Synchronouzing is not happening on the DFS file

[steve72]

Hi,

I have a list of shared files from the different file servers on the network. i grouped them by using the DFS(distributed file system) on windows 2003 server. couple of folders i used to Synchronous (replicate to remote location). now Synchronizing is not happening.

any help much appreciated.

kind regards,
Steve

[Shen]

The problem is that DFS-R is only supported in Windows Server 2003 R2 and later. For DFS-R, you can create a report for the replication --> MMC Snap- in for DFS-R and then it's an action you can run on the replication-set. SBS 2003 does not support DFS-R not even SBS 2003 R2, which was, confusingly, not based on Win2k3 R2. The best way to synchronize the is to use Offline Files.

[Rudra.J]

Have a look at the network connections and make sure everything is up. Check router config if it has no disabled ports, that migh cause the problems... Do post back...

[steve72]

i only had problem with one folder it is having large number of files. Is there any way to sync only the changes occured in the files for the last 24 hours. i mean icremental changes.

Regards
Steve

[Rudra.J]

I don't think that will work, instead overwrite the file which has changed...

[Big Fish]

If you have multiple link targets and want to keep files synchronized among the targets, you'll need to configure Dfs-based replication. DFS Replication works on a single threaded, "pull" process. As a result, synchronization tasks can easily "queue" up and create a backlog whereby changes made from one location are not replicated to the other side in an immediate manner.