DFS Share with SCCM ??

Hi All,
Can we use a DFS Share in SCCM 2012 R2 for Update Package data source & for DP.
Thanks,
Pranay.

Hi,
Please refer to the thread below:
DFS share for software distribution SCCM
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/23b67594-f936-48ae-8ceb-d80ca47cc0d1/dfs-share-for-software-distribution-sccm?forum=configmanagerosd
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  • Very slow responce when working with Office file on DFS-Share

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  • Global DFS share mounting ?

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    Hi,
    Please refer to the thread below:
    DFS share for software distribution SCCM
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/23b67594-f936-48ae-8ceb-d80ca47cc0d1/dfs-share-for-software-distribution-sccm?forum=configmanagerosd
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  • Lion 10.7.2 DFS share access issue

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  • Unable to access DFS shares when server 1 goes down

    Hello all,
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    Hi,
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  • Cant access a DFS share from a Windows 7 computer

    I am having DFS share access issues with a Windows 7 workstation.
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    All computers have the same Administrator password and another User/Password
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    From the workstation, I can see the server under Network.
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    I tried to include everything,
    Thanks in advance

    Hi,
    Please try hotfix in the following KB,and check the result.
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    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983620/en-us
    Some steps for troubleshooting DFS you can try
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962144.aspx
    How to troubleshoot Distributed File System Namespace access failures in Windows
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975440/en-us
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    http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/06/04/the-case-of-the-random-dfs-access-denial.aspx
    Regarding to the missing dfs tab, there's a policy, locate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\remove dfs tab, then users can not view or change the properties of the dfs shares
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    TechNet Community Support

  • You cannot access a DFS share through a mapped network

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    Have you tried the command: dfsutil /pktflush (suggested in KB983620)?
    Please mark as answer or vote
    as helpful when it applies. Thanks!

  • How to monitor DFS shares disk usage/free space?

    How to monitor DFS shares disk usage/free space?
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    Hi,
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  • Connection to windows DFS Shares

    Can OS X 10.6 connect to a DFSR share and access files on a windows 2008 R2 server?
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  • DFS share refresh slow

    Hi,
    we got an issue with our DFS.
    Our scenario: we got an AD Forest with 2 child domains and 2 DFS server serving our 2 locations. 
    Some days ago some users on the first site concerned about they won't able to seeing new files created by their colleagues into their DFS share. Today that issue is also on the second site: we're able to seeing new or modified files only after 5-15 minutes. 
    What could be causing that issue? 
    Thanks
    Max

    Hi Max,
    Before going further, we can check the health of our DFS namespace.
    Regarding how to troubleshoot DFS problems, the following articles can be referred to for more information.
    Five ways to check your DFS-Namespaces (DFS-N) configuration with the DFSDIAG.EXE tool
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/07/15/five-ways-to-check-your-dfs-namespaces-dfs
    Troubleshooting DFS Problems
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962144.aspx
    Best regards,
    Frank Shen

  • InDesign CS4 -- unable to browse DFS share folders?

    We've recently purchased a slew of CS4 licenses in anticipation for our company's migration from InDesign CS2 to CS4. However in testing we've noticed what appears to be a bug with InDesign. Anytime we use file browse dialog within InDesign CS4(ex. trying to open a new file, trying to import a file into the current .idd, etc..) we run into an issue where we are unable to browse to any DFS network share. The DFS shares are listed, however they are grayed out and unable to be selected. However, the first time InDesign is run, the shares show up correctly and are able to be accessed. When you close InDesign and re-open it, the DFS links are now grayed out and unaccessable.
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    Normally I would assume this was some type of compatability issue with DFS and Adobe products...however every other program in the CS4 suite works perfectly... it's just InDesign that's giving us problems(and of course, InDesign is the program we need the most).
    Does anyone have any insight as to how we could possibly workaround this issue? Has anyone experienced any similar issues with DFS links being grayed out in InDesign?
    Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks in advance,
    Tim

    Thanks for the reply.
    Apparently they have tried waiting (quite a while) before trying the delete but no joy they still have to close InDesign or reboot.
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