Planning File and Print Services

1. Planning File and Print Services Lesson 5

2. Skills Matrix

3. Creating a Folder Share • Click Start > Administrative Tools > Share and Storage Management. • In the actions pane, click Provision Share. • In the Location text box, key the name of or browse to the folder you want to share, and click Next. Lesson 5

4. Creating a Folder Share (cont.) • To modify the NTFS permissions for the specified folder, select the Yes, change NTFS permissions option. • Click Edit Permissions. • Modify the NTFS permissions for the folder as needed, and click OK to close the Permissions dialog box and return to the NTFS Permissions page. Lesson 5

5. Creating a Folder Share (cont.) • On the NTFS Permissions page, click Next to continue. • With the default SMB checkbox selected, key the name you want to assign to the share in the Share name text box, and click Next. Lesson 5

6. Creating a Folder Share (cont.) • Key descriptive text for the share in the description text box. • To modify the default settings for the share, click Advanced. • Modify the listed settings as needed, and click OK to return to the SMB Settings page. • On the SMB Settings page, click Next to continue. Lesson 5

7. Creating a Folder Share (cont.) • Select one of the preconfigured share permission options, or select Users and groups have custom share permissions, and click Permissions. • Modify the share permissions as needed, and click OK to close the Permissions dialog box and return to the SMB Permissions page. • On the SMB Permissions page, click Next to continue. Lesson 5

8. Creating a Folder Share (cont.) • To add the share to a Distributed File System (DFS) namespace, select the Publish the SMB share to a DFS namespace checkbox, and specify the parent folder and new folder names in the text boxes provided. • Click Next. • Click Create. • Click Close to close the wizard. Lesson 5

9. Creating a Namespace • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > DFS Management. • In the scope pane, right-click the Namespaces node and, from the context menu, select New Namespace. Lesson 5

10. Creating a Namespace (cont.) • In the Server text box, key the name of or browse to the server that you want to host the namespace, and then click Next. • If the DFS Namespace system service is not running on the server you specified, the wizard offers to start the service and set its Startup Type to Automatic. • Click Yes to continue. Lesson 5

11. Creating a Namespace (cont.) • In the Name text box, key the name that will become the root of the namespace, and then click Edit Settings. • Under Shared Folder Permissions, select one of the radio buttons to configure the share permissions for the namespace root. • To configure the share permissions manually, select the Use custom permissions option, and click Customize. Lesson 5

12. Creating a Namespace (cont.) • Click OK to close the Permissions dialog box. • Click OK again to close the Edit Settings dialog box. • Click Next. Lesson 5

13. Creating a Namespace (cont.) • Select one of the option buttons to create either a domain-based namespace or a standalone namespace. • If you choose the former, use the Enable Windows Server 2008 Mode checkbox to specify whether to create the namespace in Windows Server 2008 mode or Windows 2000 mode. • Click Next. Lesson 5

14. Creating a Namespace (cont.) • Review the settings you have selected, and click Create to create and configure the namespace. Lesson 5

15. Adding Folders to a Namespace • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > DFS Management. • Right-click a namespace in the scope pane and, from the context menu, select New Folder. Lesson 5

16. Adding Folders to a Namespace (cont.) • In the Name text box, key the name of the folder as you want it to appear in the DFS virtual directory tree, and click OK. • Right-click the folder you just created and, from the context menu, select New Folder. • In the Name text box, key the name of the folder you want to appear beneath the first folder you created. Lesson 5

17. Adding Folders to a Namespace (cont.) • Click Add. • Click Browse. • Select a folder to specify the shared folder that you want to be the target. • Click OK to close the Browse for Shared Folders dialog box. Lesson 5

18. Creating a Replication Group • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > DFS Management. • Right-click a folder with multiple targets in the scope pane and, from the context menu, select Replicate Folder. Lesson 5

19. Creating a Replication Group (cont.) • Click Next to accept the default values for the Replication Group Name and Replicated Folder Name fields. • Click Next to continue. • In the Primary Member drop-down list, select the target server that you want to be authoritative during the replication process, and then click Next. Lesson 5

20. Creating a Replication Group (cont.) • Select a replication topology from one of the listed options, and click Next. • Configure one of the listed replication scheduling /bandwidth options, and then click Next. • Review the settings you selected, and click Create. • When the wizard completes the configuration process, click Close. Lesson 5

21. Creating a Quota Template • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > File Server Resource Manager. • Expand the Quota Management node. • Right-click the Quota Templates node and, from the context menu, select Create Quota Template. Lesson 5

22. Creating a Quota Template (cont.) • If you want to create a new quota template based on the settings in one of the existing templates, click the Copy properties from quota template drop-down list to select a template, and click Copy. • In the Template Name text box, key the name you will use to identify the template. Lesson 5

23. Creating a Quota Template (cont.) • Optionally, in the Label text box, you can key a term that will be associated with all of the quotas you create using the template. • In the Space Limit box, specify the amount of storage space you want to allot to each individual user, and specify whether you want to create a hard quota or a soft quota. Lesson 5

24. Creating a Quota Template (cont.) • In the Notification Thresholds box, click Add. • In the Generate notifications when usage reaches (%) text box, specify a threshold in the form of a percentage of the storage quota. • Use the controls on the tabs to specify the actions you want taken when a user reaches the specified threshold. Lesson 5

