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A couple of things under the "repair" option: 1. Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows Server Essentials > ProviderFramework and ManagementService. This path does not exist. 2. I did not find "Dashboard > Services > Email (or the Office 365 integration page)" nor...

When I try to start the service I get a 1067 error - service terminated unexpectedly. The event viewer shows a .Net error with Event ID 1025: Application: SharedServiceHost.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The application requested process termination through...

The output from dir "\OtherPC\Share\YourFolder" >> %LOG% 2>&1 is "The user name or password is incorrect." I am using UNC paths and the task is set to run with highest privileges and whether logged in or not. Because it is a permissions issue, I see no reason to try robocopy.

I have a command file (.bat) I run to copy some files from my Windows 11 PC to another PC. When I double-click the .bat file on my PC, it runs and successfully copies the files. When I run it using Task Scheduler, it runs the command file but no files are actually copied. I piped the output...

Please send GUI-only steps to expand the existing ClientBackup

All is working correctly now - thanks for your help. I do have some comments though: 1. As I mentioned before, the Get-Disk powershell command in step 1 of your second post failed with this error: Format-Table : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'AutoNumber'. 2. It wasn't...

The Get-Disk powershell command in step 1 failed with this error: Format-Table : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'AutoNumber'. Regardless I deleted the volume which changed the CanPool value to True. I then did the items in step 5 using Server Manager and I now have a...

Windows Server Manager showing storage pools, virtual and physical disks.

Yes, the drive is meant to be re-used. I followed the GUI instructions and the drive (I assigned letter G:) is now showing the correct size in Disk Management and is active but I have been unable to add it back for client backup. It appears in Server Manager: Disks but if I try to create a new...

I've been successfully using WSE2016 since 2023 only for personal use to back up several PCs. A couple of months ago it failed, possibly the result of multiple power outages here in Florida. After trying to recover I gave up and did a new install using the same two 1TM SSDs as before...

Disk 4 shows a 1.62 TB RAW, active primary partition.

Windows Server Manager shows four disks and a Storage Spaces pool (ClientBackup) on WSE2016.