On the Namespace setting page click Next.Ħ. Select the Domain-based namespace on the Namespace Type page then click Next.
#Dfs management tools windows 10 full#
Namespace Name and Settingsĥ. Select Administrators have full access: other users have read and write permission on the Edit namespaces Settings page then click OK to apply changes. I set on dc1server.Ĥ. On the namespace setting page, type a name (public) then click Edit Settings. NameSpace Serverģ. Type the server name you want to use it as namespace host and click Next. DFS ManagementĢ. On the DFS Management console click New Namespace on the Actions menu to open the New Namespace Wizard. Create a DFS NameSpaceġ. On the DC Server open the DFS Management from Server Manager Dashboard and Toolsmenu. Now it’s time to create a namespace for servers. OK, the the File Server and Distributed File System are installed on both servers. When the installation finished successfully, execute the Get-WindowsFeature -Name fs* again to the changes result.
#Dfs management tools windows 10 install#
Install-WindowsFeature -Name FS-DFS-Namespace,FS-DFS-Replication – IncludeManagementTools Install Windows Features with PowerShell The result shows that no roles are installed yet.ģ. So try to install with the following Install-WindowsFeature command. The second server must be joined to domain, change the default name and set static IP address.ġ. Login to second server ( FS2) as domain admin and open Windows PowerShell.Ģ. Type “ get-windowsfeatures -name fs*” and hit enter to show the File Server and DFS components. It will help you to understand the process of installing DFS with PowerShell. It is better to do it with PowerShell command line. Try to install the File Server, DFS-N and DFS-R on the member server. Install Distributed File System (DFS) with PowerShell OK, the Distributed File System installation has finished successfully. DFS Installationħ. When the installation process has finished, click Close and go for configuration. It will take a minute to complete the installation task. Install and Configure Distributed File Systemĥ. On the Features page leave the default settings and click Next.Ħ. Click Install on the Confirmation page in order to install DFS. Accept the default features as well then click Next. Now select DFS Namespace, DFS Replication and File Server Resources Manager. On the add roles and features page, select Rule-based or feature-based installation and click Next.ģ. On the Server Selection page do noting, just click Next.Ĥ. On the Server Roles page expand the Files and Storage Services then expand File and iSCSI Services. I assume that you already can install Server roles and features.Ģ. Click Manage then click Add roles and Features. So we are in the testing Lab.ġ. Login to DC Server as domain admin and go to server manager dashboard. In the real world, don’t install too much roles in one server. So let’s install the installing and configuring DFS Namespaces and replication roles in firs Server (DC). The second server will be the member of DFS Server. It has installed Active Directory, DNS Server, DHCP Server and will install file server with DFS-N and DFS-R. The first Server is the domain Controller (DC). Here I have installed both of them in Hyper-V. Install and Configure Distributed File System (DFS)įor testing purpose of DFS configuration, at least you must have two Windows Serve 2012 R2 installed in your lab. In this article we are going show you the installation and configuration of distributed files system (DFS) in Windows Server 2012 R2. The Distributed File System ( DFS) provides a simplified view of file resources in Windows Server across multiple servers and sites while enabling efficient replication of folder contents between servers.