The goal is to store files and share them with domain users. In this way, users can have access to files and applications. In other words, the file server is a simple and effective solution for sharing data. The first thing we have to do is create a new folder inside the server. This folder will function as a file server.
Once created, you need to enter its properties. Next, go to the Sharing tab. Additionally, click on Advanced Sharing. In the next window, check the box corresponding to Share this folder. It is also possible to limit the number of simultaneous users in the folder. Press accept to continue. From the same window, click on the Permissions menu. In this way, we will modify the access permissions of the folder.
In the first place, remove the Everyone user group. This is done for security. In addition, click on the Add menu. For the purposes of this example, we have selected the Domain Users. Then give it read and write permission in the folder. This guarantees full access to the files by the selected users. After applying the changes, press OK to set them. In the same way, the access path for the client machines is shown. With these steps, the folder for the file server has already been correctly configured.
It also helps if the users want to view files they created in the past. Choose the volume of which you want to create a shadow copy, set the time at which you want the service to run and click OK. Alternatively, you can press "Create Now" to produce a shadow copy of the volume as it is at the present time.
If you right click on a share you can easily stop sharing that folder, view the contents of the folder by pressing Open or select Properties to bring up the window that will allow you to change permissions, set the user limit for the folder and change the description. The rest of the options include "Refresh", which when clicked will refresh the list of shares, and "Add a shared folder", which brings up the wizard explained previously.
This allows you to create and customize another shared folder. The Sessions window displays which users are in a session and how long they have been connected. It also gives you the ability to disconnect the user from the session at any time by right clicking a certain user and pressing "Close session".
You can also close all sessions by clicking the "Disconnect All Sessions" option in the main window. As you can see below, in this example, the administrator using a computer, Client02, has been connected to the session for one minute and 30 seconds, and has one file open.
The "Open Files" window shows who is connected to which file and allows you to disconnect all open files at any time. Disk Defragmenter is a very useful tool which organizes files and in turn, makes file access faster. You can first analyze a partition and view the report to see whether or not degfragmentation is required. Press the Analyze button to start the analysis - if defrag is needed, it will give you the option to start defragmentation straight away.
Should you wish not to analyze first, just press the Defragment button to start the process. The Disk Management window allows you to manage disk partitions and CD-ROM drives and displays disk information in a list and graphical view. You can change drive letters, create and format a partition, and also set quotas and security permissions from the properties of each drive.
The bottom half of the screen gives a graphical view of the drives and states their name, size, file system type, and status.
That concludes the File Server Management section of this article. We have taken a look at the features available in the file server management console and how to utilize them. The specific settings for each option depends on the type of system and the administrator's personal preferences. With Windows , the enterprise can benefit from the fact that employees are able to be more productive due to less downtime and easy retrieval of files and resources. As you have seen, the setup and configuration offered by the file server package in this operating system is quite user friendly and effective.
The right configuration can provide stability, good performance and security to a company of any size. If you are reading this article, then you have probably already figured out that I am a technical writer. The problem is that I have been writing for ten years and in that time I have published over 3, articles.
As you might expect, it can be really tough to remember weather or not I have already written about a topic or not. This is where the Indexing Service comes into play. I can have Windows to compile a dynamic index of everything that I have ever written. That way, before I propose a topic to my editors, I could do a quick search to see if I have written about the topic in the past.
As I mentioned earlier, the Indexing Service is a default service, and its startup type is set to Automatic. All you have to do if you want to use the Indexing Service is to configure it.
The exception to that rule is that if you have installed Windows Server Service Pack 1, then the Indexing Service is disabled by default, so you will have to set the startup type to automatic and start the service. When you arrive at this point, the first thing that you will probably notice is that there are two pre-existing catalogs by default. In case you are wondering, catalogs are Microsoft speak for indexes.
I recommend deleting these default catalogs so that you can have a clean start. To get rid of them, simply right click on the catalog and select the Delete command from the resulting shortcut menu. To create a new catalog, right click on the Indexing Service container in the Computer Management console and select the New Catalog commands from the resulting shortcut menus.
When you do, you will see the Add a Catalog dialog box, shown in Figure A. Figure A: The Add a Catalog prompts you for the catalog name and location. I recommend using a descriptive name. The location refers to the location that you are storing the catalog file in, not the location of the files that you are indexing.
Before you select a location, there are a couple of things that you need to know. The reason is because Windows monitors indexed folders for changes. If you were to add a file to the folder, Windows would update the catalog.
Windows would then see that the catalog has been updated, and reindex the folder again. Now that you have created a catalog, you must tell the Indexing Service what content you want indexed.
To do so, expand the indexing service container, and you will see a container for the catalog that you have created. For example, in Figure B, I have created a catalog named Articles.
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