I have setup DFS on two server with namespace. Let me get you my network setup.
Two site
SiteA and SiteB each with their own DC. So no matter which site you are login to
it'll always grab the local file server. I tested this and it is working because
when I shut one off it automatically goes to the second one. When I bring the
file server back up it'll revert back to the local one. So far so good.
Example:
If I'm at siteA and I shut down the file server at SiteA. It'll switch over to
SiteB file server. Which is good. But during that time Windows XP lag like crazy
when trying to open the file server. We use the same link \\adc.local\valley.
Windows 7 does the same thing and have no issues and no lag. So something is
wrong with windows XP. I don't know if there is a fix for this or what. If anyone
know how to fix this please let me know. I searched google and couldn't find any
real answer.
Here is the dfsutil /pktinfo on both machine
WindowsXP
C:\>dfsutil /pktinfo
--mup.sys--
3 entries...
Entry: \adc.local\SysVol
ShortEntry: \adc.local\SysVol
Expires in 180 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\dc1.adc.local\SysVol] State:0x131 ( ACTIVE )
1:[\DC2.adc.local\SysVol] State:0x21 ( )
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\SysVol] State:0x121 ( )
Entry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
ShortEntry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
Expires in 420 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\svrdc1.adc.local\NETLOGON] State:0x131 ( ACTIVE )
1:[\SVRDC2.adc.local\NETLOGON] State:0x21 ( )
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\NETLOGON] State:0x121 ( )
Entry: \adc.local\valley
ShortEntry: \adc.local\valley
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x8081 ( REFERRAL_SVC DFS )
0:[\SVRVAL1\valley] State:0x109 ( )
1:[\SVRVIN1\valley] State:0x119 ( ACTIVE )
Windows 7
C:\>dfsutil /pktinfo
3 entries...
Entry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
ShortEntry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\svrdc1.adc.local\NETLOGON] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
1:[\SVRDC2.adc.local\NETLOGON]
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\NETLOGON] ( TARGETSET )
Entry: \adc.local\SysVol
ShortEntry: \adc.local\SysVol
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 2 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\SVRDC2.adc.local\SysVol] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
1:[\svrdc1.adc.local\SysVol]
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\SysVol] ( TARGETSET )
Entry: \adc.local\valley
ShortEntry: \adc.local\valley
Expires in 57 seconds
UseCount: 3 Type:0x8081 ( REFERRAL_SVC DFS FAILBACK_ENABLED )
0:[\SVRVAL1\valley] AccessStatus: 0xc000020c ( TARGETSET )
1:[\SVRVIN1\valley] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
As you can see it switched over to the remote target site SRVVIN1
DNS is good on the client configuration.
I checked an everything is good. This only happen on windows XP machine. I
noticed that when I do a ipconfig /all on the windows 7 machine it say netbios
over tcp/ip is used. I tried setting that on the xp machine and still lag. Anyone
see anything missing from the windows XP?
Windows XP
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : journal
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adc.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adc.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapt
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-1C-6A-D8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.120
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.100
10.1.1.106
10.5.1.3
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.100
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.1.1.106
10.5.1.3
windows 7
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEST2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adc.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adc.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 18-03-73-41-30-1C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::61:2498:e463:e10e%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.35(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 236454771
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-41-C3-84-18-03-73-41-30-1C
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.100
10.1.1.106
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
I have added the DfsDnsConfig under the registry to all DC and DFS server and
restarted the DFS server. still lagging on windows xp.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244380
I did some more testing. and when i turn off the local DFS server it lag.
example: if i access
Namespace server
\\adc.local\valley it lag big time. So I tried to access it through the server
itself by
\\svrvin1\valley . I was able to access it but it still lag when browsing
directory, but not as much lag as accessing it through \\adc.local\valley.
Remember this server is at another location with a 50MB MPLS connection. So I
don't see bandwidth is an issues.
Site and Server is working fine. Each workstation at their location are
connecting to there own DC.
I have up my functional level to windows 2008 R2 on all my machine and I have
recreate my namespace and replication.
I have enable windows 2008 mode when creating the namespace. issues still
happening. I do not know what to do. This only happen on windows XP machine.
Windows 7 machine works fine.
If anyone know how to resolve this? I'm pulling my hair out for over a week and
cannot find the solution.
If anyone can help me troubleshoot. I will be greatly appreciate!!!. If you need
more info on my setup please let me know. I can provide screen shot.
