DFS basics

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can tell me in low tech management speak, if use dfs users home drives, how can see actual servers user data on?

also dfs geared user home drives opposed team shares/directories? if why that? our team shares/directories seem on actual servers can see name, whereas home drives seem on dfs replicated servers.

please keep answers management low tech freindly...

hello,
see share-home folder located behind dfs can right-click on folder , choose properties. 4th tab dfs , display "real" server name folder located. there options check status , set active well.
way open dfs mgmt console. there dfs namespaces should visible automatically if dfs ad integrated or can add them manually.
dfs consists 2 parts namespaces , replication. in scenario use namespace. know replication of files responsible frs (file replication sevice).
if leave replication beside, not see why use dfs home folders , can not imagine share folders without dfs. here why.
home folders - configured via ad - profile settings each ad account. believe manage scripts. when change/migrate home folders location run script again , in few seconds done.
share folders - mapped client computers via logon scripts or via mapped drives gpo. if can can consider dfs kind of "file gateway". once configure dfs have path folder \\mydomain\dfsnamespace\sharedfolder1 , never again not need change logon script or similar because need change folder target. experience when create dfs namespace never use location in it. because if move location (like did) sound wrong. use \\mydomain\datashares or \\mydomain\sharedfolders etc.

in case believe dfs configured home folders have data replicated between 2 locations. should check.

dfs nothing more shortcuts features ad site aware , fault tolerant.if open c: on dfs server see dfsroots folder shortcuts shared folders. not place configred, configured in ad , can see them adsiedit tool.

to explain, let have ny office , boston office. can configure 2 dfs servers , ad sites , services users ny query ny dfs shared folder location , boston users boston dfs. in case ny dfs down, ny users query boston dfs , best part not need anything. once ny dfs online ny users switch back. if have replication in place users ny switch files located on secondary location. here should considered link bandwidth stop here comment large enough.

regards serbia.



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