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.
Answer should be B and D.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770290.aspx
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First among all targets – Specifies that users should always be referred to this target if the target is available.
Last among all targets – Specifies that users should never be referred to this target unless all other targets are unavailable.
First among targets of equal cost – Specifies that users should be referred to this target before other targets of equal cost (which usually means other targets in the same site).
Last among targets of equal cost – Specifies that users should never be referred to this target if there are other targets of equal cost available (which usually means other targets in the same site).”
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I concur. B & D
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I agree with B & D as well.
D would set branch office to only list themselves, but B then adds Seattle into their referral list
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732414.aspx
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 .
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I would say it would be B & E, It should look first at it’s site for the folder and then to the folder in Seattle.
If you use Last among all Targets then Seattle users would be directed to Miami or Montreal.
Last among targets of equal cost Specifies that users should never be referred to this target if there are other targets of equal cost available (which usually means other targets in the same site). This would keep the users in Seattle, there in Seattle, but would provide an alternative for Miami or Montreal.
Set the Ordering method of \\contoso.com\public to Exclude targets outside of the client’s site. would keep Miami and Montreal, unless their target was down, then they would go to Seattle.
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The answer is correct C e D:
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 .
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