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dfsdiag testdfsconfig

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Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012

Checks the configuration of a Distributed File System (DFS) namespace by performing the following actions:

  • Verifies that the DFS Namespace service is running and that its startup type is set to Automatic on all namespace servers.

  • Verifies that the DFS registry configuration is consistent among namespace servers.

  • Validates the following dependencies on clustered namespace servers:

    • Namespace root resource dependency on network name resource.

    • Network name resource dependency on IP address resource.

    • Namespace root resource dependency on physical disk resource.

Syntax

dfsdiag /testdfsconfig /DFSroot:<namespace>

Parameters

Parameter Description
/DFSroot:<namespace> The namespace (DFS root) to diagnose.

Examples

To verify the configuration of Distributed File System (DFS) namespaces in contoso.com\MyNamespace, type:

dfsdiag /testdfsconfig /DFSroot:\\contoso.com\MyNamespace