Microsoft KB Archive/224508

= HOW TO: Migrate a Dfs Root Configuration to a Windows 2000 Cluster =

Article ID: 224508

Article Last Modified on 8/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q224508





IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Steps to Migrate



SUMMARY
Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter Server use server clustering and provide cluster failover capabilities for a standard Distributed File System (Dfs) root. When you are creating a cluster file share resource in Cluster Administrator or by using the command-line utility (Cluster.exe), an existing Dfs root configuration is not migrated. This article describes a procedure that an administrator can use to add this configuration information to the clustered Dfs root.

NOTE: If there is currently a Dfs root defined on any node in the cluster, the creation of the file share resource does not succeed and the following error message occurs:

A Dfs root already exists in this cluster node. Error ID: 5088 (000013e0)

All existing Dfs roots must be removed before creating the cluster file share resource as a Dfs root or defining an existing cluster file share resource as a Dfs root. The Windows 2000 version of Dfs Manager does not have a feature to save and restore the child node configuration. This functionality is in Dfs version 4.1 that is available at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/downloads/dfsnt95.mspx?mfr=true

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Steps to Migrate

 * 1) Go to the computer that contains the Dfs root to be migrated. You can also use this procedure on a remote computer if needed if the computer has network connectivity and you have administrative rights to the Dfs server.
 * 2) Run Dfsadmin.exe from a command prompt.
 * 3) On the Dfs menu, click Save As, and type a name such as Dfs.csv.
 * 4) Start Microsoft Excel or any other spreadsheet program that can read .csv files, and then open the file you created in step 3.
 * 5) If the virtual server name for the Dfs root will be different from the existing server name, modify the Name column.
 * 6) Save the file with the modifications with a new name, such as Dfscluster.csv.
 * 7) Create the cluster file share resource as a Dfs root with Cluster Administrator or Cluster.exe.
 * 8) Test the cluster functionality to ensure that it fails over properly.
 * 9) Run Dfsadmin.exe, and then connect to the new Dfs root.
 * 10) On the Dfs menu, click Load, and then select the file you saved in step 6.
 * 11) Quit Dfsadmin.exe.
 * 12) Start the Windows 2000 Dfs Manager tool.
 * 13) Verify that the child nodes are configured properly.

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