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The Storage Team Blog about file services and storage features in Windows Server, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

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June 2006 - Posts

On-demand version of Configuring Failback and Target Priority for DFS Namespaces webcast now available
If you missed the live version, you can view the recorded version here . If you'd like to view other webcasts for DFS Replication and DFS Namespaces, check out the Distributed File System website . --Jill Read More...
Offline Files and Vista Backup make headlines at TechEd!
Our own Navjot Virk and Dan Stevenson hosted a session Friday morning at TechEd about Backup and Offline Files in Windows Vista. We’ve had some praise from fellow bloggers that we just had to share! Musings of a PC blog Our favorite quote: "I am stunned Read More...
Automating DFS Replication Health Reports
Customers frequently ask us for a way to automatically generate health reports for multiple replication groups. I'm pleased to provide a sample script and instructions, provided by Dan Boldo and Jeff Carollo, respectively. Click here to view the sample Read More...
Clarification about how client failback works in DFS Namespaces
A blog reader recently contacted us with the following question, “When I was testing DFS failback, the client reconnected to the local site server but the files were still being served at the failover server. Why aren’t the files served from the local Read More...
Bandwidth throttling and backlogs in DFS Replication
A customer recently contacted us about a consistent backlog they were experiencing using DFS Replication. Even on fast links, changes to small files (a few KB) would take 4 to 5 hours to replicate. The customer described the environment as follows: "We Read More...
DFS Replication MOM 2005 Management Pack available for download
The DFS Replication Service Management Pack for MOM monitors the DFS Replication service running on Windows Server 2003 R2 DFS Folder targets. This management pack monitors the events collected from the service that indicate the health of the service, Read More...
TechNet Chat: An Introduction to Windows Server "Longhorn"
Please join Bill Laing, General Manager of the Windows Server Division, and Iain McDonald, Director of Central Program Management within the Windows Server Division, for a discussion about Windows Server “Longhorn” Beta 2. Windows Server “Longhorn” is Read More...
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