Can you control which DFS Referral is used by a client if
multiple Target Servers exist? For example: If you have
a DFS path that has two target servers, can you force all
clients to connect to target server one unless it is not
available, in which case they would connect to target
server two?

If the targets are in the same domain/site they are considered equal and
therefore you can't control priority.

I for (ANOTHER) one would vote a big YEA to see the next version of DFS
support an active/passive mode like that. Concurrency issues eliminate DFS
as a possible solution in many cases.

"Tony Linville" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1d2101c387c4$5881b0a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can you control which DFS Referral is used by a client if
> multiple Target Servers exist? For example: If you have
> a DFS path that has two target servers, can you force all
> clients to connect to target server one unless it is not
> available, in which case they would connect to target
> server two?

If you have second target in another site (or not present in any site), then
it will always be second priority for clients.

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Thanks
Mukul [MSFT]

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"Daniel Billingsley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If the targets are in the same domain/site they are considered equal and
> therefore you can't control priority.
>
> I for (ANOTHER) one would vote a big YEA to see the next version of DFS
> support an active/passive mode like that. Concurrency issues eliminate
DFS
> as a possible solution in many cases.
>
> "Tony Linville" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1d2101c387c4$5881b0a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Can you control which DFS Referral is used by a client if
> > multiple Target Servers exist? For example: If you have
> > a DFS path that has two target servers, can you force all
> > clients to connect to target server one unless it is not
> > available, in which case they would connect to target
> > server two?
>
>