Additional Resources for Designing and Deploying File Servers
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Related Information
"Hosting Applications with Terminal Server" in this book.
"Planning for High Availability and Scalability" in this book.
"Designing and Deploying Server Clusters" in this book.
"Deploying a Managed Software Environment" in Designing a Managed Environment of this kit.
"Implementing User State Management" in Designing a Managed Environment of this kit.
The Windows Security Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference (or see the Windows Security Collection on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about the Distributed File System and the File Replication service.
The Storage Technologies Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference (or see the Storage Technologies Collection on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about disk management and file systems.
The Networking Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference (or see the Networking Collection on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for information about interoperability with NetWare and interoperability with UNIX.
"Deployment, Monitoring and Troubleshooting of the Windows 2000 File Replication Service Using the SONAR, TOPCHK, CONSTAT and IOLOGSUM Tools" (Troubleshooting_frs.doc), included with the version of Sonar.exe that is available from the Free Tool Downloads link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.
The File Services Community Center link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources for information about how Windows server technologies deliver reliable file services that are essential to enterprise computing infrastructures.
The Windows Powered Network Attached Storage link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.
The Storage Services link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.
The File Services link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.
The Microsoft® Windows SharePoint® Services link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources for information about sharing information within organizations and over the Internet.
Related Job Aids
"DFS Configuration Worksheet" (Sdcfsv_1.xls) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "DFS Configuration Worksheet" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
"FRS Configuration Worksheet" (Sdcfsv_2.xls) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "FRS Configuration Worksheet" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
"Deploying a Standard FRS Topology for an Empty Replica Set" (Sdcfsv_3.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Deploying a Standard FRS Topology for an Empty Replica Set" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
"Deploying a Custom FRS Topology for an Empty Replica Set" (Sdcfsv_4.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Deploying a Custom FRS Topology for an Empty Replica Set" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
"Prestaging a New Replica Member" (Sdcfsv_5.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Prestaging a New Replica Member" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
"Adding a New Replica Member That Contains No Content" (Sdcfsv_6.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Adding a New Replica Member That Contains No Content" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
"Shadow Copy and Disk Quota Configuration Worksheet" (Sdcfsv_7.xls) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "DFS Configuration Worksheet" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).
Related Help Topics
For best results in identifying Help topics by title, in Help and Support Center, under the Search box, click Set search options. Under Help Topics, select the Search in title only checkbox.
"Disk Management overview" and "DiskPart" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about managing disks and volumes.
"Extend a basic volume" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Using NTFS mounted drives" and "Create a mounted drive" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Shadow Copies for Shared Folders" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Vssadmin" and "Schtasks" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about scheduling shadow copies from the command line.
"Checklist: Setting up disk quotas" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Share a folder or drive" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Publish a shared folder" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about publishing shared folders in Active Directory.
"Offline settings for shared resources," and "Make a file or folder available offline" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Permissions on a file server" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Set, view, change, or remove permissions on files and folders" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Enable a remote server for file encryption" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Encrypting and decrypting data" and "Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 overview" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about EFS and using WebDAV folders to store encrypted files.
"Install Windows Support Tools" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about installing Windows Support Tools, including Dfsutil.exe.
"Using Web Interface for Remote Administration" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Chkdsk" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about running Chkdsk.exe.
"Checklist: Creating a distributed file system" and "Dfscmd" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about creating a DFS namespace.
"Installing and Upgrading on Cluster Nodes" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition or Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for comprehensive information about choosing the cluster installation method and performing the actual installation.
"Managing a Server Cluster from the Command Line" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Create a cluster-managed file share" in Help and Support for Windows Server 2003.
"Create a cluster-managed encrypted file share" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about enabling EFS on server clusters.
"Set client-side caching for a File Share resource" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about configuring client-side caching on a server cluster.
"Using Shadow Copies of Shared Folders in a server cluster" and "Enable Shadow Copies for Shared Folders in a cluster" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for in-depth information about using shadow copies on server clusters.
"Change the Cluster service account password" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Enable Kerberos authentication for virtual servers" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for information about allowing anonymous access to specific file shares on a server cluster.
"Backing up and restoring server clusters" and "Test Cluster Failures and Failover Policies" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
"Best practices for securing server clusters" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
Related Tools
Dfscmd.exe
Use Dfscmd.exe to create links and add link targets. For more information about Dfscmd.exe, see Command-line reference A-Z.
Dfsutil.exe
Use Dfsutil.exe to configure and troubleshoot DFS namespaces. For more information about Dfsutil.exe, see Windows Support Tools.
DiskPart.exe
Use DiskPart.exe to manage disks and volumes from the command line. For more information about DiskPart.exe, see Command-line reference A-Z.
Permcopy.exe
Use Permcopy.exe to copy shared folder permissions from one shared folder to another. For more information about Permcopy.exe, see Windows Resource Kit Tools Help.
Robocopy.exe
Use Robocopy.exe to maintain identical copies of a folder tree in multiple locations. For more information about Robocopy.exe, see Windows Resource Kit Tools Help.
Sonar.exe
Use Sonar.exe to monitor key statistics about FRS members in a replica set. For more information about Sonar.exe, see Windows Resource Kit Tools Help.
Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack
Use the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack to remotely manage servers running Windows Server 2003 from computers running Windows XP. For more information about installing this tools pack, see article Q304718, "Administer Windows 2000–Based Computers Using Windows XP Professional Clients," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. To find this article, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base link on the Web Resources page at https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.