2000 Server, DFS, multiple domains in the same forest?

[Guest]

From my searching, I think I know the answer to this already... but...

four domains, all in the same forest. All running Windows 2000 Server. All
of them are separate physical locations.

sub1.company.com, 4 servers, 2 of which are DCs
sub2.company.com, 1 server and it is the DC
sub3.company.com, 1 server and it is the DC
sub4.company.com, 1 server and it is the DC

I need to create only one DFS root, which would be hosted in
sub1.company.com. But I need the server in each of the other domains to be a
root target so that all of the data in my DFS root exists on each server at
each physical site.

Can this be done and how?

Thanks

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

Sorry, all root targets for a namespace must be part of the same domain. I'm
not clear, though, on whether you are keeping data stored in the root and
want to replicate that data. It sounds as if you are, which is something we
recommend against. Instead, what you could do is create a link, and then
store the data on the link targets. You'll need to tweak some permissions in
AD to make FRS work across domains in the same forest, but this can be done.
See the DFS FAQ at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq.mspx.

The questions to review are:

Q. If I use multiple root targets in a domain-based DFS namespace, do I need
to enable replication on the root?

Q. Can I enable FRS replication on a DFS link whose targets are in different
domains?