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07.18.2008 at 02:05PM PDT, ID: 23578261
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Microsoft, Windows Server, 2003 R2, DFS

Hi,

I'm experiencing some weirdness with DFS and shares.  It's like this:

1: Three servers, PCFILE, SLCFILE02, and Breckserver all participate in replicating DFS namespace \\domain\fileshare

2: When I use a UNC path to get to, say, \\slcfile02\fileshare\path, it shows a bunch of files.  But when I look at the shared folder via Explorer on the server, it appears empty.

3: A lot of my users seem to be referred to the servers in the other physical sites, even though DFS understands that each server is in its respective AD site.  It usually takes a reboot to get a proper referral.  How do I disable referral caching?

Thanks
Answered By: Point-In-Cyberspace
Expert Since: 07/13/2008
Accepted Solutions: 77
Computer Expertise: Advanced
Point-In-Cyberspace has been an Expert for 5 months, during which he has posted 362 comments and answered 77 questions. Point-In-Cyberspace is just one of 6467 experts in the Windows 2003 Server Zone. 2 experts collaborated on this answer, which was graded a "B" by the asker.
 
 
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