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Here is my question.
We currently have a 4 node cluster that has shadow copy enabled on certain parttions. We have a domain base DFS setup and a server that is not part of the cluster is hosting the DFS root. This server also has shares that are part of the DFS namespaces. To get to my question. The server that is hosting the DFS root and host soem shares will be taken offline. What is the best procedure in moving the DFS root to one of the severs in the cluster (will their be a problem) and coping the data over to the cluster. Bellow is what i have found through all my searches in MS and innternet.. If i copy the data to the new location form the old server to new, all the rights should copy over correct?? Im just trying to get validation here ;)
Is this the process in moving the dfs root form one server to another.
Use the following procedure to decommission a root server:
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Remove the root server from the DFS namespace by using one of the following methods:
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In the Distributed File System snap-in, right-click the root target you want to remove, and then click Remove Target.
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Using the version of Dfsutil.exe included in the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools, run the following command, where RootTargetServer refers to the root server to be decommissioned:
Dfsutil /UnmapFtRoot /Root:<DFSName> /Server:RootTargetServer /Share:<Share>
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On the decommissioned root target, remove DFS information from the registry by using the following Dfsutil.exe command:
Dfsutil /Clean /Server:RootTargetServer /Share:<RootName>
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On the decommissioned root target, at the command prompt, type net stop dfs & net start dfs.
After you remove a root target, DFS stops giving referrals to the decommissioned server within 15 minutes of the update to the DFS Active Directory object on the local domain controller from the PDC emulator master. (This update can take time depending on Active Directory replication schedules.)
When the data is moved, are these the correct steps in exporting and imprting the new link target destinations?
You can use Dfsutil.exe to export the namespace from the source server, and then optionally restore the namespace to a destination server.
In the following example, an administrator wants to migrate the following namespaces on different servers to a single server running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition:
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\\NT4SVR\Marketing (a stand-alone DFS root on a server running Windows NT Server 4.0)
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\\W2KSVR\Public (a stand-alone DFS root on a server running Windows 2000 Server)
First, the administrator creates the following stand-alone DFS roots on the server running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition:
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\\2003SVR\Marketing
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\\2003SVR\Public
Next, the administrator installs Windows Support Tools from the Windows Server 2003 operating system CD, and then uses the Dfsutil.exe tool to run the following commands:
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Dfsutil /Root:\\NT4SVR\Marketing /export:Nt4.txt
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Dfsutil /Root:\\W2KSVR\Public /export:w2k.txt
Finally, the administrator runs the following commands to import the namespaces onto the server running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition:
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Dfsutil /Root:\\2003SVR\Marketing /import:Nt4.txt /set
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Dfsutil /Root:\\2003SVR\Public /import:w2k.txt /set
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