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We currently have a Native 2003 domain with a root domain called company.com where we house the majority of our server infrastructure. In addition to our root domain we have a child domain in the same forest called branch.company.com where we house our users and computers. We created a DFS namespace in the company.com domain using a domain admin account from the company.com domain. The host server which is the "hub" for the DFS link is in the company domain and the remaining targets which server as the "spokes" are in the branch.company.com domain. We followed the white papers for DFS to setting up the "Hub and Spoke" replication and Staging. We also used the dfsutil.exe to force computers to only use their own sites to stop remote offices from spanning the WAN to connect to the namespace. Everything was appeared to be working perfectly. We were testing the namespace at the corporate office (\\company\dfsroot\share)on a computer in AD Site #1 which is the AD site which houses all servers in the company.com domain. We noticed the name space not being accessible from remote offices. The major difference between the corporate sites and the remote location is the remote domain controllers sit in the branch.company.com domain and they have a different AD sites. If I log onto the domain controller using my branch.company.com account I will received the following error message when attempting to connect to the DFS namespace. ------------Error Message------------------ Error message when attempting to connect to the dfs name space on a W2K3 domain contoller "Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine unavailable or access has been denied." ----------------------------------------------- When I attempt to connect to the DFS namespace on a desktop computer in the remote office I will receive an error message stating, "Network path not found" So I have some questions; 1. Can you create a DFS name space with your host server being in domain A and your targets being in domain B? If the answer is yes, how is this configured? What are the permission tweaks that must occur? What types of permissions need to be available to users in the branch.company.com domain? 2. I could not find any white papers on DFS setup across multiple domains. Do these exist? 3. What are some good trouble shooting utilities to use in DFS. Thanks, Brett

I have a RIS server that I would like to configure with DFS. I would like to have RIS use one folder in our local office store to pull all the local IP images from (for example: \\SRV\remoteinstall\setup\english\Images01) and then have a second folder (for example:\\SRV\remoteinstall\setup\english\Images02) for the images that I would like to replicate out through DFS. Is it possible to have a single RIS server with two image folders? If it is possible how do I configure the clients to see the correct folder? What are my options? I am trying to avoid bringing up a second RIS server locally. Thanks .