DFS : installation and configuration – Distributed File System

DFS

The namespace of DFS makes it possible to provide shared, which are on different servers under the same name.

Instead of accessing a shared folder with the \\server-file\ computer address, we will use an address of the type \\domain-name\ share\ computer. The user will be redirected transparently on the “server-file” server.

In a simplified way, in the folder \\domain-name\share will be shortcuts to other shares that are several servers and this in a completely transparent way for the user.

Stand-alone certification authority: installation on Windows Server

CA

Presentation A Certificate Authority (CA) can issue certificates for internal internet sites, RDS connections … The advantage of having a CA is having to deploy a single certificate on the computers, and some Windows services require certificates from a CA to work: On Windows, there are two types of CAs (summary): Role installation 1. From …

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MSA 2040/2050 Configuration

The MSA 1040/1050 and MSA 2040/2050 arrays are entry-level SANs that enable high-performance storage at a great price. The MSA arrays are equipped with a dual controller available in iSCSI, FC and SAS. On the MSA 2040/2050 series, it is possible to mix controllers to have two storage access technologies. MSA 2040/2050 default information By …

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Exchange migration to Office 365 – minimum hybrid configuration

This article shows you how to migrate your local Exchange environment to Office 365. The advantage of this migration is to be transparent to the users, there is no need to redo the mail profiles and (re) download the OST. The phones / tablets will need to be reconfigured manually once the box is moved. …

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Network Drive Mapping: GPO and Script

Détail de la GPO

When setting up an Active Directory, one of the first things you want to set up is automatic mapping of network drives to different users. As a reminder, a network drive is a share presented to a workstation / user in the form of a letter like a hard disk / USB stick …. In …

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Redirect HTTP to HTTPS over IIS

Regle ajoutee

In this tutorial, we’ll see how to automatically redirect http requests to https under IIS. Prerequisites : Valid configuration of your site with SSL. Have the Rewrite module installed under IIS. The Rewrite module is available with Web App Redirect HTTP to HTTPS 1. Open the IIS console, go to site 1 where the redirection …

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Veeam: Instant Restore with Instant Recovery

Instant recovery en cours....

Veeam’s Instant Recovery feature lets you restart a virtual machine instantly without having to restore the entire storage. Access to the VM file is redirected from the backup files. This feature is available with virtual machine backups and with agents. It is possible to use backups made with Veeam agents to make P2V or V2V. …

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Deploy an RDS Farm Windows 2012R2/2016/2019

This tutorial explains how to deploy an RDS farm with Windows Server 2012R2 / 2016/2019.
An RDS environment makes it possible to offer users a working environment on servers.
An RDS farm is composed of several servers with the following services: broker, web access and remote desktop session host.
This tutorial covers the installation of all of these services and the configuration of the RDS gateway.

Veeam import a backup repository

In this tutorial, we will see how to import backups into Veeam in case you need to access an old repository or import agent backups made on a network share. Add the repository 1. From the Veeam console, click on BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE 1 and go on Backup Repositories 2. 2. Right click in the area …

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Sophos XG high traffic on the BITS application

The Windows and Office 2016 updates use the operating system BITS to download the updates. The passage in the proxy of the firewall and the antivirus scan “prevents” the download and it runs in a loop saturating the tape.. You can see on the screenshot below the statistics on 12 hours with almost 80GB of …

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