Re: Dynamic volumes on WXPP SP2 make folder and file shares read o
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 13:25:07 -0800
"jrb" <jrb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kerry,
> Thanks for your response.
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "jrb" <jrb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F3258F53-85D4-4439-AAF4-5BA0764A1659@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have converted the boot disk from basic partition to a simple dynamic
>> > volume on two workstations running Windows XP Professional with all
>> > available
>> > patches (through automatic updates). The reason for this was to enable
>> > dynamic extensions.
>> >
>> > Now folder and file shares served by these machines have become read
>> > only:
>> > existing files cannot be updated or deleted. However, new files may be
>> > created. The new files may again not be updated.
>> >
>> > How can this problem be resolved?
>> >
>>
>> Update the NTFS and Share permissions. It sounds like something may have
>> gone wrong in the conversion process.
>>
> I have removed and recreated the permissions. I does not make any
> difference.
> The share access rights problem is identical for both systems, although
> they
> were done independently of each other. To me, it seems to have to do with
> the
> conversion process to dynamic volumes.
>> > I have tried to modify the LanMan Server (and workstation) parameters
>> > to
>> > no
>> > avail. Disabling opportunistic lock parameters does not seem to make
>> > any
>> > difference.
>> >
>> > Could it be that dynamic volumes converted from basic partitions
>> > created
>> > by
>> > WXPP SP1 is to blame. I have found that these volumes cannot be
>> > extended
>> > as
>> > they were created by an older version of WXPP.
>> >
>>
>> Boot volumes cannot be extended. It has nothing to do with versions. It
>> is a
>> limitation of dynamic volumes that is well documented.
>>
>> > Reversing the conversion is not possible.
>> >
>>
>> Yes it is. Delete the volumes, recreate them as basic volumes, then
>> restore
>> the data from your backups you created before you started this process
>> :-)
>>
> Well. Right.
> As the share read-only problem was not noticed until some time after the
> conversion, a number of email were received after the conversion. In
> addition, as files were updated to the shares by creating new files with
> new
> names and deleting the old, I need to restore backups made from the
> converted
> dynamic volumes.
> Can I restore the ASR backups to basic volumes although they were taken
> from
> Dynamic volumes and not loosing any data? Notice, they are systems volume
> backups, not only data.
I was being facetious. At this point I would leave the volumes as dynamic
and fix the permissions problem. Check who owns the files, check that
Creator Owner is listed in the permissions. In the Advanced settings from
the Security tab click on the effective permissions tab and type in a user
name that should have full access. What are the results?
Kerry
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