Microsoft KB Archive/315778

= File Shares on Legacy FTDisk Sets Are Not Accessible After You Upgrade to Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 315778

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)

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This article was previously published under Q315778



SYMPTOMS
If you have upgraded from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 and legacy fault-tolerant disk (FTDisk) sets are present, any file shares that are pointing to folders on the FTDisk sets will not be shared.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Windows NT 4.0 FTDisk sets are not fully supported under Windows Server 2003.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, note that you can obtain access to the data on your FTDisk sets by using the Ftonline tool from the Windows Support tools.

For additional information about the use of the Ftonline tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

303246 Fault-Tolerant RAID Volumes or Volume Sets Displayed as 'Failed'

After you use Ftonline to make the data accessible, you can make the shares available by restarting the Server service. You can do so in the Services administrative tool (by right-clicking Server, and then clicking Restart), or by typing the following commands at a command prompt, pressing ENTER after each command:

'''net stop dfs

net stop browser

net stop server

net start server

net start browser

net start dfs'''

You must also restart the DFS and Browser services because they are dependent on the Server service.

After the data has been made available with Ftonline, and the Server service has been restarted, the shares will be available for the duration of that boot only.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
Because Windows NT 4.0 FTDisk sets are not fully supported in Windows Server 2003, it is recommended that you use this workaround as a temporary measure only. As a permanent solution, you should back up the data from your legacy FTDisk sets, delete them, and recreate them as Dynamic volumes.

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