Question : How do clients resolve DFS name?

Hi,

Can someone please explain how clients resolve a DFS root to a the actual server that the root points to? I can't find anything in DNS. How do clients even know which DFS server the roots ly on?

I recently moved DFS root from server1 to server2. Now client frequently lose connection to DFS share. I realized that the new server points to itself for DNS lookups but it doesn't actually have DNS. I can fix that issue, and I can only hope the misconfigured DNS is the reason why clients lose connection to DFS share, but I can't be sure and hence the question.

The clients however points to correct DNS server and resolve 100%.

Thanks!

Answer : How do clients resolve DFS name?

Hi,

see the following link for more details and explainations of how DFS works

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782417.aspx

regards

AJJ