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Unable to access DFS shares when server 1 goes down

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Hello all,

I have a test domain I am building in order to prepare for a new domain we are going to create. We currently have an SBS 2003 that is reaching the end of its' life. We are going to start fresh. I have setup domain-based DFS along with DFS folder replication for each of the folders. So far, all is working ok, up to this point.

Replication is occurring as it should and my Hyper-V test machines can connect to the mapped drives via the DFS namespace.

\\domain\namespace\target folder

However, once I shut down the primary server (SRV01) I am no longer able to access the shares. The namespace servers tab on the center window of the namespace MMC, has both SRV01 and 02 listed. I receive no errors except "Unable to connect to \\domain\namespace\target folder because it is unavailable". It is not "failing over" to the secondary available server.

Once I power SRV01 back up, connectivity is then restored to the folders and mapped drives. Is there something I should check for, or am missing?

Any and all insight is appreciated.


Dario Garcia

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