cali99
join:2002-08-25
Anaheim, CA | Why use DFS
Hello all, I have a quick and hopefully eazy question, I wnat to learn a little bit more about DFS on A.D. so why and when should you use this function?
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acehyde
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join:2001-08-14
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Microsoft® Distributed File System for Microsoft Windows NT® Server (Dfs) enables distributed file system capabilities on Windows NT Server. A distributed file system provides a single tree structure for multiple shared volumes located on different servers on a network. A user accessing a volume on a Dfs tree does not need to know the name of the server where the volume is actually shared.
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cali99
join:2002-08-25
Anaheim, CA | reply to cali99
O.k. i set up a DFS on my server running A.D. and works fine, now can i set up a DFS on my CLIENT computer like xp. |
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masterpjz9
join:2000-10-14
Peabody, MA | reply to cali99
Maybe this article from Microsoft will help. |
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cali99
join:2002-08-25
Anaheim, CA
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Well if i understand corectly it wont work on winxp, or am i missing something here, sorry for being ignorant.When i try to create a new DFS from my server and I browse to a client pc it see's it but when i hit mext to continue it tells me network path not found wich i know the pc is there cuz i can ping it. |
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masterpjz9
join:2000-10-14
Peabody, MA
| Do you have a local DNS and WINS server configured? Is the XP computer a member of the domain? You really don't need DFS unless you have multiple servers. It just makes the network more complex. When it comes to reliability, you want things to be as simple as possible.
[text was edited by author 2003-06-07 00:57:21] |
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cali99
join:2002-08-25
Anaheim, CA
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yeah the xp is part of the Domain and I do have DNS set up properly cuz i got to network neighborhood and I can access the files from the server to the Xp. i just wanted to play around with DFS and see how it works> But why will it tell me it can find the network path to that xp bo? |
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cali99
join:2002-08-25
Anaheim, CA | reply to cali99
Does DFS only work on servers or can also work on client computer? |
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masterpjz9
join:2000-10-14
Peabody, MA | reply to cali99
It should work on all the computers, but I can't figure out why you can't access it from the XP box. Just make sure the permissions are set up correctly. |
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masterpjz9
join:2000-10-14
Peabody, MA
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Ah, I think I figured it out. To browse the DFS share, you need to type \\domain\share You don't type the server name. That's the whole point of DFS. So if your domain was hello.com and the DFS share name was cheese you would browse to \\hello.com\cheese on the XP box. |
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