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Distributed File System – DFS – Distributed File System

This service is basically for when a company has more than one server and they are file servers. Let's say that a company works all the employees against a server and it goes down, Until the server is lifted, it is impossible for employees to continue working. With DFS it is possible that if the file server goes down they can continue to work against another server. And employees shouldn't be working against the server this way: SERVERFOLDERocumento.eso sino: DOMAINFOLDERAocumento.eso. What this does is it will be working against one server and it will replicate the data against the other server. In the event of a failure of one server, work can continue on the other.

Create a Microsoft Windows Environment Domain 2003

If we want our network to have a domain, The steps to follow are explained in this document. To begin with, we need to be on an MS Windows 2000 or 2003 Server version, steps:

Create a Microsoft Windows CD with the latest Service Pack

This is interesting to have MS Windows CD's updated to the latest, and thus not have to update the posts every time we install a Windows, The example explained in this procedure is to update a Microsoft Windows XP CD and add the service pack to it 2. Very interestinggg!!!

Cluster with Microsoft Windows 2003

To perform this procedure, we need to have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition in Domain, logically a disk drive that accepts clustering (a NAS/SAN or iSCSI, if we don't have we can try one based on StarWind type software – HERE). This would be my scenario:

Automatic System Recovery Using ASR (Automatic System Recovery)

Let it be clear to you, This is a backup that I would do to all the servers I install and I would do it to all of them once a week, since it keeps my state as it is, it is so that we can then recover them in the same state as the backup we have of the server. It's as simple as in the Windows BACKUP utility (HERE) in “Beginning” > “Programmes” > “Accessories” > “System Tools” > “Backup”.

A little organization of Active Directory

This procedure explains the basics of how to organize your active directory with OUs, how to create users for people so they can log in to all posts, Create Groups, and at the end of the whole the most interesting properties of the users. To open the Active Directory main console, we have to be on an MS Windows 2000 or 2003 Server version, Then you have to go to: “Beginning” > “Programmes” > “Administrative Tools” > “Active Directory Users and Computers”

Migrate Microsoft Windows Active Directory 2003 to Microsoft Windows 2008

This document will show you how to successfully migrate a Microsoft Windows environment 2000 o Microsoft Windows 2003 to Microsoft Windows 2008. Being the migration of Active Directory 2000 or 2003 a 2008. Active Directory will be migrated to this new version to new domain controllers. Old domain controllers will disappear. So you'll need a new server to install Windows 2008, Make it a domain controller, pass the roles to it and then unpromote the old domain controllers. Finally, the functional level of the domain and the forest will be raised to 'Windows 2008'. The correct steps to follow will be:

ADMT and PWDMIG – Migrate user accounts from NT4 or W2K to W2K3

This procedure explains how to migrate user accounts from any Windows to Windows 2003. It is detailed to do it from MS Windows NT 4 Server SP6a, User accounts will be migrated & groups to the Active Directory of MS Windows 2003.