Re: DFS Replication question

Hello,

Thank you for your reply!

I understand taht you want ot replicate specific folders between to 2 2003
DC's over a WAN VPN. Based on my further research, I would like to provide
you with the following information for your reference:

Distributed File System (DFS): Best Practices and Troubleshooting Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/fileandprint/df
sbp.asp

Distributed File System: Frequently Asked
Questionshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq
..mspx

272279 How to Troubleshoot the File Replication Service and the Distributed
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272279

Hope the information helps.

Best Regards,

Jason Tan

Microsoft Online Partner Support
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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
| news:AiO$Tw$7FHA.2612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > 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
| >
| > Microsoft Online Partner Support
| > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
| >
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| >
| >
| >
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| > | From: "John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
| > | Subject: DFS Replication question
| > | Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:09:02 -0800
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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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