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Dmitry Korolyov
Test W2k forest, local as a root and multiple child domains, domain1.local, domain2.local, domain3.local etc.
In each child domain, a doman dfs is created with \\domain1.local\resource, \\domain2.local\resource etc as dfs root.
Within dfs namespace of every child domain, a dfs link named distrib exists, pointing to some big distrib store. Complete links look like \\domain1.local\resource\distrib, \\domain2.local\resource\distrib etc. The distrib stores are all the same for all child domains. They are not replicated but manually kept in sync.
The plan is to deploy a dfs hierarchy on the production network. Similar structure will be created in every child domain, and all will have the same distrib stores. The domains are distributed accross several sites.
Another domain dfs was created, now in the root domain. It looks like \\local\resource. Now we want to add dfs link "distrib", so the final path will be \\local\resource\distrib. This link will have multiple replicas (although not synced using dfs replication), pointing to \\domain1.local\resource\distrib, \\domain2.local\resource\distrib, etc.
The goal is: from any place, you type \\local\resource\distrib and get to the closest (since DFS will get the closest replica for you, according to site structure and site link costs) distrib store.
What does not work: at the final stage, when we create \\local\resource\distrib dfs link, it is created. However, when we try to add replicas to that link, operation fails with the following error message:
The following error occured while creating the new target:
The request is not supported.
It does not matter what link we specify first, i.e. if we create \\local\resource\distrib by adding \\domain1.local\resource\distrib as the first replica and then try to add other replicas pointing to other child domain dfs, or we start from any other replica.
Is it a bug, or a negative feature?
In each child domain, a doman dfs is created with \\domain1.local\resource, \\domain2.local\resource etc as dfs root.
Within dfs namespace of every child domain, a dfs link named distrib exists, pointing to some big distrib store. Complete links look like \\domain1.local\resource\distrib, \\domain2.local\resource\distrib etc. The distrib stores are all the same for all child domains. They are not replicated but manually kept in sync.
The plan is to deploy a dfs hierarchy on the production network. Similar structure will be created in every child domain, and all will have the same distrib stores. The domains are distributed accross several sites.
Another domain dfs was created, now in the root domain. It looks like \\local\resource. Now we want to add dfs link "distrib", so the final path will be \\local\resource\distrib. This link will have multiple replicas (although not synced using dfs replication), pointing to \\domain1.local\resource\distrib, \\domain2.local\resource\distrib, etc.
The goal is: from any place, you type \\local\resource\distrib and get to the closest (since DFS will get the closest replica for you, according to site structure and site link costs) distrib store.
What does not work: at the final stage, when we create \\local\resource\distrib dfs link, it is created. However, when we try to add replicas to that link, operation fails with the following error message:
The following error occured while creating the new target:
The request is not supported.
It does not matter what link we specify first, i.e. if we create \\local\resource\distrib by adding \\domain1.local\resource\distrib as the first replica and then try to add other replicas pointing to other child domain dfs, or we start from any other replica.
Is it a bug, or a negative feature?