Moving DFSRoots Folder

[Mike Celone]

We have a 2 server domain based DFS root setup. There is no replication of
data between the servers. On one of the servers we were running out of space
so we added a new array to it and created it as a new drive letter and
planned to remove the old drive.

We'd like to move the DFSRoots folder from the old drive to the new drive
now but haven't been able to. I tried to remove the share so I could create
it on the new drive but I recieved an error when I tried. It said I had to
remove the DFS before it could be deleted.

Do I need to remove this server from the \\domain\DFSRoot, delete the share,
create it on the new drive and then add it back? Or is there another way to
handle this?

Thanks!

[Isaac Oben [MCITP:EA, MCSE]]

Hello Mike,

Since you have 2 dfs root for fault tolerance, that's good. On the bad drive
root, remove the dfsroot (dfsutil.exe /remftroot /server:serverName
/share:DFSRootFolderName), unshare the DFSRoot folder, use robocopy to move
file/folders with permissions intact from old to new, make sure permissions
are intact, add DFSRoot back to server(dfsutil.exe /addftroot
/server:serverName /share:DFSRootFolderName)

Hope this helps,

Isaac

Post by Mike Celone
We have a 2 server domain based DFS root setup. There is no replication of
data between the servers. On one of the servers we were running out of space
so we added a new array to it and created it as a new drive letter and
planned to remove the old drive.
We'd like to move the DFSRoots folder from the old drive to the new drive
now but haven't been able to. I tried to remove the share so I could create
it on the new drive but I recieved an error when I tried. It said I had to
remove the DFS before it could be deleted.
Do I need to remove this server from the \\domain\DFSRoot, delete the share,
create it on the new drive and then add it back? Or is there another way to
handle this?
Thanks!