I have two Windows Server 2008 SP2 machines (TFS and TFSBUILD). Periodically, the TFSBUILD server shares (\TFSBUILD\ShareName or \TFSBUILD\C$) become unresponsive to requests from Windows Vista (Server 2008) and Windows 7 client requests. Windows XP machines are still able to connect.
No events in the server log indicate any problem. A simple restart corrects the issue temporarily, but it always returns.
It is not this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948732 (we aren't using that software).
This does not appear to be an issue with SMB 2.0. Per @Maxwell I tried disabling it on the server and on the Windows 7 and Vista stations:
sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi
sc config mrxsmb20 start= disabled
All anti-virus software has been disabled, firewall is disabled by policy. No other network activity is affected.
The TFSBUILD server is a virtual, running under Hyper-V (x86 guest on an x64 host). The host has the same OS version and SP.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Answer
Maybe this has something to do with SMB 2.0, you could try disabling it on the server and on the Windows 7 and Vista stations:
You may also want to read this article at petri.co.il
This may be a workaround...