Cant' create DFS root

[OregonSteve]

Greetings-

W2Ksp4; single site, single domain. Our data structure includes multiple
volumes. How do I create a DFS Root above ALL the volumes? If this is not
possible, how do I include all my volumes to "participate" in DFS?

When I create a domain DFS Root it prompts me to point it to a share. If I
try to point it to the "top" (i.e. the server) I get an error that "the path
needs to be in the form of X:\path\path\path\ " I don't know of any way I
can assign a drive letter to/share the server...

As I'm sure you well know a volume is not a physical drive but a collection
of hard drives logically grouped and assigned a drive letter (G:\, for
example) The way we usually configure servers is to have the C:\ drive
contain the SYSVOL and the volumes contain data files and such. If I point
it to C:\, I will only be creating a DFS root to any and all informatoin on
C:\; However, I have several other volumes to take care of, all associated
with different drive letters (H:\, I:\, and J:\, for example)

If I have to create a DFS Root by pointing it to a share that is mapped to a
drive letter, you can see how something is going to be left out... Or am I
just being plain ign'ant?! [:-O

Thanx
OregonSteve

 

[Laura A. Robinson]

circa Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:08:31 -0700, in
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory, OregonSteve
([email protected]) said,

W2Ksp4; single site, single domain. Our data structure includes multiple
volumes. How do I create a DFS Root above ALL the volumes? If this is not
possible, how do I include all my volumes to "participate" in DFS?

When I create a domain DFS Root it prompts me to point it to a share. If I
try to point it to the "top" (i.e. the server) I get an error that "the path
needs to be in the form of X:\path\path\path\ " I don't know of any way I
can assign a drive letter to/share the server...

As I'm sure you well know a volume is not a physical drive but a collection
of hard drives logically grouped and assigned a drive letter (G:\, for
example) The way we usually configure servers is to have the C:\ drive
contain the SYSVOL and the volumes contain data files and such. If I point
it to C:\, I will only be creating a DFS root to any and all informatoin on
C:\; However, I have several other volumes to take care of, all associated
with different drive letters (H:\, I:\, and J:\, for example)

If I have to create a DFS Root by pointing it to a share that is mapped to a
drive letter, you can see how something is going to be left out... Or am I
just being plain ign'ant?! [:-O

Well, in a nutshell, you're approaching DFS from the wrong
perspective. DFS is just an abstracted tree structure that represents
your shares, whether they're on multiple servers or not. It's
irrelevant what the actual share/folder structures are. You just plug
them into a DFS tree as you would like them to be represented. The
root share is just the point from which the other nodes "spring".
It's like a placeholder. A starting point.

HTH,

Laura