6430A_09 Maintaining a Distributed File System

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Planning and

Administering WindowsServer 2008 Servers


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Module 9: Maintaining a Distributed File Systemon Windows Server 2008

Planning Components Required for DFS

Planning for High Availability in DFS

Managing DFS


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Lesson: Planning Components Required for DFS

Services Required for DFS

DFS Architecture


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Services Required for DFS

Stand-alone DFS namespace requires

Server in domain or workgroup

File Server role

Domain-based DFS namespace requires

Active Directory

Windows Server 2008 domain functional mode

Domain member server File Server role


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DFS Architecture

M

ain Office

Branch Office

Referrals are made to thefolder target which is:

Nearest

Available


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Lesson: Planning for High Availability in DFS

DFS Namespaces

DFS Replication

Data Storage

Comparing Domain and Stand-Alone DFS


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DFS Namespaces

DFS2

\\Woodgrovebank.com\Data

\\Woodgrovebank.com\Data\Sales

DFS1


\\Woodgrovebank.com\Data\Marketing

DFS2


\\Woodgrovebank.com\Data\Sales

DFS1


\\Woodgrovebank.com\Data\Marketing


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DFS Replication

Main Office

Branch Office

DFS Replication provides:

Scheduling

Bandwidth control

Self-healing


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Data Storage

Main Office

Branch Office

Data collection provides:

Backup from main office

Restore from main office

No backup/restore tasksat branch office


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Stand-alone

namespace

Domain-based

namespace

Path \\ServerName\RootName\\NetBIOSDomainName\RootName

\\DNSDomainName\RootName

Namespaceinformationstorage

Server registry andmemory cache

Active DirectoryNamespace server memory cache

MinimumAD mode

AD not requiredWindows Server 2008 to support

new features

Size


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Lesson: Managing DFS

DFS Management Tools

Delegating DFS Administration

Demonstration: Using DFS Tools and Delegating DFSPermissions


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DFS Management Tools

Tool Description

DFS ManagementMMC snap-in

GUI management tool for DFS

Manage namespaces, replication, andfolder targets

Configure failover and failback

DFSRAdmin Command-line replication tool Manage connections

Propagation tests and reports

DFSCmd

Command-line tool

Configure DFS tree

Configure DFS volumes and replicas

DFSUtil

Command-line namespace tool

Manage namespaces

Diagnostics

Client functions


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Delegating DFS Administration

You can use the DFS Management Console to delegatethe following permissions:

Create or delete namespaces

Administer a single namespace

C

reate or delete replication groups Administer a single replication group

Add a server to a replication group


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Demonstration: Using DFS Tools and DelegatingDFS Permissions

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

Send a propagation test file

Delegate control for DFS


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Lab: Planning for DFS

Exercise 1: Evaluating the Existing Server Environment

Exercise 2: Deployment Considerations for DFS

Exercise 3: Designing a High-Availability DFS Solution

Exercise 4: Implementing a High-Availability DFS Solution

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Logon information

Virtual machine

6430A-NYC-DC1-02

6430A-NYC-SVR1-03

6430A-NYC-SVR2-04

User name Woodgrovebank\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd


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Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions

Best Practices

Documents

6430A_09 Maintaining a Distributed File System