Your company has a main office and two branch offices. The main office is located in Seattle. The
two branch offices are located in Montreal and Miami. Each office is configured as an Active
Directory site.
The network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. Network traffic is not routed
between the Montreal office and the Miami office.
You implement a Distributed File System (DFS) namespace named \\contoso.com\public. The
namespace contains a folder named Folder1. Folder1 has a folder target in each office.
You need to configure DFS to ensure that users in the branch offices only receive referrals to the
target in their respective office or to the target in the main office.
Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose
two.)
A.
Set the Ordering method of \\contoso.com\public to Random order.
B.
Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to Last among all targets.
C.
Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to First among targets of
equal cost.
D.
Set the Ordering method of \\contoso.com\public to Exclude targets outside of the client’s site.
E.
Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to Last among targets of
equal cost.
F.
Set the Ordering method of \\contoso.com\public to Lowest cost.
Explanation:
Exclude targets outside of the client’s site
In this method, the referral contains only the targets that are in the same site as the client. These
same-site targets are listed in random order. If no same-site targets exist, the client does not receive
a referral and cannot access that portion of the namespace.
Note: Targets that have target priority set to “First among all targets” or “Last among all targets” are
still listed in the referral, even if the ordering method is set to Exclude targets outside of the client’s
site.
Note 2: Set the Ordering Method for Targets in Referrals
A referral is an ordered list of targets that a client computer receives from a domain controller or
namespace server when the user accesses a namespace root or folder with targets. After the client
receives the referral, the client attempts to access the first target in the list. If the target is not
available, the client attempts to access the next target.
B and D
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Confirmed: B+D
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I’ve been convinced that B & D are correct, but as this question came back while I was preparing to take the exam I’m somehow now convinced that the suggested answer is correct – C & D.
The task is:
You need to configure DFS to ensure that users in the branch offices only receive referrals to the target in their respective office or to the target in the main office.
Pay attention to this part of the sentence:
“receive referrals to the target in their respective office or to the target in the main office”
As I’m reading this referrals should go to EITHER respective offices (Montreal and Miami) OR to the main office in Seattle.
No where it’s said that Seattle should be contacted only if….
…IMHO that means that Seattle office is equal as the respective office ….therefore –> First among targets of equal cost (C)
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I’m sorry …correction.
The answer is D & E
The Exclude targets outside of the client’s site (D) setting ensures that only targets within the client’s side will be included in referrals.
The Last among all targets setting (E) overrides the referral ordering method by including the hub server in the referral, even if the hub server is not in the client’s site (if multiple hub servers are used as folder targets for a given folder, those hub servers will appear last in the referral and be sorted in order of lowest cost after the other targets).
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https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2011/10/27/dfs-override-referral-ordering-messing-with-the-natural-order/
Lastly, First/Last Among Targets of Equal Cost have no effect when INSITE is set
So, B+D seems to be the correct.
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Answer :
B.Set the Advanced properties of the folder target in the Seattle office to Last among all targets.
D. Set the Ordering method of \\contoso.com\public to Exclude targets outside of the client’s site.
C is wrong, because we don’t have equal cost.
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