Root servers that are not domain controllers and are running either Windows. How does DFS determine closest server. Novell Doc Dynamic File Services 2 2 Administration Guide Using Microsoft Distributed File System With Pairs September 30 2014 We can find the ACTIVE TARGETSET in the output to determine the result. . Works a treat except we suspect today DFS failed over to the USA for some users. Any ACTIVE TARGETSET servers are servers your workstation is currently talking to. To find this out use the DFSUTIL program with the pktinfo switch. If you want to figure out which servers your DFS client is connected to just run the following command from the command prompt. To configure DFS click the start menu and navigate to Control Panel -- Administrative Tools -- DFS Management. Location Transparency achieves through the namespace component. DFSDIAG which was introduced in Windows Server 2008 and improved in W...