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List of DFS related hotfixes post Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Applies to:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

 W2K8 R2 Service Pack 1

 W2K8 R2 SP1

Windows 7 Service Pack 1

 Windows 7 SP1

 Win7 Service Pack 1

 Win7 SP1

Note:  You should check http://support.microsoft.com for the latest version of the different files.

Note 2:  These are not available in Windows Update.

Note 3:  You can download them without entering your e-mail address and captcha if you are a Microsoft Premier customer and have a http://Premier.Microsoft.com account.

Note 4:  Carefully review the list and decide which might be applicable to your unique environment.

Note 5:  Test in your test and your quality assurance environment.

Originally published Oct 2011.  Updated Oct. of 2011.

An official KB article with a similar list is available at:

968429 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968429

List of DFS related hotfixes post Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 as of Oct. 21th, 2011:

2549311 You cannot access a DFS share by using a valid user account in Windows Server 2008 R2, in Windows 7, in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2549311

    Update(s):

        Dfsc.sys 6.1.7601.21730

    Supersede(s):

        2537589 SMB/CIFS sessions leak in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2

2512723 DFS Namespace service requires a long time to process a NetDfsRemove request if the specified DFS link does not exist in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512723

    Update(s):

        Dfsn-serverservice-ppdlic.xrm-ms

        Dfssvc.exe 6.1.7601.21665

    Supersede(s):

        2464365 The ACL permission of some DFS folders is incorrectly reset after you restart the DFS Namespace service in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

        2394849 The DACL of a DFS link is corrupted in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Vista, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 if you use the Dfsutil.exe utility to export DFS         configuration data from the DFS link

2580164 You cannot access content through a symbolic link on an NFS share in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2580164

    Update(s):

        Nfs-clientcore-ppdlic.xrm-ms 

        Nfsclnt.exe 6.1.7601.21795 

        Nfsnp.dll 6.1.7601.21795

        Nfsrdr.mof 

        Nfsrdr.sys 6.1.7601.21795 

    Supersede(s):

        2563953 An SMB share is displayed incorrectly as an NFS share in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

        2532159 Application may stop responding when it accesses some NFS shares from the Client for NFS component in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7, or in Windows Server 2008 R2

2554414 "0x0000001E" Stop error when you add some NFS shares to a DFS namespace or to a DFS Replication group in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2554414

    Update(s):

        Msnfsflt.mof 

        Msnfsflt.sys 6.1.7601.17514 

        Nfs-servercore-ppdlic.xrm-ms 

        Nfssvc.exe 6.1.7601.21732 

        Nfssvr.mof 

        Nfssvr.sys 6.1.7601.21732 

    Supersede(s):

        2485543 You cannot access or mount a Windows Server 2008 R2-based NFS share after a failover if the NFS share uses Krb5 or Krb5i authentication

        2485529 "Permission Denied" error when a UNIX user accesses files on an NFS share in Windows Server 2008 R2

        2462576 The NFS share cannot be brought online in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try to create the NFS share as a cluster resource on a third-party storage disk

        2359344 The inheritable ACEs may not be propagated correctly to the child object on an NFS share when you enable the KeepInheritance registry value in Windows Server 2008 R2

2466048 Previous versions of a file or of a folder in a DFS share are not listed if you access the share through a nested DFS link from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466048

    Update(s):

        Twext.dll 6.1.7601.21624 

2560758 Files are deleted permanently

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560758

    Update(s):

        Shell32.dll 6.1.7601.21767

2521220 "0x0000001E" Stop error when you perform disk I/O-intensive operations on dynamic disks in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2521220

    Update(s):

        Volmgrx-ppdlic.xrm-ms Not applicable 3,198 19-Mar-2011 07:54 Not applicable

    Volmgrx.sys 6.1.7601.21687 

2604201 Handle count of the DFSR service keeps increasing in Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2604201

    Update(s):

        Dfsrprovs.mof 

        Dfsrress.dll 6.1.7601.17514 

        Dfsrs.exe 6.1.7601.21820 

    Supersede(s):

        2461385 The DFS Replication service leaks download tasks, and an outgoing replication backlog occurs in Windows Server 2008 R2

        2450944 Some folders or files are unexpectedly deleted on the upstream server after you restart the DFS Replication service in Windows Server 2003 R2, in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

2884176 Large backlogs on Windows - based DFSR servers

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2884176
  Update(s):

         Dfsrprovs.mof

         Dfsrress.dll 6.1.7601.17514

         Dfsrs.exe 6.1.7601.22819

3002288 DFSR service freezes when it calls a method on a Windows-based server

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3002288
Update(s):

         Dfsrprovs.mof

         Dfsrress.dll 6.1.7601.17514

         Dfsrs.exe 6.1.7601.22842