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Can I create a DFS root on a W2k Cluster

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by mitch.bailey88

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We aren't using AD, yet and would like to set up a DFS structure to consolidate department shares for our organization. Is it possible to create a DFS root on a Win2k cluster so that we have some redundancy?

Eventually we would like to have multiple clusters provide shares under this DFS root.

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by joseph moore

Yes, you can. Technet article Q220819 tells you how to set up Dfs in a 2000 Cluster.

"There is an advanced property in Windows 2000 for the Cluster File Share resource to define the share as a stand-alone Dfs root. This allows clients to access data stored on multiple systems with one \\ VirtualServer \ Share mapping that can be hosted by either of the nodes in the Windows 2000-based server cluster. If the node currently hosting the Dfs root stops working, the data is hosted by the other node."

Here is the URL for the article with all of the specifics:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q220819
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Hope this helps.

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