On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > Group your users in OU's via site. Move the user and they pick up the new > target priority because each OU has it's own GPP with the different > priorities.
OUs are not organized by site. Also, all the current files would still need to be moved by hand from one server to another, that's one of the main things I want to avoid. Using a DFS target is not supported (if you want more than 1 target in the DFS name, as we do). As I said, it's not the direction, it's the targeting ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Leone > Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 9:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Using DFS for user home folders > > We don't redirect the entire profile (so no roaming profiles), but we do set > the home folder to be a share on a server. > > The problem is not the redirection, it's when the target for that particular > user changes (i.e., when it moves to a different server in a different > physical site).. > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > wrote: >> We don't use Home folders with our DFS. I just redirect everything via >> GPP's. Should be a pretty easy migration for you to go that way. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone >> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 12:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NTSysADM] Using DFS for user home folders >> >> Here's my current situation - my users all get assigned 1 of 4 file >> servers, as their home profile (depends on what department they work >> for, and which server is closest). Then Group Policy initiates a >> folder redirection of "My Documents" and "Desktop". Additionally, the >> GPO turns on Offline files (pointing at the same server).. >> >> Here's the problem - I have a lot of users who end up being >> transferred around, and hence at some point, we have to move thir >> files from server A to server B; change their group membership so now >> a GPO which redirects to server B; and we have to clear the offline >> folders cache on the old workstation, else it continues to point at >> server A, and files never sync properly. >> >> This is aggravating, to say the least. >> >> We thought of using DFS (set up a new namespace, adding these 4 file >> servers to it; change all the users to use the DFS namespace to store >> their home profile (and moving all the files there). That way, I never >> have to move files, I need less GPOs, I don't have the offline files >> headache, etc. >> >> Problem is, using DFS for home folders is officially not supported by MS ... >> >> So what are others doing in this situation? There must be others with >> such issues of having to move user folders, etc. >> >> I could make 1 central file server for all home profiles, but if there >> are ever any network hiccups, then you can't reach your files. (so I'd >> still need offline files). >> >> We looked at AppSense, and while it can alleviate some of the issues, >> it can't fix all of them. >> >> > >
