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LAB 4
CONFIGURING
DISTRIBUTED FILE
SYSTEM (DFS)
THE
FOLLOWING
Exercise 4.1
Installing DFS
Exercise 4.2
Exercise 4.3
Lab
Challenge
EXERCISES
Operating System
Windows Server 2012 R2
Computer Name
RWDC01
Server (VM 2)
Server01
Server (VM 3)
Server02
AND
Location
Lab04_worksheet.docx (provided by instructor)
Install DFS
Implement and configure DFS namespace
Implement and configure DFS replication
Use DFS for fault tolerant shared folders
Exercise
4.1
Installing DFS
Overview
Mindset
Completion
10 minutes
time
1. Log into Server01 as contoso\administrator with the password
Pa$$w0rd. The Server Manager console opens.
2. Click Manage > Add Roles and Features. The Add Roles and
Feature Wizard opens.
3. On the Before you begin page, click Next.
4. Select Role-based or feature-based installation and then click
Next.
5. When you are prompted to select a server, click Next.
6. Scroll down and expand File and Storage Services and then
expand File and iSCSI Services. Select File Server (if not already
installed), DFS Namespaces, and DFS Replication. When you are
prompted to add features to DFS Namespaces, click Add
Features.
Questio
n1
7. When you are back on the Select server roles page, click Next.
8. On the Select features page, click Next.
9. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Install.
10. When the installation is complete, take a screen shot of the Add
Roles and Features Wizard page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and
then paste it into your Lab04_worksheet file in the page
provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
11. Click Close.
12. Repeat the process to install File Server, DFS Namespaces, and
DFS replication on Server02.
End of exercise.
Exercise
4.2
Overview
Completion
time
25 minutes
Questio
n2
12. On the Namespace Server page, in the Server text box, type
Server01 and then click Next.
13. On the Namespace Name and Settings page, in the Name text
box, type Shares.
14. Click Edit Settings. The Edit Settings dialog box opens (see
Figure 4-1).
Figure 4-1
Specifying Share permissions for a DFS namespace
Questio
n3
15. Click All users have read and write permissions. Click OK to close
the Edit Settings dialog box.
16. On the Namespace Name and Settings page, click Next.
Questio
n4
Questio
n5
30. On Server01, open File Explorer. In the Location text box, type
\\contoso.com\shares and then press Enter.
31. Take a screen shot of the Shares folder by pressing Alt+Prt Scr
and then paste it into your Lab04_worksheet file in the page
provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
32. Close File Explorer.
33. On the DFS Management console, right-click the
\\Contoso.com\Shares namespace and choose Properties. The
Properties dialog box opens.
34. Click the Advanced tab.
35. Select the Enable access-based enumeration for this namespace
checkbox.
36. Take a screen shot of the \\contoso.com\Shares Properties dialog
box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your
Lab04_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
Questio
n6
Exercise
4.3
Overview
Mindset
Completion
time
30 minutes
Questio
n7
Figure 4-2
Adding folders to replicate
20. On the Review Settings and Create Replication Group page, click
Create.
21. When the replication group has been created, click Close.
22. If a Replication Delay message is displayed, click OK.
23. Expand the Replication node and then click the Repl node.
24. Take a screen shot of the DFS Management console by pressing
Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab04_worksheet
worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
25. On Server01, open the C:\Share3 folder with File Explorer.
26. Right-click the opened folder and choose New > Text Document.
Name the document Doc1.txt.
27. Open the Doc1.txt file and type your name. Save and then close
the document.
28. On Server02, open the C:\Share3 folder and verify that the Doc1
text file has replicated to Server02. It may take a minute or two
to replicate.
29. Using the DFS Management console, on the Memberships tab,
right-click the SERVER01 Share3 and choose Properties.
30. In the SERVER01 (Share3) Properties dialog box, click the
Staging tab.
Questio
n8
End of exercise. Close any windows that are open on Server01 and
Server02.
5 minutes
Lab
Challenge
Overview
Mindset
Completion
time
10 minutes
End of lab. You can log off or start a different lab. If you want to
restart this lab, youll need to click the End Lab button in order for
the lab to be reset.