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Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) is a technology that complements the SMB/CIFS based file server role of Windows Servers.

DFS is comprised of DFSN (namespaces) and DFSR (replication). The two technologies can be implemented independently. However, the components are complementary when used together on Windows file servers.

DFSN allows creating "fake" namespaces or paths which when browsed, redirect the client to an alternate location as configured by an administrator. This allows creating a namespace which can apparently merge content which maybe spread across different file servers. DFSR allows creating multiple replicas of the content which thereby allow a level of resiliency. In the older versions of DFS (first introduced in Windows 2000 Server), the replication was handled by FRS (File Replication Service).

http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/12/30/windows-server-dfs-namespaces-reference.aspx provides good details related to DFSN.

See the DFSR tag for more details on DFSR.

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DFS-Share not uptodate for SOME users

We have a DFS Share setup on 2 Servers. (2008-R2) Today we encountered a very strange issue: The shares are replicated fine (both servers show the same data localy) For 70% of clients everything is fine, they have access on the latest data.…
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Auto update Linux cifs mount when windows dfs target changes

Not that a retarget is a common occurence in the case we're working with but, we're in the process of some infrastructure changes and it's fresh in my mind. We have a number of Windows DFS share mounted with CIFS through FSTAB on our linux web…
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can't find DFS with other user in RDP session

I connect with RDP to Windows 10 with a user than not have privileges over te DFS. For this reason, Windows request other credentials. I put the credentials of a user with privileges but Windows don't find the shared folder. But if I put the…
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DFS - Basic operation - remove folder target

I'm new to DFS management and I need to know the proper way to delete a target(shared) folder from all the servers. Stop replication and then delete all the copies of the folder in the different servers but does it have to be done one by one?
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DFS namespace does not show files on servers

Setup 2x Windows server 2012R2 (pwl-dfs01 and pwl-dfs02) DFS namespaces and Replication installed Replication configured (s:\hosting) as "Full Mesh" topology for both pwl-dfs01 and pwl-dfs02 Namespace configured with pwl-dfs01 and pwl-dfs02 as…
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DFS Replication on Lan (with multiple subnets)

target: want to replicate a folder on 2 machines situation: we have 2 windows 2003 servers (for this purpose) in a domain and each of these servers has 2 network cards; and each server have 2 ips, one on the LAN and one on the internet…
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Parallel life of DFS shared files?

That's a weird one. We have 3 servers (Windows Server 2012 R2) with DFS-N and DFS-R sharing and syncing same folders between themselves. We have those folders mapped on clients as network drives like x: ("\\contoso.com\Shared") or y:…
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Multiple domains on network - problems with DFS

I've inherited a setup that we've been running with for a number of years that I've finally decided to sort out. We have two offices connected via a VPN tunnel. Office A uses domain.net and office B uses domain.com. Each office has it's own DC…
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Migrate a DFSR Server to a new one. Currently in a Hub-Spoke Configuration

Is there an easy way to migrate the Hub to a new server. My current one is running out of space. Do I need to redesign the configuration or can I do a migration to the new server.
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Moving file/folder within DFS-N share does not update NTFS permissions

First off, I am obviously no expert in DFS nor NTFS permissions. I have been looking for an answer to my problem high and low but did not come across something relevant. With that out of the way: I'm trying to restrict access to shared folders with…
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Windows search not showing file content results from mapped DFS drive

I already checked the thread Windows 7 search not showing results from mapped Server 2008 R2 BUT my case is different: We have file servers (2012 R2) and Windows 7 workstations. The mapped network drive is from a DFS namespace. When I search from…
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Save-As in Excel disconnects Windows DFS mapped network drive

Users can open and create files no problem. But when they save-as and click browse it disconnects the mapped drive to \domain\dfsroot and dumps them on the local file system. I've been all over the internet and not found anything quite like…
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Why "file exists" trying to add folder to DFS namespace?

I've got a working (via normal share) shared folder on a server. However, when I try to add it to our DFS namespace it fails with "The file exists" error. I'm looking at the namespace and it clearly does NOT exist. At least not now, but it may…
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Occasional Authorization Errors with IIS, Azure Files and DFS

We'd had some IIS apps configured to run as a local user with admin privs per the standard recommended practice: David So's Blog - IIS and Azure Files. Some sites' app pools were running as domain accounts and some were AF local accounts. For each…
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Automatic Active Directory Replication not working: dc1=samba=CentOS + samba4 + dc2=dc=WinSrv2008R2SP1

Main domain controller is made with samba 4.3.4 on CentOS 7 (name=samba). Just made a new second domain controller on WinSrv2008R2Sp1 (name=dc). Sysvol replication was made using the following article & the Sysvol folder is correctly copied with…
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