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Moving DFS roots off of 2003
Hi all,
Im currently in the process of upgrading to 2012 from 2003. We have a number of DFS roots that were created on a 2003 server that I want to demote, and decommission. At the moment all the root targets are set to this server.
Can I just point the root targets at the new 2012 servers and then remove the link to the old server?
Im currently in the process of upgrading to 2012 from 2003. We have a number of DFS roots that were created on a 2003 server that I want to demote, and decommission. At the moment all the root targets are set to this server.
Can I just point the root targets at the new 2012 servers and then remove the link to the old server?
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This EE posting might help. The accepted answer details how he moved his DFS to a 2012 server.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28455290/DFS-Namespace-on-Server-2003-Std-SP2-and-Server-2012-R2.html
You can change the referral ordering to make the 2012 server "first among targets" by going into the properties of each namespace server. On the 2012 server, make it "first among all targets" and on the older server, make it "last among all targets." That's all we did in my old job. We used the term "primary" but it looks like that not how MS refers to it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770290.aspx
You can set one of the file servers as primary using PowerShell, but MS says: "By default, members are not primary." So, now I'm not sure that's necessary.
This page has some powershell commands for adding/removing members of a replication group:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296671.aspx
Unfortunately, we don't use DFS in my current job so I can't look at that to help you any further.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28455290/DFS-Namespace-on-Server-2003-Std-SP2-and-Server-2012-R2.html
You can change the referral ordering to make the 2012 server "first among targets" by going into the properties of each namespace server. On the 2012 server, make it "first among all targets" and on the older server, make it "last among all targets." That's all we did in my old job. We used the term "primary" but it looks like that not how MS refers to it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770290.aspx
You can set one of the file servers as primary using PowerShell, but MS says: "By default, members are not primary." So, now I'm not sure that's necessary.
This page has some powershell commands for adding/removing members of a replication group:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296671.aspx
Unfortunately, we don't use DFS in my current job so I can't look at that to help you any further.
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I have now added the 2012 as a target, how do I make this the primary server before removing other server? I don't see the option anywhere on the 2012 tools nor the 2003 tools.