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DFS Shares - removing a server
We will be upgrading one of our server and rebuilding it. It is a DC and DFS Namespace server. I'm not sure what is the best way to remove the shares and not loss any data. The server is Windows 2003 r2. The shares replicate to 4 other servers. I'm not sure what you need to know. Should I remove or disable it's replicated folder's memebership first or just delete the namespace? Any advice would be appreciated.
Regards,
ABBEtech
DJ
Answers
- Hello DJ,
Disable the replication service, then run dfsutil.exe /remftroot /server:EnterNameOfYourserver /share:EnterNameSpaceShare . this will remove the namespace from the dc and the other DCs will still be acting as a namespace servers. Note that this command will not delete any of the shares. If you have actual targets with data on this server that users were refered to, then you will need to unshare , use robocopy to move it to another server before rebuilding.
Isaac Oben MCITP:EA, MCSE- Marked As Answer byDavid Shen - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 09, 2009 3:59 PM
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- Hello DJ,
Disable the replication service, then run dfsutil.exe /remftroot /server:EnterNameOfYourserver /share:EnterNameSpaceShare . this will remove the namespace from the dc and the other DCs will still be acting as a namespace servers. Note that this command will not delete any of the shares. If you have actual targets with data on this server that users were refered to, then you will need to unshare , use robocopy to move it to another server before rebuilding.
Isaac Oben MCITP:EA, MCSE- Marked As Answer byDavid Shen - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 09, 2009 3:59 PM
