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DFS (Distributed File System) Replication is a file replication technology originally shipped with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system.

DFS (Distributed File System) Replication is a file replication technology originally shipped with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system.

DFSR allows creating multiple replicas of the content which thereby allow a level of resiliency. In the older versions of DFS (first introduced in Windows 2000 Server), the replication was handled by FRS (File Replication Service).

See the DFS tag for more info on DFS and DFSN (namespaces).

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Windows Server 2008 R2 DFSR Backlog Troubleshooting - Where to look for the cause of the problem?

Windows Server 2008 R2 DFS Backlog Troubleshooting dfsrdiag indicates our target server has hundreds of thousands of backlogged transactions. Our authoritative source server indicates it has no backlogged transactions. No replication is taking…
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Use DFS to replicate file shares to two new servers?

Trying to find the best way to migrate file shares on one server we are deprecating to a new server. We will then use dfs from this new server to replicate with another new machine for our final setup. I thought I’d just use dfs to replicate from…
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DFSR deleted whole folder

I had a folder shared on my windows network. I wanted that folder to by replicated with DFSR, so I created a target folder in a DFS namespace and a replication group with it. One of the targets was the original share with files in it, and I wanted…
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Migrate FSMO roles during FRS to DFSR migration

Hello everyone and I hope everyone is well. I have a bit of a special case at one of my clients, we are in the middle of a migration from FRS to DFSR, (step 2) and have to go to step 3, eliminated. The customer would like to wait a little before…
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Do DFSR replication group act independantly?

I can't seem to find the answer to this. I have 2 replication groups for 2 very different sets of data. We recently had a problem that will cause us to restore about 50GB of data on the 1st group. We have the first group set to throttle data during…
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FRS to DFSR migration stuck, 1 DC only

I only have one 2008 R2 DC on this domain (domain level 2008), and, I am needing to migrate FRS to DFSR as I need to join a 2019 server to the same domain and then demote the old one. However, I'm stuck at: "Unable to create DFSR Migration log file.…
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DFS - Basic operation - remove folder target

I'm new to DFS management and I need to know the proper way to delete a target(shared) folder from all the servers. Stop replication and then delete all the copies of the folder in the different servers but does it have to be done one by one?
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DFS namespace does not show files on servers

Setup 2x Windows server 2012R2 (pwl-dfs01 and pwl-dfs02) DFS namespaces and Replication installed Replication configured (s:\hosting) as "Full Mesh" topology for both pwl-dfs01 and pwl-dfs02 Namespace configured with pwl-dfs01 and pwl-dfs02 as…
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DFS Replication on Lan (with multiple subnets)

target: want to replicate a folder on 2 machines situation: we have 2 windows 2003 servers (for this purpose) in a domain and each of these servers has 2 network cards; and each server have 2 ips, one on the LAN and one on the internet…
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DFSR Replicate folder wizard targets incompatible error

I have the following setup: DFS namespace host: Windows 2008 R2 Standard server (Server1) Source folder: NetApp CIFS filer share advertising DFS capabilities mapped to the above DFS hosting server (NetAppCIFSFiler) Target replication folder:…
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Parallel life of DFS shared files?

That's a weird one. We have 3 servers (Windows Server 2012 R2) with DFS-N and DFS-R sharing and syncing same folders between themselves. We have those folders mapped on clients as network drives like x: ("\\contoso.com\Shared") or y:…
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Migrate a DFSR Server to a new one. Currently in a Hub-Spoke Configuration

Is there an easy way to migrate the Hub to a new server. My current one is running out of space. Do I need to redesign the configuration or can I do a migration to the new server.
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Rebuild Active Directory on a Exchange Server and a File Server

We have 5 Domain Controllers over 2 sites: Site A: DC01, FILE01, EXCHANGE01 Site B: FILE02, EXCHANGE02 FILE01/2 use DFS-R and EXCHANGE01/2 replicate (both Exchange 2007 SP1 servers) DC01 was rebuilt and something screwed up replication with FILE02,…
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What is the safest way to turn off DFSR, when one node has been powered off for months

We have two file servers that are standalone. We use DFSR to replicate data from server 1 to server 2. Server 2 has been powered down for some time now, and I am hesitant to turn it back on, in case it causes issues with DFS trying to reconcile the…
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DFSR Replication service corrections after server crash

I need to set up a system of at least two servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 (main and standby) in a domain. The two servers are synchronized at all times, so that the standby can take over in case of a server crash of the main server. At the…
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