Install a DFS root server

installing DFS

• We go on: “Dashboard” => “Server Manager”
• “Manage” => “Add roles and features”.
• DFS Namespaces:

Choose the server on which to install the DFS role.

In the next window, look for “File and Storage Service” => “File and iSCSI Service”. => “DFS Namespaces”.

We will click on “Add Features”

We will click “Next” until Install

Creating a DFS Namespace

We will now create a namespace.

• In the “Server Manager” window => “Tools”
• “DFS Distributed File System Management”.
• We will right click on “Namespaces” => “New namespace …”.

• We will enter the name of the namespace.

• We will choose “Domain Name Space”

• We will click on “Create”.

Creating a new folder

Now that the namespace is created, we will add a folder.

• Right click on your namespace, and click on “New Folder”.
• Give your folder a name, and click on “Add”.

• Enter the name of the server hosting your shared folder, and click “Browse.”

• New shared folder

• We will give a name to the share
• Give Full Access to Administrators

Click on browse

• We will select the disk or we want to create the folder
• Click create a new folder in our case it’s SCAN

• Click OK

Manage folder permissions

We can modify the permissions directly from the folder created previously, it will be necessary:

• Disable the inheritance on the folder
• Put the rights without forgetting to add the admins of the domain in total control.

• Here is our root DFS is configure