I'm trying to set up a backup feature for the users in a Active Directory Domain.
The wish is for the clients "my docuemnts" folder to sync to a folder on the file server.
Is this doable using Active Directory only, or do one need any third party applications?
If its doable, what steps is needed to set this up, on the server, and clients?
Thank you in advance
The feature you are looking for is call "Folder Redirection". It managed through Group Policy. Search for "folder redirection" on Microsoft TechNet or Google, and you will find tons of information on how to do this.
You do not need any third-party applications, and you need at minimum one Windows Server installation and one Windows Client (XP, Vista, 7) installation.
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On my domain server 2012r2I am trying to deploying office 2007 but not all of the office I need to install only excel and word
I found an .msi file within the dvd installation and found many .msi packages
called ExcelMUI.msiand WordMUI.msi at directory
...\English\Excel.en-us\ExcelMUI.msi
...\English\Excel.en-us\WordMUI.msi
can I use them to deploy only excel and word through domain server 2012r2?
are they valid as .msi packages installer ?
Best Guess: I wonder if those MUI-setups are Multilingual User Interface setups. I think you should get on a virtual machine and try to run the setup.exe instead (if there is one) and then go to "Custom" or equivalent to see if you get a feature selection dialog. Then you should select Word and Excel to install fully and you can disable most other features (don't disable the shared features, just the other apps would be my suggestion - Outlook, PowerPoint, etc...). It is possible that those MSI files you mention can be used directly. You could try to run them - but only on a virtual of course. Or on a computer which does not matter - test computer of some sort. Look for a custom option and a feature dialog there too. Sorry, all I can suggest without installation media access.
Sure?: With all that said, Office on a domain server? Do you mean domain controller? (hope not). Sounds like a very dangerous move if you ask me - with all the security holes Office contains. At least make sure to run Windows Update or Office Update or whatever mechanism you have to deploy security fixes. Can I be curious and ask why the server needs Office? Is it for automation only?
Viewer for MSI Files: You can open and inspect MSI files using the free tools Orca, SuperOrca or InstEd (links towards bottom). I have an old answer on superuser showing how MSI features can be seen inside the MSI file.
I used to install clearcase client on one particular windows domain and was ok. I want to install clearcase in different windows domain but it is not allowing me to map network drive. Do you know if this new domain will allow me to install cc client? One thing to remember: when type "net group /domain", no cc groups are found ....Is there a way to proceed there?
Thanks for any help !!
This is usually because the albd account user isn't allowed to map that new network drive.
See "Domain user and group accounts".
Plus, installing to a new Windows domain will have side effects on the existing ClearCase Views.
I have set up an instance of AD-LDS as in here
http://www.thegeekispeak.com/archives/28
and connected to it with Softerra LDAP Browser
What I don't know how to do is get the users stored in the AD-LDS "database" on my colleague's machine into my machine. Is there some export/import process? Do I do it from the LDAP browser or somewhere else?
If someone has done this and can tell me how it could save me a lot of time and I would really appreciate it.
A good tool to work with directories in general is Apache Directory Studio and the language used to export/import datas from one Directory to another is LDIF. Apache Directory Studio log all your operation on a Directory in LDIF format.
Another is to build your version of AD-LDS as a replicate of the one of your colleague's machine.
There isn't a way to copy the entire object including attributes like SID and Password. If you simply want to share data, you can create replicas and the instances will be in sync.
To put the problem simply,
I have a piece of code that is currently working on an instance of Windows Active Directory. Now in order to test that I want to use another LDAP server that has the same hierarchy and the same data. I have a local instance of open ldap running. Is there a way where can easily replicate it?
Really if you want to test the content of an Active-Directory, the very best way is to install an Active-Directory Application Mode (ADAM). It's a free product from Microsoft in wich you can easily duplicate you AD Schema an then your datas. ADAM exists under W2K8 under the name of lightweigt Active Directory (LDS).
You can do it whit openldap, but you have to translate the schema and then to export/import your datas usin LDIF.
What is the easiest way to sync or replicate files over a network? I am running a few servers in a rack for load balancing and wish to mirror content.
For example, I have Server 1 where I do my FTP uploads to. Server 2 is another node. The manual way is for me to also do FTP uploads to Server 2 but I am sure it can be done automatically without my presence or without the user logged in.
I have tried SyncToy but it just doesn't run when the user is not logged in. I have to manually run it.
Are there better ways? I saw Microsoft DFS but it is just too complicated for me to set up.
Try SyncBack.
There's a light-weight version (SE) which is free and a Pro version.