Unable to see data

Hi,
We have recently set up DFS on our servers. On some of the shares we are
unable to view the contents unless we use a UNC path. Even logged on to the
server as Administrator and browsing to the folder there appears to be no
date present. Any help with thjis would be appreciated

Thanks

Bob


--
RJ

Are you sure you are looking at the target folder, and not at the DFS
namespace?
An example using the actual names would be useful
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.com

"Bobj" <> wrote in message
news:F08C3BD7-8F91-40F5-9BF3-...
> Hi,
> We have recently set up DFS on our servers. On some of the shares we are
> unable to view the contents unless we use a UNC path. Even logged on to
> the
> server as Administrator and browsing to the folder there appears to be no
> date present. Any help with thjis would be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
>
> --
> RJ

Hi Anthony,
Thanks for your reply. We have an application that looks for its data on a
mapped drive using this path F:\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This is the path
currently set. We have moved the data onto another server and the app could
not find the data. I used the the UNC path as follows to try and resove the
issue. \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This did not work either. We
have 3 servers set with DFS and the data was moved from one of these partners
to another. The ultimate goal is to remove the original partner and just
have the 2. When I use the UNC path from the run command, I can see the data
no problem.

Many thanks

Bob
--
RJ


"Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

> Are you sure you are looking at the target folder, and not at the DFS
> namespace?
> An example using the actual names would be useful
> Anthony
> http://www.airdesk.com
>
> "Bobj" <> wrote in message
> news:F08C3BD7-8F91-40F5-9BF3-...
> > Hi,
> > We have recently set up DFS on our servers. On some of the shares we are
> > unable to view the contents unless we use a UNC path. Even logged on to
> > the
> > server as Administrator and browsing to the folder there appears to be no
> > date present. Any help with thjis would be appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > --
> > RJ
>
>

Bobj,
What you seem to be saying is that the application requires a mapped drive
and does not work with a UNC.

Leaving aside the application, DFS is working if you can browse to the DFS
path (e.g \\Data\pay\pay.mdb and it takes you to the actual path of the data
on the server (e.g \\Server1\pay\pay.mdb). You can tell what the physical
server is by right-clicking the DFS path.

In your case you say that the application does not work with the UNC path.
In my experience finance apps are often like this. But you can still map a
drive to a DFS path, so that F: is \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb.

Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.com


"Bobj" <> wrote in message
news:7A20E999-22BD-4630-A14D-...
> Hi Anthony,
> Thanks for your reply. We have an application that looks for its data on
> a
> mapped drive using this path F:\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This is the
> path
> currently set. We have moved the data onto another server and the app
> could
> not find the data. I used the the UNC path as follows to try and resove
> the
> issue. \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This did not work either. We
> have 3 servers set with DFS and the data was moved from one of these
> partners
> to another. The ultimate goal is to remove the original partner and just
> have the 2. When I use the UNC path from the run command, I can see the
> data
> no problem.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Bob
> --
> RJ
>
>
> "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Are you sure you are looking at the target folder, and not at the DFS
>> namespace?
>> An example using the actual names would be useful
>> Anthony
>> http://www.airdesk.com
>>
>> "Bobj" <> wrote in message
>> news:F08C3BD7-8F91-40F5-9BF3-...
>> > Hi,
>> > We have recently set up DFS on our servers. On some of the shares we
>> > are
>> > unable to view the contents unless we use a UNC path. Even logged on to
>> > the
>> > server as Administrator and browsing to the folder there appears to be
>> > no
>> > date present. Any help with thjis would be appreciated
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Bob
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > RJ
>>
>>

Hi Anthony,

I have remapped the drive using \\domain.local\apps\pay. This has now
rectified the problem with the app. When I log onto the server locally
though, I still can't see the data in the folders. I can only see the data if
I use the UNC path from a remote machine. Any ideas on this?

