Windows Cluster File share Settings

Sometimes I see troubles with file sharing and clustering, default windows uses caching.

and in clustering you don’t want to do caching so you can turn it off

image  Just go to the caching TAP and check the checkbox.

image  image

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/287566

 

 

There is also an  Issue with the previous Version page.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888603

You can set this in a GPO below is a sample how to make a ADM file for this.

 

CLASS USER

CATEGORY "Windows Components"

CATEGORY "Windows Explorer"

POLICY "Disable Previous Versions Tab"

EXPLAIN !!PVHelp

KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer"

VALUENAME "NoPreviousVersionsPage"

VALUEON NUMERIC 1

VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0

END POLICY

END CATEGORY;

END CATEGORY;

[strings]

PVHelp="\nThis policy allows you to disable the Previous Versions Tab (used for Shadow Copies) in Windows Explorer.”

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