DFS-N Management Job Preferences

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DFS-N Management Job Preferences

To modify settings for DFS-N Management jobs:

1.Select Preferences from the Window menu.

The Preferences dialog appears.

2.Select DFS-N Management in the navigation tree.

DFS-Preferences

3.Modify settings as needed.

Setting

Description

DFS Namespace Roots Folder

Enter the path to the default local parent folder for namespaces on the namespace server.

Timeout

Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response from any agent.

Namespace Checking Period

Enter the number of seconds to delay between checking namespace information calls.  This check catches any changes made to a namespace using the Microsoft DFS Management tool. Selecting a low value will negatively affect performance but will reflect changes to the user interface more quickly.

Event Timeout

Enter the number of seconds to wait before marking an event containing DFS namespace information from the Agent has timed out.

Namespace Checking Retries

Enter the maximum number of times for checking namespace information if the namespace is not found.  Once the maximum number is exceeded, the job is stopped.

Namespace Search Timeout

Enter the number of minutes before timing out after search.

Install DFS-N Management Tools

Select this option if you want Microsoft's DFS-N Management tools installed when creating or importing a namespace.

Show Resources

Select this option if you want to display individual namespace folders under each namespace in the Jobs view.

4.Click OK or Apply.