At the end of this video, the student will learn how to map drives to a computer using Distributed File System naming conventions. Names need to include the fully qualified domain name. They also need to include the DFS share name before getting to the actual share name. These are all demonstrated in this video.
- [Instructor] In previous videos,…we demonstrated how to set up both the name space…and the replication in Distributed File System.…Now, let's take a look at how it is that we get to…the mapping of the drives so we can have them show up…as a drive letter in our client.…One way would be to use the normal drive mapping…done through File Explorer.…You would just browse until you get…to the location you want to get,…right click on the shared folder…and choose to map that network location.…
In our case, we want to use the DFS namespace itself,…and that path is UNC path,…which is Universal Naming Convention,…and it points to \\Widget.internal\DFS\SharedData.…Now regardless of the fact that it's a single path,…it points to the file shares on both servers.…So that way if one server goes down,…then you could access the data…on the other server automatically.…We're now in our Windows 10 computer.…
Let's go ahead and click on our File Explorer,…and from here we'll go ahead and put in our UNC path.…There's our Shared Data folder.…
Author
Robert McMillen
Released
1/19/2017- Working with the Computer Management interface
- Formatting disks and editing files from the command line
- Configuring advanced file services such as BranchCache, auditing, and permissions
- Configuring Dynamic Access Control (DAC)
- Data deduplication
- Storage on Hyper-V
- Setting up Distributed File System (DFS)
- Understanding Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and RAID storage options
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome43s
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1. Introduction to File and Storage Services in Windows Server 2016
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Command-line disk formatting7m 55s
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Command-line file utilities5m 26s
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Volumes and disks8m 1s
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2. Configure Advanced File Services
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Configure BranchCache5m 14s
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Resource Monitor4m 43s
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3. Implement Dynamic Access Control (DAC)
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4. Configure and Optimize Storage
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Configure an iSCSI target4m 34s
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Configure an iSCSI initiator3m 37s
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Configure tiered storage4m 26s
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5. Additional Storage Roles
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Data deduplication intro2m 59s
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Practical deduplication6m 33s
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Storage on Hyper-V7m 48s
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6. Distributed File System
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Installation of DFS role3m 14s
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DFS namespace5m 57s
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DFS replication7m 47s
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DFS drive mapping3m 2s
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Scripting DFS mapping5m 43s
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7. Other Storage Options
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Volume Shadow Copy3m 52s
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Conclusion
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Next steps49s
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