For any host to perform any communication it must have an IP address. When we take a network to each host need to have an ip address to function in network. When the number of hosts increases assigning IP addresses to them (manually) become issue. Especially when you move in to IPv6 the addresses are more complex as well. There for its better to have mechanism to assign IP addresses automatically…
To start the configuration we need to install Distributed File System (DFS) roles on the servers. There is few reasons why I have choose DFS technology for given scenario.
High Availability – DFS provides the high availability for accessing shared files across the network. In network, the files will be shared across the network from different servers; different sub domains etc. if any of…
What is DFS?
The Distributed File System (DFS) is introduced by Microsoft Corporation with Windows NT operating system. The product is focused for addressing issues faces in File/Data sharing on networks environment.
After Windows NT, with every network operating systems that Microsoft had released were having DFS service by default. This service does not need any additional license apart from…
This tutorial will explain how to install AD on server 2008. This will valid for windows 2008 R2 as well.
Requirement:
Minimum: Single processor with 1.4 GHz (x64 processor) or 1.3GHz (Dual Core)
Minimum: 512 MB RAM
Minimum: 32 GB or greater
The first step is to assign a ip to the server that you going to deploy the AD. Its nessary to install it as DNS server too. So its better to have fixed ip…