Backup fails with 'Error Message: 2916 - CIFS cannot connect to share (58: The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.)'
Backup fails.
In System Log in Event Viewer on the repository computer:
Source: srv
Event ID: 2017
Level: Error
The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations.
Edit the registry using regedit on the repository computer and reboot.
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache
Set the registry key to ‘1'
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\Size
Set the registry key to ‘3'
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