RE: [ActiveDir] DFS Replica Data Disappears

[Noah Eiger]

So just make an empty root and then link it to all of the subfolders. I will do that. But in what way is it a “bad idea” to have “real” data under the root? thx   From: Grillenmeier, Guido [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS Replica Data Disappears   not sure why you had the issue, but it is generally a rather bad idea to put "real" data in a folder underneath the DFS root (your projects folder).  I would recommend to move that data to a different location (can still be on serverA), create a share and then link the share into your DFS root just like you did for the shares hosted on serverB.   /Guido   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noah Eiger Sent: Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2004 08:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS Replica Data Disappears Oops. No, you did not miss anything. I did. Browsing to \\serverA\stuff\resources  or \\serverA\stuff\data fails; browsing to \\serverA\stuff\projects worked fine. The update is that I rebuilt the root to no avail. I then restarted the server, and everything worked. My question now is why did it suddenly fail? That Event ID 3019 says “The redirector failed to determine the connection type.” While MS says you can ignore this error, it is all I have to go on. nme   From: Steve Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] DFS Replica Data Disappears   I am a little confused.. you said:   ".. when a user browses to \\serverA\stuff\projects, she sees an empty folder...."   then:   .."Browsing to \\serverA\stuff\projects shows the correct files."   am I missing something here?   ----- Original Message ----- From: Noah Eiger To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:21 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] DFS Replica Data Disappears   Hi all – I have a very simple DFS configuration: serverA contains the root (“stuff”) with a single subfolder containing data (“projects”); serverB contains two shares “data” (shared as “data$”) and “resources” (shared as “resources$”). The shares on serverB are links under “stuff” on serverA. So, if a user browses to \\serverA\stuff, she sees all three folders as if they were all on serverA. Everything worked fine until (apparently) last Friday. Now, when a user browses to \\serverA\stuff\projects, she sees an empty folder. Same for data. Browsing to \\serverA\stuff\projects shows the correct files. Browsing to the shares on serverB directly shows the proper files. All parts of the DFS root and links show green checks for status. I have rebuilt the links (though not the root) and restarted the service. The only thing that shows in the logs are MRxSmb (event 3019) which appear to be from trying to access the failed shares. Any thoughts? Thanks.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Noah M. Eiger EIS Consulting for PRBO Conservation Science 510-717-5742 [EMAIL PROTECTED]