InvisibleMan

anyone know anything about distributed file systems?

Ive got a folder on one server, how do people view that folder on another server(dfs) with the sensible naming structure?
ie \\serverA\c$\folder to \\domain\dfs\folder

ozzy

it's "domain name\dfs share name" IIRC

This should help - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../dfsguide.mspx

InvisibleMan

found something in 'english'

created another root (as its from a different server) its abit messy, would prefer it all under just one dfs root but ok for now...

David_Wallis

What do you want to do?

Is it AD integrated DFS?

Create a root .. which becomes your dfs 'root share'

then just create a link..

Give the Link a name say, 'David'
Configure the path to the target ie \\davidsstupidservername\fred$\bolloc*s\dunno\long ername\feb2003\reallycrapnamingstandards\david

Click Ok.

Then connect to

\\Server\DFS\david

We used to do it as \\servername\Company Name

then mapped a drive to the DFS root.

You can also publish the root in AD.

so you can do \\Domain.local\Share

David

InvisibleMan

got it - was being abit dim for a moment there with the target...

David_Wallis

cant see how you could confuse that, but it is friday!!

ozzy

just for a moment? a red ersed baboon could understand the stuff in that link

InvisibleMan

actually i didnt look at it, thought it was the same one as our technet dvds but its not as it didnt have any pictures to look at (def makes it easier to understand)
most of this is foreign to me you see, learning as i go along....