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    HI There,

    We have 10 file servers in our environment with DFS-R enabled. As of now DFS replication data is placed in D drive.

    We are moving replication data from D drive to E drive due to lack of space in D drive on few servers. Below is approach we followed in order to avoid replication of the entire data from the central DFS-R server;

    1. Stop DFS-R service on target server

    2. Copy the data from D drive to E drive

    3. Adjust target replication folders to E drive in DFS management

    4. Enable the DFS-R service

    However after the changing the drive, I see that DFS-R starts replicating entire data in the replication folder irrespective of that data already exists. 

    Is there a way to avoid this?


    Mahi

    Monday, May 4, 2015 9:37 AM

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    Hi,

    Above all, for the step 2, whether the "copy" is finished with copy NTFS permission with files/folders?

    If not, let's redo the steps:

    1. Stop DFS-R service on target server
    2. Use Robocopy to correct permissions on Drive E:

    Robocopy d:\folder E:\folder /secfix

     /SECFIX :: FIX file SECurity on all files, even skipped files.

    Note: For files which are not changed, it will not copy again.

    3. Adjust target replication folders to E drive in DFS management
    4. Enable the DFS-R service

    It will still initial a replication but should be finished quickly as files are already exists in target folder.

    For detailed instruction of "pre-staging" please refer to:

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/02/12/get-out-and-push-getting-the-most-out-of-dfsr-pre-staging.aspx


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    Tuesday, May 5, 2015 10:10 AM