topic Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks in Network and Storage Protocols

2012 R2 User Profile Disks

amayacitta — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:30:47 GMT

Hey guys,

Anyone got 2012 R2 user profile disks working with SMB3 on NetApp cDOT? I know it requires SMB3 but it doesn't seem to work when setting up on cDOT 😞

I've got a SMB3.0 enabled CIFS server, I know that it works as it is currently used for Hyper-V SMB 3.0

A share has been added for UPD, as a test I set everyone full for share and NTFS permissions

I go into server manager and add the share - making sure I use the CIFS server name rather than an alias (beleive this is a requirement for SMB3 to work)

Tried enabling and disabling "Enable continuous availability" just to check that option out

When adding I get

Could not create the template VHD. Error Message: The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA).

Doing some research this is due to SMB3 support - lots of people say setup a full 2012 R2 share, which I can do via a LUN but i'd rather not if possible.

Is the NetApp CIFS compatible with 2012 R2 UPD's? Has anyone got this working?

Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks

Sahana — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:06:11 GMT

Refer KB

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/ONTAP_OS/Error_message_The_RPC_Server_is_Unavailable_is_reported_during_creation_of_Windows_Server_2012_R2_RDS_user_profile_disks

Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks

amayacitta — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:55:52 GMT

Ok thanks for the information, time to make a design decision about the profile placement 🙂

Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks

yougotserv — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:04:29 GMT

Hello, trying to find the KB as stated in the resolution but it says could not be found

Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks

Drew_C — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:52:17 GMT

I've submitted the request to the KB team to have this article added. I'll update the solution above with the new URL when available. I'll also notify you, @yougotserv when complete.

More info on the KB FAQ.

Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks

Drew_C — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:07:48 GMT

@yougotserv, the article has been added to the new KB site. I've updated the link in the solution above.

Re: 2012 R2 User Profile Disks

yougotserv — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 06:34:17 GMT

Hello and thanks a lot !