> stuck.
>
> This server is not a domain controller. It can ping other computers on
> our network by their host names using the assigned DNS servers. Other
> computers can also resolve its host name. The problem occurs when I try
> to access any computer shares over the network. When I type
> \computer_name\share_name\ I get "The network location cannot be reached.
> For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help". If I'm
> on the backup server, when I type \backup_server\share_name\ I get
> \backup_server\share_name\ is not accessible. You might not have
> permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this
> server to find out if you have access permissions " I've checked the to
> make sure all sharing and security permissions are set correctly.
> Furthermore, if I am on any computer on our network and I try to access
> \backup_server\share_name\ I get "The network path was not found"
>
> What else is strange is that Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, which
> uses file shares, can access the backup server shares from other computers
> to perform it routine backups.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?

This sounds like a compromised server. If it was my server
then I would rebuild it from the most recent backup.



Posted by lforbes on March 14, 2008, 6:49 pm
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Hi,

Remember using share names like \server\share don't use DNS but NetBios.
Try \server@domain.local\share instead. Does that work?

If so there is something up with the NetBios. Usually it has fallen out of
the NetBios list on the Master Server.

We have always had NetBios issues. We use WINS but even that isn't 100%
foolproof.

"Hybrid" wrote:

> I 've had many issues with a server over the past couple of days. The
> server is running Windows 2003 Enterprise and handles our backup-to-disk
> operations. Over the weekend, a memory module failed and the server
> restarted. When we booted back up on Monday, there was corrupt data that
> was saved to the hard drive. The first thing we did was test to ensure that
> there was no issues with the hard disk and after verifying it was the
> memory, we removed the bad module and began to repair the problems.
>
> There were a couple of corrupt OS files keeping the server from booting so
> we recovered those in the recovery console and it booted into windows fine.
> The next problem we ran into was the network card showed that the driver
> could not be loaded becase a file was missing and would not show the network
> connections. This turned out to be something that was corrupt in the
> registry and after resolving it using MS article KB825826, we were able to
> assign the network card it's TCP IP info. This is where we got stuck.
>
> This server is not a domain controller. It can ping other computers on our
> network by their host names using the assigned DNS servers. Other computers
> can also resolve its host name. The problem occurs when I try to access any
> computer shares over the network. When I type \computer_name\share_name\
> I get "The network location cannot be reached. For information about
> network troubleshooting, see Windows Help". If I'm on the backup server,
> when I type \backup_server\share_name\ I get \backup_server\share_name\ is
> not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
> Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
> permissions " I've checked the to make sure all sharing and security
> permissions are set correctly. Furthermore, if I am on any computer on our
> network and I try to access \backup_server\share_name\ I get "The network
> path was not found"
>
> What else is strange is that Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, which
> uses file shares, can access the backup server shares from other computers
> to perform it routine backups.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
>

Posted by Bill Board on March 24, 2008, 4:09 pm
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I've never seen the \server@domain.local\share what would I put for the
.local part?

For example if my server was called fish and the domain was called lake and
my share was programs$ i'd enter \fish@lake\programs$

Is that correct?

