Re: DFS Replication question

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Hi Jason,

Thank you for getting back to me but perhaps I was not clear enough in my
previous post. I read the articles that you referred me to but none of them
are helping me out.

This is what I am trying to do:

Replicate specific folders between to 2 2003 DC's over a WAN VPN.

Here are my questions:

1. Where can I find a step by step of how to do this?

2. Lets say I choose folder \\server\share\test. I now want that folder
to replicate to \\server2\share\test. I can't find anything that tells me
how to do this.

3. I want to be able to have automatic synching which it looks like DFS and
FRS will accomplish. What are the shortcomings? I see that R2 will have
some improvements but I don't know what.

Thanks again for replying back to me.


John





"Jason Tan (MSFT)" <v-jasont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dear John,
>
> Thanks for posting!
>
> I understand that you want to replicate the DFS between 2 machines running
> Windows 2003 which are connected via VPN. If I have misunderstood your
> concerns, please feel free to let me know.
>
> Based on my experience, FRS can replicate the content between Windows
> 2000/2003 servers hosting the same fault-tolerant DFS roots or child node
> replicas. I have included the following article for your reference:
>
> 220938 Description of the FRS Replication Protocol, Notification and
> Schedule for DFS Content
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=220938
>
> 224512 FRS Builds Full-Mesh Replication Topology for Replicated DFS ROOT
> and Child Replicas
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;224512
>
> 259281 Folders Are Created Once an Hour If FRS Is Enabled in a DFS Root
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;259281
>
> 883272 How the File Replication service selects the location for the
> staging folder in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;883272
>
> Hope the information helps.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jason Tan
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> | I tried posting in the dfs group but I did not receive a reply. The
> setup
> | is 2 Windows 2k3 SP1 DC'c connected via a hardware VPN. I have just
> setup
> | my first DFS with a root and a link. I want to replicate the folders
> within
> | the link to the other server but I don't see any info on how to do it.
> | Every reference talks about going to the properties of the link or the
> root
> | and setting the replication but I don't have a properties option when I
> | right click on the link or the root. Can some please point me in the
> right
> | direction?
> |
> | TIA
> |
> |
> | John
> |
> |
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