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 & D
C & D is correct.
Last among all targets Specifies that users should never be referred to this target unless all other targets are unavailable.
If D were correct then when one folder is unavailable in a site it is impossible get the folder: “Each office is configured as an Active Directory site”. Two different sites. IMHO A is correct.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732414(v=ws.11).aspx
Nevermind. With a review D is more accurrate.
It’s B and D
Reference:
“If you want to prevent branch clients from failing over to a branch server at a different branch site, select the Exclude targets outside of the client site ordering method for each folder with targets, and then set target priority on each hub server’s folder target by selecting the Last among all targets target priority. The result of selecting these two options is as follows:
The Exclude targets outside of the client site setting ensures that only targets within the client’s site will be included in referrals.
The Last among all targets setting 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.)”
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772778%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
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b & D are correct
Answer: C & D.
If you are looking for the Advanced setting referenced in C, It is actually a Namespace setting, not a shared folder property (badly/incorrectly worded answer).
Select the Namespace, select the Namespace Servers tab (central pane), Right click the Seattle site, click Properties, click Advanced, select Override referral ordering, and select First among all targets.
C is wrong, see below.
CORRECTION: Answer is B and D.
ONLY First among all targets or Last among all targets will override the Exclude setting.
There is also a 3rd step that has to be performed which is not listed.
Step not listed:
Select the Namespace, select the Namespace Servers tab (central pane), Right click the Seattle site, click Properties, click Advanced, select Override referral ordering, and select Last among all targets.
Using Last among all targets
I tested this using a lab environment, which included DC (site1), 3 DFS servers at 3 different sites (site1 & site2 were used for this test), 2012r2 client computer, and RRAS LAN Router connecting site1 and site2 (all sites are configured on separate subnets).
If the Override rule is not set on the namespace, then the namespace can not be accessed from site2 (when site2 DFS server is down). If the Override rule is not set on the folder, then the folder can not be accessed from site2 (when site 2 DFS server is down).
First among targets of equal cost & Last among targets of equal cost does NOT override the Exclude targets outside of the client’s site setting on the namespace.
Additional Note:
Using the Last among all targets does not decrease performance for servers at the Seattle site as local resources are still accessed first.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770290(v=ws.11).aspx
* 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).