Setup of DFS to consolidate shares

I am very new to DFS and I need someone to tell me if the following senerio
will work.

I have 3 shared folders on a single server with 3 subfolders under each share.

\\server1\share1\folderA (folderB, folderC)
\\server1\share2\folderD (folderE, folderF)
\\server1\share3\folderG (folderH, folderI)

I would like to map a network drive on end users PC's that will consolidate
the 3 shares into one and show all of the subfolders under the network share.

\\contoso.com\sharecombine\folderA (folderB,C,D etc....)

I have created the domain namespace but how do I add the shared folders so
they can all be seen under one network share?

Is it even possible with DFS? At this time I will not be doing any
replication.

Thanks for any help you can give.

are u using winodws 2003 r2 ?




"keagle79" <> wrote in message
news:62929B9F-8B3F-4815-B5A0-...
>I am very new to DFS and I need someone to tell me if the following senerio
> will work.
>
> I have 3 shared folders on a single server with 3 subfolders under each
> share.
>
> \\server1\share1\folderA (folderB, folderC)
> \\server1\share2\folderD (folderE, folderF)
> \\server1\share3\folderG (folderH, folderI)
>
> I would like to map a network drive on end users PC's that will
> consolidate
> the 3 shares into one and show all of the subfolders under the network
> share.
>
> \\contoso.com\sharecombine\folderA (folderB,C,D etc....)
>
> I have created the domain namespace but how do I add the shared folders so
> they can all be seen under one network share?
>
> Is it even possible with DFS? At this time I will not be doing any
> replication.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>

Add folder target for each share1, share2, share3.





"keagle79" <> wrote in message
news:62929B9F-8B3F-4815-B5A0-...
>I am very new to DFS and I need someone to tell me if the following senerio
> will work.
>
> I have 3 shared folders on a single server with 3 subfolders under each
> share.
>
> \\server1\share1\folderA (folderB, folderC)
> \\server1\share2\folderD (folderE, folderF)
> \\server1\share3\folderG (folderH, folderI)
>
> I would like to map a network drive on end users PC's that will
> consolidate
> the 3 shares into one and show all of the subfolders under the network
> share.
>
> \\contoso.com\sharecombine\folderA (folderB,C,D etc....)
>
> I have created the domain namespace but how do I add the shared folders so
> they can all be seen under one network share?
>
> Is it even possible with DFS? At this time I will not be doing any
> replication.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>

It is Server 2003 R2

I don't think I explained what I want to do very well.

Here is my current setup:

\\server1\share1
\subfolder1
\subfolder2
\subfolder3

\\server1\share2
\subfolder4
\subfolder5
\subfolder6

\\server1\share3
\subfolder7
\subfolder8
\subfolder9

What I would like is for the end users to be mapped to:

\\contoso.com\combinedshare
\subfolder1
\subfolder2
\subfolder3
\subfolder4
\subfolder5
\subfolder6
\subfolder7
\subfolder8
\subfolder9

Is this possible with DFS?

"IT Staff" wrote:

> Add folder target for each share1, share2, share3.
>
>
>
>
>
> "keagle79" <> wrote in message
> news:62929B9F-8B3F-4815-B5A0-...
> >I am very new to DFS and I need someone to tell me if the following senerio
> > will work.
> >
> > I have 3 shared folders on a single server with 3 subfolders under each
> > share.
> >
> > \\server1\share1\folderA (folderB, folderC)
> > \\server1\share2\folderD (folderE, folderF)
> > \\server1\share3\folderG (folderH, folderI)
> >
> > I would like to map a network drive on end users PC's that will
> > consolidate
> > the 3 shares into one and show all of the subfolders under the network
> > share.
> >
> > \\contoso.com\sharecombine\folderA (folderB,C,D etc....)
> >
> > I have created the domain namespace but how do I add the shared folders so
> > they can all be seen under one network share?
> >
> > Is it even possible with DFS? At this time I will not be doing any
> > replication.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
> >
> >
>
>
>

Keagle,
Yes, you can map a folder target to a specific folder in a share,
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.com

"keagle79" <> wrote in message
news:8ADA8534-C375-4E21-9F47-...
> It is Server 2003 R2
>
> I don't think I explained what I want to do very well.
>
> Here is my current setup:
>
> \\server1\share1
> \subfolder1
> \subfolder2
> \subfolder3
>
> \\server1\share2
> \subfolder4
> \subfolder5
> \subfolder6
>
> \\server1\share3
> \subfolder7
> \subfolder8
> \subfolder9
>
> What I would like is for the end users to be mapped to:
>
> \\contoso.com\combinedshare
> \subfolder1
> \subfolder2
> \subfolder3
> \subfolder4
> \subfolder5
> \subfolder6
> \subfolder7
> \subfolder8
> \subfolder9
>
> Is this possible with DFS?
>
> "IT Staff" wrote:
>
>> Add folder target for each share1, share2, share3.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "keagle79" <> wrote in message
>> news:62929B9F-8B3F-4815-B5A0-...
>> >I am very new to DFS and I need someone to tell me if the following
>> >senerio
>> > will work.
>> >
>> > I have 3 shared folders on a single server with 3 subfolders under each
>> > share.
>> >
>> > \\server1\share1\folderA (folderB, folderC)
>> > \\server1\share2\folderD (folderE, folderF)
>> > \\server1\share3\folderG (folderH, folderI)
>> >
>> > I would like to map a network drive on end users PC's that will
>> > consolidate
>> > the 3 shares into one and show all of the subfolders under the network
>> > share.
>> >
>> > \\contoso.com\sharecombine\folderA (folderB,C,D etc....)
>> >
>> > I have created the domain namespace but how do I add the shared folders
>> > so
>> > they can all be seen under one network share?
>> >
>> > Is it even possible with DFS? At this time I will not be doing any
>> > replication.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help you can give.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>