Disclaimer: These tools are unsupported and for testing purposes only.
GetMore Info -- Enhanced "Get Info" Utility -- Download
This application obtains information about a file or folder. The information gathered is significantly greater than that provided by the Finder's "Get Info" command and can also be used to set information.
Helios LanTest -- File Transfer Testing -- Webpage
Helios LanTest is an application that can be used to test AFP Server performance. It is most useful when comparing one server to another but can also be used for troubleshooting I/O problems.
Free For All -- File Transfer Testing -- Download
This application tests creating, deleting, and moving small files quickly.
Mount Volume -- Client Logon and Volume Mount Testing -- Download
This application mounts and unmounts a designated volume. Can also gather related performance data.
Play Catch -- File Transfer Testing -- Download
This application tests reading and writing file data and transferring files between selected folders.
Enumeration Performance -- Folder Enumeration Testing -- Download
This application gathers performance information on enumerating through a folder hierarchy.
Performance Test -- File Transfer Testing -- Download
This application gathers performance information for file transfers.
Search Performance -- Network Volume Search Testing -- Download
This application gathers performance information on catalog searches. Only tests "name contains" searches.
Exchange File -- AFP Exchange File Operation Testing -- Download
This application performs the AFP Exchange File operation, an operation used often by Macintosh applications.
File Utility -- File Transfer Testing -- Download
This application creates or deletes a large number of files and/or folders.
Lock File -- File Byte Range Locking Testing -- Download
This application performs byte range locking on a selected file.
Access Connect Debug Logging Registry Config Files -- Download
These files allow you to enable and disable various Access Connect debug logging options.
Streams -- Webpage
Alternate Data Streams are used by Access Connect to save Macintosh specific information on the NTFS file system. The Windows SysInternals Streams command line application can be used to view and manipulate these streams.
Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 OneClick -- Webpage
Microsoft Network Monitor is an application for capturing network traffic on the server. The OneClick version is a standalone application that does not require a complicated installation process or knowledge of network protocols. Microsoft designed this application to be used by their own support teams to assist with end user packet captures. The OneClick_ExtractOnly.exe includes the full installer for both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions Microsoft's Netmon if you want to perform more targeted packet captures using capture filters. The most common capture filters used for troubleshooting Access Connect are TCP.Port == 548 and/or IPv4.Address == x.x.x.x.
Robocopy (Windows Resource Kit) -- Webpage
Robocopy is a command line program that is capable of copying files including their security information and their Alternate Data Streams (which are used by Access Connect to store the resource fork and Macintosh metadata). Robocopy can is often used to do direct migrations of Macintosh data from one Windows server to another without having to use a Macintosh in the middle to perform the copy.
TextPad and Wintail -- TextPad Webpage -- Wintail Webpage
TextPad and Wintail are shareware applications that are good at dealing with large text files such as the Access Connect debug log. Baretail is particularly good for monitoring log files as they are being written to.
Process Monitor -- Webpage
As Microsoft says in the link, "Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.
Process Explorer -- Webpage
As Microsoft says in the link above, "Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded."