#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : DFS Namespace clients get the wrong target or no target at all Fix : Make referrals follow the site topology Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-sto-dfs-referral Run as : Elevated PowerShell Expect : 40 minutes Risk : medium Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Clients are being sent across the wide area link. HOW TO UNDO IT Set-DfsnRoot -EnableSiteCosting $false returns to the previous behaviour. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 6" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' DFS Namespace clients get the wrong target or no target at all' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Make referrals follow the site topology' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: medium Reversible 40 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'See what a client is actually being told.' -Command { dfsutil /pktinfo dfsutil cache referral flush } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Check site costing is enabled on the namespace.' -Command { Get-DfsnRoot | Format-List Path,State,Flags,TimeToLiveSec } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Enable it. Without costing, a client picks a target at random from those with equal priority.' -Why 'Site costing makes referrals follow the Active Directory sites and services topology, so a client is offered its local server first. Without it, half the clients at a branch office will work over the wide area link and nobody will know why some are slow.' -Command { Set-DfsnRoot -Path '\\example.local\Shares' -EnableSiteCosting $true } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Confirm the subnets are actually mapped to sites -- costing depends entirely on that being right.' -Command { Get-ADReplicationSubnet -Filter * | Format-Table Name,Site nltest /dsgetsite } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Set target priority explicitly where a particular server should be preferred.' -Command { Set-DfsnServerConfiguration -TargetPath '\\fs01\share' -ReferralPriorityClass GlobalHigh } Invoke-Step -Number 6 -Do 'Flush the client cache and re-test.' -Command { dfsutil cache referral flush dfsutil /pktinfo } Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'A client at each site is referred to its local server.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { dfsutil /pktinfo } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-sto-dfs-referral' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Set-DfsnRoot -EnableSiteCosting $false returns to the previous behaviour.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule