Dfsdiag TestSites

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Applies To: Windows Server 2012, Windows 8

Checks the configuration of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) sites by verifying that servers that act as namespace servers or folder (link) targets have the same site associations on all domain controllers.

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Syntax

DFSDiag /TestSites </Machine:<server name>| /DFSPath:<namespace root or DFS folder> [/Recurse]> [/Full]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

/Machine:<server name>

The name of the server on which to verify the site association.

/DFSPath:<namespace root or DFS folder>

The namespace root or Distributed File System (DFS) folder (link) with targets for which to verify the site association.

/Recurse

Enumerates and verifies the site associations for all folder targets under the specified namespace root.

/Full

Verifies that AD DS and the registry of the server contain the same site association information.

Examples

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DFSDiag /TestSites /Machine:MyServer

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DFSDiag /TestSites /DFSPath:\\Contoso.com\Namespace1\Folder1 /Full

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DFSDiag /TestSites /DFSPath:\\Contoso.com\Namespace2 /Recurse /Full

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