25. Creating a Quota Template (cont.) • Click OK to close the dialog box and add the new threshold to the Notification Thresholds list on the Create Quota Template dialog box. • Repeat the previous steps to create additional thresholds, if desired. • When you have created all of the thresholds you need, click OK to create the quota template. Lesson 5

26. Creating a Quota • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > File Server Resource Manager. • Expand the Quota Management node. • Right-click the Quotas folder and, from the context menu, select Create Quota. Lesson 5

27. Creating a Quota (cont.) • In the Quota Path text box, key or browse to the name of the volume or folder for which you want to create a quota. • Select one of the listed application options. • Select one of the listed properties options. • Click Create. Lesson 5

28. Creating a File Screen • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > File Server Resource Manager. • Expand the File Screening Management node. • Right-click the File Screens folder and, from the context menu, select Create File Screen. Lesson 5

29. Creating a File Screen (cont.) • In the File Screen Path text box, key or browse to the name of the volume or folder that you want to screen. • Select one of the listed properties options. • Click Create. Lesson 5

30. Generating a Scheduled Storage Report • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > File Server Resource Manager. • Right-click the Storage Reports Management node and, from the context menu, select Schedule a New Report Task. • On the Settings tab, click Add. Lesson 5

31. Generating a Scheduled Storage Report (cont.) • In the Browse For Folder dialog box that appears, select the volume or folder on which you want a report. • In the Report Data box, select the reports that you want to generate. • When you select a report and click Edit Parameters, a Report Parameters dialog box appears in which you can configure the parameters for that specific report. Lesson 5

32. Generating a Scheduled Storage Report (cont.) • In the Report Formats box, select the checkboxes for the formats you want FSRM to use when creating the reports. • If you want FSRM to send the reports to administrators via email, click the Delivery tab, and select the Send reports to the following administrators checkbox. Lesson 5

33. Generating a Scheduled Storage Report (cont.) • Key one or more email addresses (separated by semicolons) in the text box. • Click the Schedule tab, and then click Create Schedule. • Click New. Lesson 5

34. Generating a Scheduled Storage Report (cont.) • Use the Schedule Task, Start Time, and Schedule Task Daily controls to specify when you want FSRM to create the reports. • Click OK to close the Schedule dialog box. • Click OK again to close the Storage Reports Task Properties dialog box. Lesson 5

35. Sharing a Printer • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > Print Management. • Expand the Print Servers node and the node representing your print server. • In the detail (middle) pane, right-click the printer you want to share and, from the context menu, select Manage Sharing. Lesson 5

36. Sharing a Printer (cont.) • Select the Share this printer checkbox. • Select one or both of the listed optional checkboxes. • Click Additional Drivers. • Select any combination of the available checkboxes, and click OK. Lesson 5

37. Sharing a Printer (cont.) • In each Printer Drivers dialog box, key or browse to the location of the printer drivers for the selected operating system, and click OK. • Click OK to close the Additional Drivers dialog box. • Click OK to close the Properties sheet for the printer. Lesson 5

38. Deploying Printers with Group Policy • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > Print Management. • Right-click a printer in the console’s scope pane and, from the context menu, select Deploy with Group Policy. Lesson 5

39. Deploying Printers with Group Policy (cont.) • Click Browse. • Select the group policy object you want to use to deploy the printer, and click OK. • Select the appropriate checkbox to select whether to deploy the printer to the users associated with the GPO, the computers, or both. Lesson 5

40. Deploying Printers with Group Policy (cont.) • Click Add. • Click OK. • Click OK, and then click OK again to close the Deploy with Group Policy dialog box. Lesson 5

41. You Learned • The Distributed File System (DFS) includes two technologies, DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication, that can simplify the process of locating files, control the amount of traffic passing over WAN links, provide users at remote sites with local file server access, configure the network to survive a WAN link failure, and facilitate consistent backups. Lesson 5

42. You Learned (cont.) • DFS is a virtual namespace technology that enables you to create a single directory tree that contains references to shared folders located on various file servers all over the network. • DFS Replication works in tandem with DFS Namespaces to provide unified services such as data distribution, load balancing, and data collection. Lesson 5

43. You Learned (cont.) • The File Server Resource Manager console provides tools that enable file server administrators to monitor and regulate their server storage by establishing quotas that limit the amount of storage space allotted to each user, creating screens that prevent users from storing specific types of files on server drives, and generating reports providing details of users’ storage activities. Lesson 5

44. You Learned (cont.) • Printing in Microsoft Windows typically involves the following four components: print device, printer, print server, and print driver. • The simplest form of print architecture consists of one print device connected to one computer, known as a locally attached print device. You can share this printer (and the print device) with other users on the same network. Lesson 5

45. You Learned (cont.) • With network-attached print devices, the administrator’s primary deployment decision is which computer will function as the print server. • The Print Management snap-in for MMC is an administrative tool that consolidates the controls for the printing components throughout the enterprise into a single console. Lesson 5

46. You Learned (cont.) • Windows Server 2008 includes a Fax Server role that enables users to send faxes from and receive them to their desktops. Lesson 5