How Do I . . . Install the AFS Client

Step 2: Configure AFS Client   INTRO  1  2  3  4  NEXT
  What to do How to do it
A. Access the AFS Control Panel
  1. Login with an account that has administrative privileges on the computer.
  2. Add the Admin account to the AFS Client Admins group located in the Local Users and Groups. This will allow you to modify the AFS Client.
  3. From the Start Menu, go to the Control Panel.
  4. Double-click the AFS Client Configuration icon in the control panel.
B. Configure AFS Cells Tab
  1. Click on the AFS Cells tab.
  2. Check to see if ucdavis.edu is already in the list. If so click the Change button and check that the settings are the same as below.
  3. Remove all the other pre-loaded cells as they are not needed and can cause problems later. Hightlight the unwanted cells and click the Remove button
  4. If ucdavis.edu is not already in the list, click the Add button.
  5. In the New Cell window:
    1. In the AFS Cell field, enter ucdavis.edu
    2. In the Submount field, enter UC Davis
    3. Under Servers, click the Add button
    4. In the new Add Server window:
      • In the Server Name field, enter afs1.ucdavis.edu
      • Leave the Server Address to the default Look up address automatically
      • Click OK to close the Add Server window
    5. Repeat steps C and D and replace afs1.ucdavis.edu with each of the following:
          afs2.ucdavis.edu
          afs3.ucdavis.edu
  6. Click OK to close the New Cell window.
C. Configure Advanced Tab
  1. Click on the Advanced tab.
  2. Enter these settings:
    • By default, the Cache Size field is 98304 KB (96 MB). This is the amount of space the cache file will occupy on your disk. If needed, you can reduce the cache size; however, settings lower than 20 MB will reduce the performance improvement provided by the AFS client.
    • In the Cache Path you can select the drive letter for the cache file. The name of the cache file will be AFSCache. You can also select a specific path for the cache file, but the path must already exist.
    • Leave the other settings at their default.
D. Configure General Tab
  1. Click on the General tab.
  2. Enter these settings:
    • Leave all of the check box options unchecked.
  3. Still on the General tab, check the Client Status section to make sure the client is running. If not, click on the Start Service button.
  4. Click OK to close the AFS Client Configuration control panel.
If the AFS Client services does not start, check the AFS Troubleshooting guide and read the Cannot Start AFS Client Service section.

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