Different DFS versions together?

[Marcus Dempsey]

Hello,

I'm just wondering if you can safely run 2 different versions of DFS
together, I have a number of servers I want to implement DFS on, however some
of the servers are Windows 2003 and some are Windows 2003 R2.

My DC's which are the name servers are Windows 2003 R2.

Anyone ran this before, any issues encountered?

Marcus

[Danny Sanders]

R2 is the latest - greatest. You should use DFSR. DFSR (R2) will not work
without the partner being R2 also. You can update the Win 2k3 server to R2
by running setup2 from the second disk of the R2 set. It just updates
features.

hth
DDS

Post by Marcus Dempsey
Hello,
I'm just wondering if you can safely run 2 different versions of DFS
together, I have a number of servers I want to implement DFS on, however some
of the servers are Windows 2003 and some are Windows 2003 R2.
My DC's which are the name servers are Windows 2003 R2.
Anyone ran this before, any issues encountered?
Marcus

[DaveMills]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:09:16 -0600, "Danny Sanders"

Post by Danny Sanders
R2 is the latest - greatest. You should use DFSR. DFSR (R2) will not work
without the partner being R2 also. You can update the Win 2k3 server to R2
by running setup2 from the second disk of the R2 set. It just updates
features.

This refers to replication (DFSR). The name space is quite compatible.
I believe that R2 can do dfs replication but the R2 DFSR is so much better you
should upgrade all servers. W2k3 is like a bicycle compared to the R2 Ferrari

Post by Danny Sanders
hth
DDS

Post by Marcus Dempsey
Hello,
I'm just wondering if you can safely run 2 different versions of DFS
together, I have a number of servers I want to implement DFS on, however some
of the servers are Windows 2003 and some are Windows 2003 R2.
My DC's which are the name servers are Windows 2003 R2.
Anyone ran this before, any issues encountered?
Marcus