Forcing faster DFS namespace changes across enterprise?

Question

_{Wednesday, December 13, 2017 10:00 PM}

I sometimes disable referrals on a specific DFS namespace server, but it seems to take the clients a few hours to make the changes  According to Microsoft the DFS server will periodically poll AD.  Is there a faster way to push that change out to all servers/clients? AD changes only take seconds to get to all DCs, and that is not the issue, so not concerned about the repadmin side of things.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/975440/how-to-troubleshoot-distributed-file-system-namespace-access-failures

When an administrator makes a change to the domain-based namespace, the change is made on the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) emulator master. Domain controllers and DFS root servers periodically poll PDC for configuration information. If the PDC is unavailable, or if "Root Scalability Mode" is enabled, Active Directory replication latencies and failures may prevent servers from issuing correct referrals. For more information about "Root Scalability Mode," visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Dave

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, December 14, 2017 7:14 AM}

Hi Dave,

You could consider to use dfsutil cache, it could displays or flushes the client cache

Please check the threads below.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/e9732901-e3bf-4375-a7b8-a160763413ed/reduceforce-dfs-link-cache-refresh-on-clients?forum=winserverfiles

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/70835b80-14d7-41fd-989d-551aa96b6743/dfs-cache-refresh?forum=winserverfiles

Best Regards,

Mary

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_{Friday, December 15, 2017 8:30 AM}

Hi,

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Best Regards,

Mary

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_{Tuesday, December 19, 2017 8:51 AM}

Hi Dave,

Could the above reply be of help? If yes, you may mark it as answer, if not, feel free to feed back
Best Regards,
Mary

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