Two site
SiteA and SiteB each with their own DC. So no matter which site you are login to
it'll always grab the local file server. I tested this and it is working because
when I shut one off it automatically goes to the second one. When I bring the
file server back up it'll revert back to the local one. So far so good.
Example:
If I'm at siteA and I shut down the file server at SiteA. It'll switch over to
SiteB file server. Which is good. But during that time Windows XP lag like crazy
when trying to open the file server. We use the same link \\adc.local\valley.
Windows 7 does the same thing and have no issues and no lag. So something is
wrong with windows XP. I don't know if there is a fix for this or what. If anyone
know how to fix this please let me know. I searched google and couldn't find any
real answer.
Here is the dfsutil /pktinfo on both machine
WindowsXP
C:\>dfsutil /pktinfo
--mup.sys--
3 entries...
Entry: \adc.local\SysVol
ShortEntry: \adc.local\SysVol
Expires in 180 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\dc1.adc.local\SysVol] State:0x131 ( ACTIVE )
1:[\DC2.adc.local\SysVol] State:0x21 ( )
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\SysVol] State:0x121 ( )
Entry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
ShortEntry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
Expires in 420 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\svrdc1.adc.local\NETLOGON] State:0x131 ( ACTIVE )
1:[\SVRDC2.adc.local\NETLOGON] State:0x21 ( )
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\NETLOGON] State:0x121 ( )
Entry: \adc.local\valley
ShortEntry: \adc.local\valley
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x8081 ( REFERRAL_SVC DFS )
0:[\SVRVAL1\valley] State:0x109 ( )
1:[\SVRVIN1\valley] State:0x119 ( ACTIVE )
Windows 7
C:\>dfsutil /pktinfo
3 entries...
Entry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
ShortEntry: \adc.local\NETLOGON
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 0 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\svrdc1.adc.local\NETLOGON] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
1:[\SVRDC2.adc.local\NETLOGON]
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\NETLOGON] ( TARGETSET )
Entry: \adc.local\SysVol
ShortEntry: \adc.local\SysVol
Expires in 0 seconds
UseCount: 2 Type:0x1 ( DFS )
0:[\SVRDC2.adc.local\SysVol] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
1:[\svrdc1.adc.local\SysVol]
2:[\SVRVIN2.adc.local\SysVol] ( TARGETSET )
Entry: \adc.local\valley
ShortEntry: \adc.local\valley
Expires in 57 seconds
UseCount: 3 Type:0x8081 ( REFERRAL_SVC DFS FAILBACK_ENABLED )
0:[\SVRVAL1\valley] AccessStatus: 0xc000020c ( TARGETSET )
1:[\SVRVIN1\valley] AccessStatus: 0 ( ACTIVE TARGETSET )
As you can see it switched over to the remote target site SRVVIN1
DNS is good on the client configuration.
I checked an everything is good. This only happen on windows XP machine. I
noticed that when I do a ipconfig /all on the windows 7 machine it say netbios
over tcp/ip is used. I tried setting that on the xp machine and still lag. Anyone
see anything missing from the windows XP?
Windows XP
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : journal
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adc.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adc.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapt
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-1C-6A-D8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.120
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.100
10.1.1.106
10.5.1.3
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.100
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.1.1.106
10.5.1.3
windows 7
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEST2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adc.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adc.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 18-03-73-41-30-1C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::61:2498:e463:e10e%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.35(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.5.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 236454771
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-41-C3-84-18-03-73-41-30-1C
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.1.100
10.1.1.106
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
I have added the DfsDnsConfig under the registry to all DC and DFS server and
restarted the DFS server. still lagging on windows xp.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244380
I did some more testing. and when i turn off the local DFS server it lag.
example: if i access
Namespace server
\\adc.local\valley it lag big time. So I tried to access it through the server
itself by
\\svrvin1\valley . I was able to access it but it still lag when browsing
directory, but not as much lag as accessing it through \\adc.local\valley.
Remember this server is at another location with a 50MB MPLS connection. So I
don't see bandwidth is an issues.
Site and Server is working fine. Each workstation at their location are
connecting to there own DC.
I have up my functional level to windows 2008 R2 on all my machine and I have
recreate my namespace and replication.
I have enable windows 2008 mode when creating the namespace. issues still
happening. I do not know what to do. This only happen on windows XP machine.
Windows 7 machine works fine.
If anyone know how to resolve this? I'm pulling my hair out for over a week and
cannot find the solution.
If anyone can help me troubleshoot. I will be greatly appreciate!!!. If you need
more info on my setup please let me know. I can provide screen shot.