DFS Distributed File System

Good luck trying to Google any information on DFS or Distributed File System and get anything other than a bunch of references to REPLICATION. Forget about the useful part of DFS, referred to as NameSpace as of Windows Server 2003. And log files? HA! That's even more of a joke.

If there are inexplicable issues, look to DNS. Yes, unrelated to DFS, but still a really good place to start for mysterious problems.

Want to try Googling for command line utilities again? Good luck. Here are the two most useful;

DFSUTIL

DFSDIAG

In the end, it's usually easier to crap can the entire configuration and create it from scratch. Below is a short cut;

• dfsutil root export \\WhatEverServerName\WhatEverDfsShareName WhatEverExportFile.xml
• crap can DFS in the GUI
• create a new / 'blank' DFS Namespace
• dfsutil root import merge WhatEverExportFile.xml \\WhatEverServerName\WhatEverDfsShareName