Views the metadata in \\DfsName\DfsShare. This parameter dumps the Active Directory-based
Partition Knowledge Table (PKT), showing each directory in the DFS
tree, the computers backing each directory, and their Active
Directory site location. You can pipe the output with the
|more command or send it to a text file for large DFS
configurations. The DCName option is useful for "walking" a
specific domain controller's view of the DFS configuration to check
for inconsistencies in the DFS namespace due to latency in Active
Directory replication.
/export:FileName
Exports the DFS metadata script to FileName.
/level:{0 | 1}
Specifies a level of viewing. A higher level shows more
detail.
Shows the parts of the DFS namespace cached by the client, the
names of the servers participating in the DFS share, the clients’
randomization order of the participating servers, and the current
"go to" server.
DFS servers store the DFS namespace and the servers backing up the
namespace in a BLOB format in the registry (standalone
DFS) or Active Directory (domain DFS). The DFS BLOB is formally
known as the Partition Knowledge Table (PKT). DFS clients retrieve
and cache each piece of the DFS namespace for a period of time
determined by the server.
For Windows NT 4.0 DFS, DFS servers send the list of servers
backing a piece of the DFS namespace in the same order. Clients
randomize the list of servers to provide a degree of load
balancing.
For Windows 2000 servers accessed by Windows 2000 DFS
clients, the scrambling and site preference takes place on the
server.
/dfs
Retrieves the data from Dfs.sys.
/level:{0|1}
Specifies a level of of detail to display. A higher level dumps
more details.
Flushes the local Partition Knowledge Table (PKT) cached by the
client.
DFS clients cache the portions of the DFS namespace (PKT) for the
duration of time specified in the Distributed File System Manager
and referred to as the Time to Live (TTL). For DFS 4.1, the PKT was
cached for a hard coded 7 days. Windows 2000 servers use 1800
seconds (30 minutes) as the default TTL. All Microsoft DFS clients
delete the PKT for a given folder in the DFS tree if not accessed
by the TTL expiration or when the client is rebooted, whichever
occurs first.
Windows 2000-based computers support the DFS tab in Windows
Explorer property sheet, which uses the
NetDFSGetClientInfo() and NetDFSSetClientInfo() APIs
to show the list of alternate paths residing in the volume, and
which allows choosing another alternate (refresh PKT) without
having to reboot or wait for TTL to expire.
Non-Windows 2000 DFS clients must reboot or wait for the TTL
for a cached portion of the DFS tree to expire. Example
dfsutil [Parameters]