A Distributed File System (DFS) can provide redundant and location-independent access to a network file system. Examples include Microsoft DFS and GlusterFS.
Questions tagged [dfs]
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Make one out of many folders available offline with Windows 7
We have a user who is using large files. Instead of working on the network he is copying the files to his local machine for better performance. This isn't ideal as it's an error-prone manual process to keep the documents synced.
I have been looking…
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DFS on Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2 comes with the DFS server role. I am looking at finding a third party application that can mimic this funtionality on Windows 7.
I need it because I have multiple SATA hard disks and I want to expose folders from each drive…
JL.
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Single share across multiple locations Windows Server 2019
I would like to create a share that appears to the user as a single share, however it is actually a combination of two separate targets.
I have a server with a D: drive that is backed up daily and is going to have recent projects, and the same…
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File Modified Date different than Word Last Saved Date
How can the FILE SYSTEM - DATE MODIFIED change without the MS Word DATE LAST SAVED not changing?
There have been numerous occasions where a user states that they VIEWED a FILE then closed it without saving it. The DATE MODIFIED is changing. But…
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Installer files for GPOs on SYSVOL or Dedicated Share?
Say I wanted to deploy a number of software packages using GPOs, where a GPO would reference an absolute path to an installer file (i.e. installer.msi). What are the pros/cons of hosting installers directly within SYSVOL vs a separate file share…
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notepad.exe connects to tcp/389
I have recently began noticing several computers in my corporate network exhibiting some unexpected behavior when opening .txt and .rtf documents from a UNC path hosted on my DC using notepad.exe.
In each case, upon opening the document, notepad.exe…
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How do I get Net Use to map full dfs path to folder and not truncate when using /home flag
When executing the command:
NET USE H: \\fully.qualified.name\dfs\path\to\folder /home,
Windows 10 will only map H: to \\full.unc.name\dfs
When adding the /home designation, the path gets truncated. Drop /home and the full path gets mapped.
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How to copy files from Windows to Linux HDFS directly
I am trying to copy a large amount files to Hadoop HIVE. Right now I am doing this via a two-step scripts.
Step 1: Powershell scripts copying files from Windows to Linux using
Putty scp tool.
Step 2: Bash scripts copying files from Linux to HDFS…
Seaport
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Create Symbolic Link on network share pointing to another share
I am looking to create a symbolic link on the network share pointing to another network share
mklink /D \\Company.com\NY\data\link \\company.com\hr\application\data\
Is that possible? I tried it and got error "the system cannot find the path…
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assign permission on DFS server 2012
I have 4 directories and 4 groups and I want each group have access to one directory for example GroupA access to Directory A and GroupB access to Directory B and .... . and also I install DFS management and DFS Replication .But i don't know How can…
azi
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Not able to access sub-folder of shared drive from secondary site office
My windows server 2003 is running as VM and this server is the file print server, hosting the printers as well as the shared drive using DFS, hosted in HQ (primary site office). The connection between both site is through local ISP BAN services.…
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How to provide DRM/file security across an entire DFS?
I can't seem to find an answer to this myself and have come across several barriers to trying to even get started on it.
The background is:
I manage the systems and technologies used by 60 schools across 4 countries
The number of unique classes we…
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Shared Excel WorkBook is locked by another user
I’ve been trying everything; this is the last chance I have.
I moved folders and files from an old Windows Server 2003 File Server to a new FS (Win Server 2008 R2) with DFS and ABE enabled.
Now, a specific Shared Excel file is driving me crazy, out…
Something
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Exceptionally slow when moving files within same server
We have a storage server that we are reorganizing. We created a new DFS shared folder located on the same server and I am trying to transfer files between the two shares. This is taking exceptionally longer than I would expect. Between when I logged…
David K
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DFS Replication never starts on 2 volumes, works on 2 volumes
Scenario:
2 Windows Server 2019 servers.
We are attempting to replicate 8 folders. On the "current server", these are on 4 volumes, 2 folders per volume. On the "destination" server they are all on the same server.
The current server has had a DFS…
Ken S
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