The following table lists operations (subcommands/options) of the Microsoft DFS tools on various Windows operating system versions. It identifies which of these are supported by the DFS service on the appliance for managing a standalone DFS namespace on the appliance.
y - supported
n - not supported
NA - not applicable
Microsoft Windows systems XP|2003|2003|Vista|2008|2008|Win7|
| | R2| | | R2| |
SP3| SP2| SP2| SP2| SP2| SP1| SP1|
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dfscmd CLI: | | | | | | |
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/map [comment] [/restore] y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
/unmap y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
/add [/restore] y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
/remove y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
/view [/partial | /full] y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
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dfsutil CLI (old format): | | | | | | |
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/addstdroot [/comment] y| y| y| n| n| y| y|
/remstdroot y| y| y| n| n| y| y|
/root:<DfsName> /view n| n| n| y| y| y| y|
/addlink [/comment] NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/removelink NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/state /display NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/state /enable NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/state /disable NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/ttl /display NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/ttl /set NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
/server:<MachineName> /view y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
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dfsutil CLI (new format): | | | | | | |
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root addstd [comment] NA| NA| NA| n| n| y| y|
root remove NA| NA| NA| n| n| y| y|
root (view namespace) NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
link add [comment] NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
link remove NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
link (view) NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
target add NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
target remove NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
target (view) NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property comment (view) NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property comment set NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property ttl (view) NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property ttl set NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property state (view) NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property state offline NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
property state online NA| NA| NA| y| y| y| y|
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DFS GUI: | | | | | | |
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add standalone root y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
remove standalone root y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
change root comment y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
change root timeout y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
add link y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
remove link y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
change link comment y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
change link timeout y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
add link's target y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
remove link's target y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
enable link's referral (target) y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
disable link's referral (target) y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
hide root y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
show root y| y| y| y| y| y| y|
display links y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
display targets y| y| y| n| n| n| n|
XP|2003|2003|Vista|2008|2008|Win7|
| | R2| | | R2| |
SP3| SP2| SP2| SP2| SP2| SP1| SP1|
Note that:
Oracle Solaris does not verify the DFS link target.
CLI commands for modifying and viewing comment and timeout (TTL) are applicable to both root and link.
CLI commands for viewing state are applicable to root, root's target, link, and link's target.
CLI commands for modifying state are only applicable for link and link's target.