Moving DFS root from 1 server to another

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I know that I am making this way too difficult but here is my
question.
I am removing an old 2003 (sp2) file server that has our root DFS
(Domain based) on it. I have already moved all the files to the new
2003 (x64) server and updated the links in DFS. Now I need to move
the DFS root target to the new server and keep the same name\share.

Do I just create a new Root target? If this is true then when I
create
the new root I can't use the same name.
So how do I do this?


Any advice or direction would be welcome
 
Re: Moving DFS root from 1 server to another

Hello Noob,

Create a duplicate root, wait a while and then remove the original root.
If there is data on the old server, you can add additional root targets to
the root. Once this is done, you can remove the original root target.

If you use 2003 Standard edition, you have to install these before:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;903651


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> I know that I am making this way too difficult but here is my
> question.
> I am removing an old 2003 (sp2) file server that has our root DFS
> (Domain based) on it. I have already moved all the files to the new
> 2003 (x64) server and updated the links in DFS. Now I need to move
> the DFS root target to the new server and keep the same name\share.
> Do I just create a new Root target? If this is true then when I
> create
> the new root I can't use the same name.
> So how do I do this?
> Any advice or direction would be welcome
>
 
Re: Moving DFS root from 1 server to another

Thank you for the help. I will git it a try.
 
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