> Hi,
>
> Remember using share names like \server\share don't use DNS but NetBios.
> Try \server@domain.local\share instead. Does that work?
>
> If so there is something up with the NetBios. Usually it has fallen out of
> the NetBios list on the Master Server.
>
> We have always had NetBios issues. We use WINS but even that isn't 100%
> foolproof.
>
> "Hybrid" wrote:
>
>> I 've had many issues with a server over the past couple of days. The
>> server is running Windows 2003 Enterprise and handles our backup-to-disk
>> operations. Over the weekend, a memory module failed and the server
>> restarted. When we booted back up on Monday, there was corrupt data that
>> was saved to the hard drive. The first thing we did was test to ensure
>> that
>> there was no issues with the hard disk and after verifying it was the
>> memory, we removed the bad module and began to repair the problems.
>>
>> There were a couple of corrupt OS files keeping the server from booting
>> so
>> we recovered those in the recovery console and it booted into windows
>> fine.
>> The next problem we ran into was the network card showed that the driver
>> could not be loaded becase a file was missing and would not show the
>> network
>> connections. This turned out to be something that was corrupt in the
>> registry and after resolving it using MS article KB825826, we were able
>> to
>> assign the network card it's TCP IP info. This is where we got stuck.
>>
>> This server is not a domain controller. It can ping other computers on
>> our
>> network by their host names using the assigned DNS servers. Other
>> computers
>> can also resolve its host name. The problem occurs when I try to access
>> any
>> computer shares over the network. When I type
>> \computer_name\share_name\
>> I get "The network location cannot be reached. For information about
>> network troubleshooting, see Windows Help". If I'm on the backup server,
>> when I type \backup_server\share_name\ I get \backup_server\share_name\
>> is
>> not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
>> resource.
>> Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
>> permissions " I've checked the to make sure all sharing and security
>> permissions are set correctly. Furthermore, if I am on any computer on
>> our
>> network and I try to access \backup_server\share_name\ I get "The
>> network
>> path was not found"
>>
>> What else is strange is that Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, which
>> uses file shares, can access the backup server shares from other
>> computers
>> to perform it routine backups.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>
>>
>>



Posted by Bill Grant on March 24, 2008, 7:38 pm
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Do you really have a single label domain, or are you just giving us the
Netbios name of it?

Using a single label domain is not recommened for W2k/W2k3.

> I've never seen the \server@domain.local\share what would I put for the
> .local part?
>
> For example if my server was called fish and the domain was called lake
> and my share was programs$ i'd enter \fish@lake\programs$
>
> Is that correct?
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Remember using share names like \server\share don't use DNS but NetBios.
>> Try \server@domain.local\share instead. Does that work?
>>
>> If so there is something up with the NetBios. Usually it has fallen out
>> of
>> the NetBios list on the Master Server.
>>
>> We have always had NetBios issues. We use WINS but even that isn't 100%
>> foolproof.
>>
>> "Hybrid" wrote:
>>
>>> I 've had many issues with a server over the past couple of days. The
>>> server is running Windows 2003 Enterprise and handles our backup-to-disk
>>> operations. Over the weekend, a memory module failed and the server
>>> restarted. When we booted back up on Monday, there was corrupt data
>>> that
>>> was saved to the hard drive. The first thing we did was test to ensure
>>> that
>>> there was no issues with the hard disk and after verifying it was the
>>> memory, we removed the bad module and began to repair the problems.
>>>
>>> There were a couple of corrupt OS files keeping the server from booting
>>> so
>>> we recovered those in the recovery console and it booted into windows
>>> fine.
>>> The next problem we ran into was the network card showed that the driver
>>> could not be loaded becase a file was missing and would not show the
>>> network
>>> connections. This turned out to be something that was corrupt in the
>>> registry and after resolving it using MS article KB825826, we were able
>>> to
>>> assign the network card it's TCP IP info. This is where we got stuck.
>>>
>>> This server is not a domain controller. It can ping other computers on
>>> our
>>> network by their host names using the assigned DNS servers. Other
>>> computers
>>> can also resolve its host name. The problem occurs when I try to access
>>> any
>>> computer shares over the network. When I type
>>> \computer_name\share_name\
>>> I get "The network location cannot be reached. For information about
>>> network troubleshooting, see Windows Help". If I'm on the backup
>>> server,
>>> when I type \backup_server\share_name\ I get
>>> \backup_server\share_name\ is
>>> not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
>>> resource.
>>> Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
>>> permissions " I've checked the to make sure all sharing and security
>>> permissions are set correctly. Furthermore, if I am on any computer on
>>> our
>>> network and I try to access \backup_server\share_name\ I get "The
>>> network
>>> path was not found"
>>>
>>> What else is strange is that Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, which
>>> uses file shares, can access the backup server shares from other
>>> computers
>>> to perform it routine backups.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>


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