DFS for drive

[ScottyDM]

Hi Andre;

It looks to me like DFS is just virtual folders, that is
it's just pointers. You set up your real folders (or disk
volumes) first. Then crank up that DFS tool (Distributed
File System snap-in) and you set up your DFS root folder
(a real folder). Finally using the DFS tool you populate
it with virtual folders which point to real places in your
network.

ScottyDM

 

[Mukul Gupta [MSFT]]

DFS root can be created on any share. This share could be a local folder
(like C:\somefolder\sharefolder) or it could be on the drive root also (like
C:\). For example: C$ is a share created on "C:\". You can create similar
shares on drive roots and create DFS root on top of that. But remember, you
cannot have overlapping DFS roots i.e. if DFS root is on share ABC (hosted
on C:\), then you cannot create a DFS root on a share XYZ which is hosted on
say C:\SomeFolder\XYZ.

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Thanks
Mukul [MSFT]

PS: Please post DFS related queries in newsgroup
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system. Please use "DFS" in subject to make it
immediately noticeable.

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