Deploy Distributed File System (DFS)

Deploy Distributed File System (DFS)

With DFS namespaces, you can combine shared folders that are located on different servers into one or more logical structures of namespaces. Each namespace is displayed to the user as a single shared folder with a series of subfolders. However, the basic structure of a namespace can contain a large number of shared folders located on different servers and in multiple sites. This structure improves availability and automatically connects users to shared folders in the same AD DS site when they are available. Most tasks require you to be a member of the domain Admins group in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) unless you have been delegated the appropriate authorization.

A namespace is a virtual view of shared folders within an organization. The path to a namespace is similar to a universal Naming convention (UNC) path for a shared folder, such as \\Server1\Public\Software\Tools. In this example, the shared folder public and its subfolders software and Tools are included on the Server1.

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· namespace Server . The namespace server hosts the namespace. A namespace server can be a member server or a domain controller.

· namespace Root Path . The namespace root path is the starting point for the namespace. In, the name of the root path is public, and the path to the namespace is \\Contoso\Public. This type of namespace is a domain-based namespace because it starts with a domain name (for example, Contoso), and its metadata is stored in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Although a single namespace server is displayed, domain-based namespaces can be hosted on multiple namespace servers to increase the availability of namespaces.

· folder . Folders that do not have a folder destination add structures and hierarchies to the namespace, and folders with folder targets provide the actual content to the user. When a user browses a folder that contains folder targets in the namespace, the client computer receives a reference that transparently redirects the client computer to a folder destination.

· The folder destination . A folder destination is a UNC path to a shared folder or another namespace that is associated with a folder in a namespace. A folder destination is the location where data and content are stored. In, the folder named Tools contains two folder targets, one in London and one in New York, and the folder named Training Guides contains a folder destination in New York. Users who browse to \\Contoso\Public\Software\Tools are transparently redirected to the shared folder \\LDN-SVR-01\Tools or \\NYC-SVR-01\Tools (depending on where the user is currently located).

Needless to say, below we begin to configure the Distributed File system:

Install DFS

Open Server Manager

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Click "Add Roles and Features":

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Select DFS Replication and DFS namespaces under file and storage services, and click Next:

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Confirm the error, click Install:

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When the installation is complete, click Close.

Configure DFS

Open Server Manager:

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Click "Tools"----"DFS Management":

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Right-click on "Namespaces":

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Click "Create New Namespace":

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The system pops up to create a new Namespace wizard, where we need to specify a namespace server, we click to browse:

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Here I plan to put the namespace server on the DC and we click OK:

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Confirm the error, click Next:

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Here you need to enter the name of the namespace, where I use "Dfsshare" and then click Edit Settings:

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Here we can specify the path of the shared folder and permissions, because it is the experimental environment, so I keep the default, click OK and then click Next:

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Here we need to specify the type of namespace, where we select "Domain-based namespaces" and leave the "Enable Windows Server 2008 Mode" Tick, click Next:

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Here we are sure the settings are OK, click Create:

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Created successfully, click Close.

Add the shared folder Hr-share on NWEB1 to our Dfsshare:

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After clicking Close, you can see that we have a Dfsshare namespace under our namespace, and we right-click this namespace:

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Click "New Folder":

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Enter the name of the folder, where I use "hr-share", then select the file destination and click "Add":

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Enter the server name, then click "Show Shared Folders", select the shared folder we need, and click OK:

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To determine the folder destination path, click OK:

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To determine the name and folder destination no problem, click OK:

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You can see that a shared folder called Hr-share has been created.

OK below we add the shared folder It-share on NWEB2 to our Dfsshare:

right mouse button Dfsshare:

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Click New folder:

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To determine the name and folder destination no problem, click OK:

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You can see that our "Hr-share" and "It-share" have been successfully added to the "Dfsshare" folder.

Test:

To access Dfsshare on our clients:

On the client, enter: \\contoso.com\dfsshare:

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OK, you can see that you have successfully accessed to our folder, and the folder contains "Hr-share" and "It-share" two no longer a shared folder on the server.

OK, here we have the experiment of deploying Distributed File System (DFS) succeeded! In the next blog post we will show you how to implement high availability of DFS.

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Deploy Distributed File System (DFS)