Thanks

Bob
--
RJ


"Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

> Bobj,
> What you seem to be saying is that the application requires a mapped drive
> and does not work with a UNC.
>
> Leaving aside the application, DFS is working if you can browse to the DFS
> path (e.g \\Data\pay\pay.mdb and it takes you to the actual path of the data
> on the server (e.g \\Server1\pay\pay.mdb). You can tell what the physical
> server is by right-clicking the DFS path.
>
> In your case you say that the application does not work with the UNC path.
> In my experience finance apps are often like this. But you can still map a
> drive to a DFS path, so that F: is \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb.
>
> Anthony,
> http://www.airdesk.com
>
>
> "Bobj" <> wrote in message
> news:7A20E999-22BD-4630-A14D-...
> > Hi Anthony,
> > Thanks for your reply. We have an application that looks for its data on
> > a
> > mapped drive using this path F:\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This is the
> > path
> > currently set. We have moved the data onto another server and the app
> > could
> > not find the data. I used the the UNC path as follows to try and resove
> > the
> > issue. \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This did not work either. We
> > have 3 servers set with DFS and the data was moved from one of these
> > partners
> > to another. The ultimate goal is to remove the original partner and just
> > have the 2. When I use the UNC path from the run command, I can see the
> > data
> > no problem.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Bob
> > --
> > RJ
> >
> >
> > "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Are you sure you are looking at the target folder, and not at the DFS
> >> namespace?
> >> An example using the actual names would be useful
> >> Anthony
> >> http://www.airdesk.com
> >>
> >> "Bobj" <> wrote in message
> >> news:F08C3BD7-8F91-40F5-9BF3-...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > We have recently set up DFS on our servers. On some of the shares we
> >> > are
> >> > unable to view the contents unless we use a UNC path. Even logged on to
> >> > the
> >> > server as Administrator and browsing to the folder there appears to be
> >> > no
> >> > date present. Any help with thjis would be appreciated
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> > Bob
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > RJ
> >>
> >>
>

Bob,
I'm afraid I would have too many questions to be useful.
It sounds to me as though there is some confusion between:
- the actual server name
- the domain name
- the dfs root name
- the share name.

For example, \\domain.local will return the name of the DC. But
\\domain.local\app could be:
1) a Share on the DC
2) a DFS root on the DC
3) a DFS root not on the DC
4) A mistake.

Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.com


"Bobj" <> wrote in message
news:9F7C9703-6EA2-4A3E-90CE-...
> Hi Anthony,
>
> I have remapped the drive using \\domain.local\apps\pay. This has now
> rectified the problem with the app. When I log onto the server locally
> though, I still can't see the data in the folders. I can only see the data
> if
> I use the UNC path from a remote machine. Any ideas on this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
> --
> RJ
>
>
> "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Bobj,
>> What you seem to be saying is that the application requires a mapped
>> drive
>> and does not work with a UNC.
>>
>> Leaving aside the application, DFS is working if you can browse to the
>> DFS
>> path (e.g \\Data\pay\pay.mdb and it takes you to the actual path of the
>> data
>> on the server (e.g \\Server1\pay\pay.mdb). You can tell what the physical
>> server is by right-clicking the DFS path.
>>
>> In your case you say that the application does not work with the UNC
>> path.
>> In my experience finance apps are often like this. But you can still map
>> a
>> drive to a DFS path, so that F: is \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb.
>>
>> Anthony,
>> http://www.airdesk.com
>>
>>
>> "Bobj" <> wrote in message
>> news:7A20E999-22BD-4630-A14D-...
>> > Hi Anthony,
>> > Thanks for your reply. We have an application that looks for its data
>> > on
>> > a
>> > mapped drive using this path F:\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This is the
>> > path
>> > currently set. We have moved the data onto another server and the app
>> > could
>> > not find the data. I used the the UNC path as follows to try and resove
>> > the
>> > issue. \\server1\applications\pay\pay.mdb. This did not work either.
>> > We
>> > have 3 servers set with DFS and the data was moved from one of these
>> > partners
>> > to another. The ultimate goal is to remove the original partner and
>> > just
>> > have the 2. When I use the UNC path from the run command, I can see
>> > the
>> > data
>> > no problem.
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> >
>> > Bob
>> > --
>> > RJ
>> >
>> >
>> > "Anthony [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Are you sure you are looking at the target folder, and not at the DFS
>> >> namespace?
>> >> An example using the actual names would be useful
>> >> Anthony
>> >> http://www.airdesk.com
>> >>
>> >> "Bobj" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:F08C3BD7-8F91-40F5-9BF3-...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > We have recently set up DFS on our servers. On some of the shares
>> >> > we
>> >> > are
>> >> > unable to view the contents unless we use a UNC path. Even logged on
>> >> > to
>> >> > the
>> >> > server as Administrator and browsing to the folder there appears to
>> >> > be
>> >> > no
>> >> > date present. Any help with thjis would be appreciated
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>> >> > Bob
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > RJ
>> >>
>> >>
>>

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:14:02 -0700, Bobj <> wrote:

>Hi Anthony,
>
>I have remapped the drive using \\domain.local\apps\pay. This has now
>rectified the problem with the app. When I log onto the server locally
>though, I still can't see the data in the folders. I can only see the data if
>I use the UNC path from a remote machine. Any ideas on this?
>
This is documented behaviour, it is how DFS works.

>Thanks
>
>Bob
--
Dave Mills
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.