Access Denied when adding Domain-Based DFS Namespace

hello everyone,

we have been running windows server 2008 r2 (server a) main domain controller , file server. file server configured standard dfs namespace server.   

recently added additional windows server 2008 r2 (server b) domain controller , configure domain-based dfs namespace on server , migrate data server domain-based dfs namespace.   problem:

during domain-based dfs namespace configuration, got following error:

“access denied when adding dfs namespace server user account specified not have sufficient permissions create domain-based namespace. please specify user account member of domain admins groups” – see attached  

 i am logged on unit (server b) domain administrator. unfortunately, when review error log, not dfs issue.

thanks,

aj

hi,

first test if same account create namespace on servera. if so, check if ad replication finished on serverb.

domain admin should have permission create dfs domain based namespace. check if user group belong correct. , open adsiedit.msc, go cn=dfs-configuration, cn=system, dc=domain-name, dc=com, check security , see if domain admin group correctly set there.

specifically could delegate permission to specific domain admin in dfs management test. should added security tab well.

also if server 2 not dc yet, add account local administrators group.

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