whiteEEnerd
Programmer
Hello,
I have a test network setup with two Windows server boxes. One is Server 2003, the other is server 2008. I have a DFS namespace setup "\\test.local\Public" with a folder "RoamingData" and two folder targets. One on "\\Server1\RoamingData" the other on "\\Server2\RoamingData".
Replication is setup via "DFS Replication" and works well.
The only problem with the setup is that if I am on server 2 and go to \\test.local\Public\RoamingData and I try to pull a file, it will download it from the remote Server1 instead of the local Server2. At first I thought replication just wasn't working, but if I go to the physical location for the file on server2, the file is there, and I can copy it to the desktop very quickly. However from the \\test.local\... it takes about 4 minutes (which I take to mean it is pulling it from Server1).
Both Server1 and Server2 are domain controllers and DNS servers. They each point to 127.0.0.1 for their DNS service.
The only thing I don't understand about the DFS that I think may be causing it is the "Site". In the DFS Management for the Roaming Data Folder, Server2 has a site of "Unknown" and Server1 has a site of "Default-First-Site-Name". I don't know if this of any importance, but I thought I would mention it.
Any suggestions?
I have a test network setup with two Windows server boxes. One is Server 2003, the other is server 2008. I have a DFS namespace setup "\\test.local\Public" with a folder "RoamingData" and two folder targets. One on "\\Server1\RoamingData" the other on "\\Server2\RoamingData".
Replication is setup via "DFS Replication" and works well.
The only problem with the setup is that if I am on server 2 and go to \\test.local\Public\RoamingData and I try to pull a file, it will download it from the remote Server1 instead of the local Server2. At first I thought replication just wasn't working, but if I go to the physical location for the file on server2, the file is there, and I can copy it to the desktop very quickly. However from the \\test.local\... it takes about 4 minutes (which I take to mean it is pulling it from Server1).
Both Server1 and Server2 are domain controllers and DNS servers. They each point to 127.0.0.1 for their DNS service.
The only thing I don't understand about the DFS that I think may be causing it is the "Site". In the DFS Management for the Roaming Data Folder, Server2 has a site of "Unknown" and Server1 has a site of "Default-First-Site-Name". I don't know if this of any importance, but I thought I would mention it.
Any suggestions?
