Re: DFS - Need to Understand
Massimo Rosen
OES2 Learning wrote:
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> 1) Does this service keep all the files and trustees synced between all
> the servers?
Not at all, as DFS doesn't sync in any whatsoever way. Only *one* file
exists, so there's totally nothing to keep track of. You seem to
misunderstand what DFS (in OES2) is, and what it is not. It is *not* a
technology to sync files between multiple servers. It merely combines
multiple data sources (volumes) into one.
CU,
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OES2 Learning
I have inherited a Novell OES2 SP2 environment from someone else. One
of the things that has been setup is rsync between 6 servers (6
different cities over WAN) to keep a bunch of folders and their contents
in sync
The IT Director has told me the biggest issue is timing and keeping
track of changes etc. Well you can't keep track. If a user opens a
file in city1 and another user in city 3 opens the same file in their
local copy, the last one to save it wins when rsync happens
I started to read about DFS. So here is my questions
1) Does this service keep all the files and trustees synced between all
the servers?
2) Does it control when a file is opened that it shows as read only when
someone else opens (either the 2nd person is local office or other city)
3) Do I have to rebuild the existing NSS volumes to do this on each
server at each location?
I have 2 main folders at the root of the NSS Volumes from each server
that are being synced by RSYNC
Server/Volume:DEPTFILES
Server/Volume:USERS
Thank You
Massimo Rosen
ataubman wrote:
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> Try the DFS forum 'Dynamic File Services'
> (http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/dynamic-file-services/)
Hehehe. A Novell employee falling victim of Novells own brilliantly
clear and historically unambigous product naming. ;) We're talking about
*Distributed* File Services here, a pretty old, well introduced and
standarized technique very commonly referred to as "DFS".
This has absolutely nothing to do with Novells *Windows* product called
"Dynamic File Services", which the forum you pointed to is about.