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To add a Matrix File Share from the command line, use this command:

mx mfs add --path <path> --servers ALL_SERVERS| <server1>,

<server2>,... [arguments] <mfs_name>

See the Matrix Server Command Reference for more information about this

command.

Configure DFS

The Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) can be used in conjunction

with MxFS for CIFS to provide high availability failover and load

balancing across the nodes in the matrix.

NOTE: If you are using Windows 2003, the DFS namespace must be

administered from with the Windows 2003 version of the

administrative tools. Do not use the administrative tools provided

with Windows 2000 to manage DFS.

Setup Scenario

The DFS setup procedure uses this scenario:

• A three-node matrix clust[1-3] in the domain data. The two domain

controllers are dc[1-2]. These domain controllers are running

Windows 2000 (or higher) with Active Directory.

• Matrix Server and MxFS for CIFS are installed on nodes clust[1-3]

running Windows 2003 and Matrix Server is started.

• On the Matrix Server nodes clust[1-3], a shared PSFS volume, y:, is

used for DFS root and another shared PSFS volume, x:, is used for the

link.

• All clients needing to access the share foo are either in domain data or

in another domain that has a trust relationship with data.

• Clients are either Windows 2000 and higher, Windows 9x with the

DFS client installed, NT4 with the DFS client installed, or other clients

as described in Chapter 2.