RE: HELP! DFSR broken after domain rename

After a domain rename DFS Namespace Folders no longer recognize their
Replication Groups. The Replication Groups are not updated during the normal
domain name process, and replication fails between members.

Evidence of this is in the DFS Management tool the DFS Namespace Folders
will not display as having replication configured, and the Replication Groups
will display old DFS Namespaces.

To resolve this issue the DFS Replication Groups must be manually updated to
reflect the domain name changes made. This can be accomplished using
ADSIEdit found in the Windows 2003 Support Tools.

1. Open ADSIEdit.msc.
2. Locate the DFS Replication Group settings
“Domain\DC=domain,DC=com\CN=System\CN=DFSR-GlobalSettings”.
3. Rename each of the effected Replication Groups using double slashes
between sections of the Replication Group Name.
“CN=domain.com\\{DFSRNamespace}\\{DFSRFolder” the double slashes will
automatically be removed after you refresh
“Domain\DC=domain,DC=com\CN=System\CN=DFSR-GlobalSettings”, but are required
for some of the calculated values for the DFS Replication Group to be correct.
4. For each Replication Group correct the “msDFSR-DfsPath” value to reflect
the correct DFS Namespace Folder for this Replication Group. This is located
in
“Domain\DC=domain,DC=com\CN=System\CN=DFSR-GlobalSettings\{DFSRNamespace}\{DFSRFolder}\CN=Content\
CN={DFSRFolder}” This value should reflect the new DFS Namespace, and
Folder. Example “\\domain.com\{DFSRNamespace}\{DFSRFolder}”

Now when you open DFS Management all your DFS Namespace Folder should be
correctly linked to their proper DFS Replication Group.


"Justin" wrote:

Woop! I just finished going through a domain rename, and everything went
very well with one exception. Our DFSR replicas are no longer recognized by
our DFS Namespaces.

I need to rename them somehow so the namespace will recognize that they
are/were configured for replication.

Any ideas on how to fix this? I really do not want to delete, and recreate
the whole thing.
.

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