Hi,
I'm looking for a point in the right direction in how to add a DFS namespace server to an existing namspace server (working side by side).Here's my current setup:
I have multiple departments on multiple sites currently accessing '\\domain.com\shared' to access their individual shared drives (by mapping drives at logon script - Active Directory), however, some users are accessing their shares from remote sites, this is causing performance issues (sometimes when they open the mapped drive, it has taken longer than 5 minutes to load the contents of the drive, literally just the folder and file names. When trying to open office documents from the drive it's taken up to 10 minutes).
I've looked why this might be happening and I can't find the reason for the issue. I've used DSFUTIL to check the status of the replication and everything seems to be working and healthy. So I'd like to try adding a new namespace server to work side-by-side with the existing namespace server (by using the same '\\domain.com\shared' address) to try reduce the load, and put a DFS server on the same site as the users. Could someone point in the right direction as to how I would setup a DFS namespace server and configure it to work with the existing namespace server? I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2.
This is the current setup of the namespace server, using the command: dfsutil /root:\\domain.com\Shared /export:C:\list.txt /verbose
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Root Name="\\DOMAIN\Shared" State="1" Timeout="300" Attributes="65600" >
<Target Server="SB-DC02" Folder="Shared" State="2" />
<Link Name="CMP" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\CMP\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="PROC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\PROC\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="FCS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\FCS\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ALS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\ALS\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="HSC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\HSC\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CONS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\CONS\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="University Centre" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\University Centre\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="APHS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\APHS\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ENG" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\ENG\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="TET" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\TET\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="SDV" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\SDV\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="BCC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\BCC\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="SE" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\SE\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ATC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\ATC\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ELI" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\ELI\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="EXEC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\EXEC\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ABT" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\ABT\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="FIN" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\FIN\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="EST" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\EST\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CPS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\CPS\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CATERING" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\CATERING" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="SVL" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\SVL\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CHT" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\CHT\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="MAC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\MAC\SHARED" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="LIM" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\LIM\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="HEAP" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\HEAP\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="HUM" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\HUM\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ICT" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\ICT\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="BTG" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\BGT\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="LRS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\LRS\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="Parkway" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\Parkway" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="AEG" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\AEG\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="B2B" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\B2B\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CompositesGateway" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\CompositesGateway\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="HROD" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="ad-fs1" Folder="HROD-SHARED" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="Ofsted Survey 26 and 27 September" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\Ofsted Survey 26 and 27 September" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="EXM" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\EXM\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="Premises Operations" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\APHS\Shared\Premises Operations" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="BIUnit" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\BIUnit\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CP" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\CP\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="SFA" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\SFA\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ECT" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\ECT\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="TUE" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\TUE\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="CPT" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="addata" Folder="stadata\CPT\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="WSK" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\SKL\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="MACShared" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="ad-mac-data" Folder="MACShared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="Employment Services" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="ADDATA" Folder="STADATA\Employment Services\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="HandS" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="hpdata" Folder="stadata\H&S\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="DTC" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\DTC\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="ADMPA" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\ADMPA\Shared" State="2" />
</Link>
<Link Name="Partnership Team" State="1" Timeout="1800" >
<Target Server="cgdata" Folder="stadata\PartnershipTeam" State="2" />
</Link>
</Root>
Any help is appreciated !
Thanks,
Josh