Mar 15
Delete Orphaned DFS Share

On occasion you may encounter a DFS Share that no longer has namespace servers or didn't completely get removed for the AD database. The following steps overview the process to remove this permanently from Active Directory.

  • Launch ADSI Edit ADSIedit.msc
  • Connect to Default naming context domain partition (See Image)

    • Expand and locate to the following node
      • CN=System
      • CN=Dfs-Configuration
        • The orphaned namespace should be located here, in my case CN=File_Test
          • Delete the node that has DFS name of interest (such as in this case CN=File_Test) to remove it from the views
    • Open Command Prompt and run the following in this order
      • repadmin /syncall if there are multiple domain controllers in the environment
      • dfsrdiag pollad on all the DFS servers to manually sync from the AD database

    • Launch the DFS management console
      • Right-click the orphaned namespace and select Remove Namespace from Display

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