1. File System Management and Fault Tolerance

2. Contents Windows Server 2008 R2 Disks
Utilizing External Disk Subsystems
Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 Disks
System File Reliability
Adding the File Services Role
Managing Data Access Using Windows Server 2008 R2 Shares
Volume-Based NTFS Quota Management
File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
Distributed File System
Planning a DFS Deployment
Installing DFS
Managing and Troubleshooting DFS
Backing Up DFS
Using Volume Shadow Copy Service

3. File System Management Tools

4. Concepts GUID Partition Table (GPT) Disk Dynamic Disk
extend Windows disk functionality when managing multiple disks

5. Concepts- basic disk supports only simple volumes
OR volumes that exist on a single disk &partition within Windows.
contain no fault tolerance

6. Concepts- dynamic disk
extend Windows disk functionality when managing multiple disks
host volumes that span multiple partitions and disks within a single system.
Build fault-tolerant & RAID

7. Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 Disks
Disk Management MMC Snap-In
Diskpart.exe Command-Line Utility

8. Adding a New Disk to Windows

9. Converting Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks

10. Creating Fault-Tolerant Volumes

13. Creating a Fault-Tolerant Volume Using Diskpart.exe

16. Adding File Services Role

17. Managing Data Access Using Windows Server share

18. Managing Folder Shares
Share and Storage Management console located in Server Manager

22. Volume-Based NTFS Quota Manage

23. File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
Setting limits on storage
Providing storage limit flexibility of group data
Enforcing storage policy
File screen policy
File classification

24. Installing FSRM Tools

26. Config Quotas with File Server Resource Manager

28. Create a Quota Template

30. Distributed File System
Data redundancy
Automated data replication
Distributed data consolidation

31. DFS Namespaces
namespace allows connections to automatically be redirected to different servers without user knowledge
Example
a client connects to the domain DFS namespace \\Companyabc.com\Apps,
client will be redirected to \\Server10\Apps,  client will be unaware of this redirection

33. DFS-compatible clients

34. Planning a DFS Deployment
Configuring File Share and NTFS Permissions for DFS Root & Folder Targets
Choosing a DFS Type
Standalone DFS Namespace
name of server that hosts the root target and the share.
Domain-Based DFS Namespace
Windows 2008 Mode for Domain-based DFS Namespace

35. Planning a DFS Deployment
Planning for DFS Replication
Initial Master
Staging Folder

36. Installing DFS Need “Adding File Services Role”
DFS role services are selected
“Adding File Services Role”
Select Role Services page, select Distributed File System, DFS Namespaces, and DFS Replication

37. Create DFS Namespace &Root

41. Add Additional Namespace Server to Domain-Based Namespace

44. Create a DFS Folder and Replication Group

49. ensure that replication occurs as expected
Start with empty DFS namespace folders & targets to keep from having to replicate any data at root level
Do not replicate data between DFS namespace shares
Back up at least 1 DFS folder target and config backup to not update archive bit
Thoroughly test server OS antivirus progs to ensure that no adverse effects are caused by scanning of files on a replicated DFS target.
Verify that drive that will contain staging folder for a replication connection contains ample space to accept amount of replicated data sent and received by server.

50. Config DFS Read-Only Replication
In Replicate Folder Wizard: select No Topology option button on Topology Selection page.
select replication group in tree pane
in tasks pane select Memberships tab
Right-click desired Replicated Folder member & select Make Readonly

52. Managing and Troubleshooting DFS