Windows DFS Configuration Example for Basic Robot
If you want to see how the DFS Mode Runbook Robot changes the DFS Target from the Production cluster to the DR cluster, follow the steps below:
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Open your DFS Management console, navigate to the Namespace you want to add your new folder to, select New Folder from the right-hand menu, and enter the name of the new DFS Share in the Name field.
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Click the Add button and add the share path for the Prod cluster, then click Ok.
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Click the Add button and add the share path for the DR cluster, then click Ok.
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When adding the DR cluster, you may experience a long wait as the share on the DR cluster may not already exist. Please wait until another window has come up. This will likely happen if you haven’t run the Configuration Replication for the DFS Mode Job you recently added. If you are prompted to create the folder (if it does not exist), choose No.
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You will then have both targets added and you can click Ok.
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When asked if you want to create a replication group, choose No.
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To view the active DFS Target through Windows Explorer:
- Open Windows Explorer and navigate to your DFS Namespace path where your newly created folder is (this example:
\\ad2.test\eric). - Right-click on the folder you had just created and select Properties.
- Go to the DFS tab and you will see the two DFS targets you had created.
- The active target will have a Yes under the “Active” column.
- Open Windows Explorer and navigate to your DFS Namespace path where your newly created folder is (this example: