Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Configuration

Updated: April 27, 2010

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

Topics in this section can help you bring File Services running on Windows Server 2008 R2 into compliance with configuration best practices. Content in this section is most valuable to administrators who have completed a Best Practices Analyzer scan of File Services, and who want information about how to interpret and resolve the scan results that identify areas of File Services that are noncompliant with configuration best practices.

Best Practices Analyzer and configuration rules

Configuration rules are applied to identify settings that might require modification for File Services to perform optimally. Configuration rules can help prevent setting conflicts that can result in error messages or prevent File Services from completing its prescribed duties in an enterprise.

For more information about Best Practices Analyzer and scans, see Best Practices Analyzer.

Topics in this section

• DFS-N: The DFS Namespace service startup type should be set to Automatic

• DFS-N: All IP addresses for the server should map to the same AD DS site

• DFS-N: The LDAP timeout value should be set to the default value of 30 seconds

• DFS-N: The DFS Namespaces sync interval should be set to the default value of 1 hour

• DFS-N: Site costed referrals should be enabled on domain controllers

• DFS-N: Client failback should be enabled for the Netlogon and SYSVOL folders on domain controllers

• DFS-N: Namespace root referrals should use the Lowest Cost ordering method on the following DFS namespace

• DFS-N: Failover Clustering should be enabled on the server hosting the following standalone namespace

• DFS-N: Additional namespace servers should be added to the following domain-based namespace

• DFS-N: Windows Server 2008 mode can be used on the following domain-based namespace

• DFS-N: The access-based enumeration setting should be identical in the DFS namespace database and on the shared folder hosting the namespace root for the following namespace

• DFS-N: Client failback should be enabled on the following namespace

• DFS-N: The namespace server should be enabled on the following namespace

• DFS-R: The DFS Replication service should be started and have a startup type set to Automatic

• DFS-R: Replicated folder must be enabled for replication

• DFS-R: Servers '{0}' and '{1}' belonging to the replication group '{2}' must have two-way connections between them

• FSRM: File Server Resource Manager should be installed on all nodes of a failover cluster

• FSRM: The shadow copy storage area should be large enough for File Server Resource Manager to create snapshots of files

• FSRM: Classified files should have read/write attributes

• FSRM: File paths should be shorter than 240 characters

• FSRM: Alternate data streams should be large enough to store classification properties

• FSRM: The cache for classification properties should be active

• FSRM: There should be fewer than 1000 file screens configured on the server

• FSRM: There should be fewer than 1000 quotas configured on the server

• FSRM: There should be fewer than 20 classification properties

• FSRM: Classification rules should have schedules

• FSRM: Notifications that use variables that reference remote paths should reference valid shared folders

• NFS: The domain functional level should be Windows Server 2003 R2 or higher when using an identity mapping solution

• NFS: Folders that are shared by using both the SMB and NFS protocols should use mapped accounts

• NFS: Server for NFS should be configured to use Netgroups

• NFS: Services for Network File System should use an RFC 2307-based identity mapping solution

• NFS: Operating system case sensitivity should be disabled for file servers that support the NFS and SMB protocols

• NFS: Windows Firewall should open all ports used by Services for Network File System

• NFS: Services for Network File System should be used or uninstalled

• NFS: The Server for NFS service should be started

• SMB: The Server service should be set to start automatically

• SMB: File and printer sharing ports should be open

• SMB: Previous Versions support for client computers running Windows 98 should be disabled

• SMB: The SMB 2.0 file sharing protocol should be enabled

See Also

Concepts

Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Operation
Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Performance
Best Practices Analyzer for File Services: Security