DFS Shares Prepended by DFS SID and No Longer Accessible

Hello,
Environment: We use two dfs servers which replicate all namespaces and dfs folders between each other. 
There are two namespaces: Data and Users.  First server (DC12) has referrals enabled the second server (DC07) has referrals disabled. 
This is globally configured across all namespaces and dfs folders. 
Both servers are Server 2008 R2 Standard x64 OS.  Other roles on these servers include AD DS, DNS, and DHCP.
Issue: Within the Data namespace windows explorer location on DC12 (D:\Data\) the folder structure was mysteriously changed for all (9) dfs folders. 
Dfs folders had “DFS.<DFS SID>” prepended to their folder names and are now no longer accessible. 
For example: folder previously named “Accounts Receivable” were renamed to “DFS.8c654b7d-0246-4389-ab00-2b1b7027626fAccounts Receivable” within explorer, but are named "Accounts Receivable" within DFS Management. 
Additionally, there was another, empty dfs folder created in D:\Data\ called “Accounts Receivable”, but when we try to access it from either D:\Data\ or through \\namespace\data we get an error “Location is not available: The network location cannot
be reached.” 
Background: Our server switch died and replication between DC12 and DC07 was interrupted for about 90 minutes. 
We replaced the switch and the environment came back online. 
When testing to confirm network, resource, and LOB functionality, we discovered this issue and have been thus far unsuccessful in resolving.
Associated Event Log Found:
Log Name:     
DFS Replication
Source:       
DFSR
Date:         
5/14/2014 5:33:16 PM
Event ID:     
4004
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:     
Classic
User:         
N/A
Computer:     
DC12
Description:
The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the replicated folder at local path D:\Data\Lab Tech.
Additional Information:
Error: 87 (The parameter is incorrect.)
Additional context of the error:  
Replicated Folder Name: Lab Tech
Replicated Folder ID: C6475450-CA1B-4AE2-929A-2C67F5EC79BF
Replication Group Name: schaeffer.com\data\lab tech
Replication Group ID: 478B691D-415F-4788-8D64-41DEBDDB76FD
Member ID: 66B7D8A8-6A93-43B7-844D-DF77AB3EF31F
Troubleshooting Steps Done So Far:
Restarted DFS Namespace (Dfs), DFS Replication (DFSR), and Netlogon services on both DC12 and DC07
Renaming folders - folders don't exist error
Restarted DC12 and DC07
This issue is ONLY isolated to DC12 and ONLY the Data namespace.  DC07 and Users namespace works just fine.
We ended up having to disable DC12 as a referral target and in replication so that clients were pointing to DC07. 
I’m hoping that I won’t have to rebuild the Data namespace because it’s massive. 
Hoping for some guidance on troubleshooting.  Thanks for your time.

Hi,
As currently the DC07 is still working, a new initial replication should help in this situation. Please try the steps below:
1. Stop the DFSR service on the server that is logging the 4004 event. 
2. Navigate to the root of the DFSR folder. 
3. Depending on OS, you may need to take ownership of the "System Volume Information" folder and grant yourself permissions (FULL) on the folder. 
4. Navigate to :\System Volume Information\DFSR\ 
5. Rename Database_GUID folder to Olddatabase_GUID 
NOTE: For Windows Server 2008 R2 you will need to do this from an elevated command prompt, otherwise any changes made to items in this folder will get reversed by system. You can use command line: ren Database_GUID Olddatabase_GUID 
6. Start the DFSR service. You should see an Event ID 2102 in the DFSR event log indicating the database is being recreated, and then an Event ID 2106 indicated it has been successfully recreated. 
You can then monitor progress by checking the state of the replicated folder using WMIC command and backlog using dfsrdiag command: 
Wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path dfsrreplicatedfolderinfo get replicationgroupname,replicatedfoldername,state 
The "State" values can be: 
0 = Uninitialized 
1 = Initialized 
2 = Initial Sync 
3 = Auto Recovery 
4 = Normal 
5 = In Error 
And:
dfsrdiag backlog /SendingMember: /ReceivingMember: /RGName: /RFName: 
Technet information on DFSR automatic database recovery 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379506.aspx 
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    the above is not the correct syntax i was just giving a high level overview of what i've tried. If i open terminal and do the mkdir / mount_smbfs works ok but nothing goes for someone logging in and have it call up the script and mount the proper drivers.  i do see the folder on the desktop just seems to never make it past the attach the network settings to the folder.
    syntax I am using is:  mount_smbfs //user@server_path/data/DFS_Share_name /User/Logged_in_user_name/Desktop/DFS_Share_Name (folder name matches the DFS share name)
    So the script looks like this
    mkdir /Users/$USER/Desktop/DFS_Share1
    mount_smbfs //$[email protected]/data/DFS_Share1  /Users/$USER/Desktop/DFS_Share1
    any ideas or direction would be great.

    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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