text: Hello,
  We have an old DFS server, Server1, which is running win 2k8. The other DFS server , Server2, is the newer one with win 2012 server and we wanna keep it. Both servers have replication and namespace installed on them and replication is happening between them.
  As a test we shutdown the Server1 but that put our shared drives offline! so we had to bring it back online.
  Our investigation revealed that the Root server for the link \\<ourdomain>\enterprise (our shared drives) is Server1.
  Is there anyway we transfer the Root server to Server2? Thank you!
  Below is the output of dfsutil Root command :
  C:\Windows\System32>dfsutil Root \\<ourdomain>\enterprise
  Domain Root with 2 Links [Blob Size: 1076 bytes]
  Root Name="\\<ourdomain>\enterprise" State="OK" Timeout="300"
  SITECOSTING = "1"
  Target="\\server1\enterprise" State="ONLINE" [Site: <site>]
  Link Name="Services" State="OK" Timeout="1800"
  Target="\\server1\Services" State="OFFLINE" [Site: <site>]
  Target="\\server2\Services" State="ONLINE" [Site: <site>]
  Link Name="Archive" State="OK" Timeout="1800"
  Target="\\server2\Archive" State="ONLINE" [Site: <site>]
  Root with 2 Links [Blob Size: 1076 bytes]
  4 Replies
  May 16, 2018 at 14:32 UTC
  It looks like only server 1 is configured with DFS Namespace. Add server 2 as a DFS Namespace root target. That can be done in the GUI, or with the powershell cmdlet New-DfsnRootTarget...
  May 16, 2018 at 14:48 UTC
  That's correct. but I can't add the Server2 as the second namespace server. It is asking for a Path and if I try the \\<ourdomain>\enterprise , it cannot connect to it
  We checked the C:\DFSRoots folder on Server2 and can NOT see "enterprise" in there. I guess that's why we can not add the Server2 as the second name space.
  Though, "enterprise" exist in C:\DFSRoots folder on Server1 as expected.
  May 16, 2018 at 15:04 UTC
  You can create a share called \\server2\enterprise, and then add it to the Namespace.
  May 16, 2018 at 15:07 UTC
  Thanks . I will give it a try