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Forcibly Remove Dfs Nameserver

Posted by edwgon in 64-bit, Active Directory, dfs, domain controller, folder redirection, management, Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 R2 on June 11, 2017

The following steps can be used to remove a Dfs nameserver that no longer exists in your environment.

  1. Log on to a Dfs server
  2. Open an elevated command line
  3. We’re going to use dfsutil with the following parameters: dfsutil diag unmapdomroot \<domainname><DFSname> \<DFSrootserver><DFSshare>
    1. As a sample: dfsutil diag unmapdomroot \\DfsRootName\DfsFolderName \\Server_to_remove\DfsFolderName
  4. No need to reboot just wait for replication

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