DFS - eamonstackpole/my-tech-journal GitHub Wiki

Overview

In this lab we learned how to set up Share Folders, Namespaces, and Namespace Folders.

Enter 1 for the Domain/Workgroup
Enter D for Domain
Enter the name of the domain (eamon.local)
Enter the administrator account to authorize its entry (eamon\eamon.stackpole-adm)
Enter the password, then when prompted Change the device name to DFS01-eamon
Then restart the machine
If you configured it correctly the sconfig page should look like this:

To enable Computer Management on the Core servers, run the powershell command Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Service Management" on both DFS1 & DFS2
Then use Computer Management and Create a new Share Folder
- Path is C:\dfs#, the name is dfs#, and give admins full access and others are read only
This is what the shared folders should look like when completed:

Right click on MGMT and open DFS Management, then right click on DFS Management and select "New Namespace"
Choose MGMT as the namespace server
Name it "dfsshare" with the path C:\DFSRoots\dfsshare
Go to Edit Settings to Give all users read and write permissions
Once Completed it should look like this:

Select "New Folder", name it "SYS265", and then add the paths for the two share folders made for DFS1 and DFS2
Select Yes for creating a replication group for the folder targets
A Replication Group wizard will appear, and make sure that the names and target folders are in the configurations
Make the Primary Member of the group DFS1 (Go to Notes to learn more about Primary members)
Make it a Full Mesh topology, then complete its creation
If done correctly you will see this: