This is a single windows Server 2012 R2 DC, where I have removed old failed DFS roots via ADSI Edit. I was able to create 3 new DFS Roots under new names & they are fully accessible to clients. I ran "dcdiag" on the server and the following messages are displayed for each of the deleted roots. The old DFS share was "Main"
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x800038C6
Time Generated: 10/10/2015 14:38:19
Event String:
DFS Root Main failed during initialization. The root will not be available.
An error event occurred. EventID: 0xC00038C2
Time Generated: 10/10/2015 14:38:19
Event String:
DFS could not access its private data from the Active Directory. Please manually check network connectivity, security access, and/or consistency of DFS information in the Active Directory. This
error occurred on root Main.
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x800038D9
Time Generated: 10/10/2015 14:38:19
Event String:
The DFS Namespaces service failed to initialize the shared folder that hosts the namespace root. Shared folder: Main
Where is this information being pulled from? Browsing the "Default Naming context" CN=System CN=Dfs-Configuration only shows the newly created DFS roots.
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