Sbs 2008 setup dfs

To use DFS Replication to replicate the SYSVOL folder, you can either create a new domain that uses the Windows Server domain functional level, or you can use the procedure that is discussed in this article to upgrade an existing domain and migrate replication to DFS Replication.

Starting test: VerifyEnterpriseReferences The following problems were found while verifying various important DN references. Note, that these problems can be reported because of latency in replication. So follow up to resolve the following problems, only if the same problem is reported on all DCs for a given domain or if the problem persists after replication has had a reasonable time to replicate changes.

You may get various Group Policy errors event viewer such as ,,, For example:. Description: Windows cannot access the file gpt. All of the above problems are common errors that exist when domain controllers do not replicate correctly. The root cause according to Microsoft is that when you actually raise your domain and functional levels in an existing environment, active directory assumes that the replication is performed using DFSR between domain controllers even if the replication still happens using the FRS protocol.

Open a PowerShell command and run the following cmdlet. If you are running FRS yet, you should get a warning that the migration has not been started yet.

If it exists, it means you are already replicating using DFSR. This service will be disabled once the migration is complete. However, before actually triggering the process, we should make sure that the active directory is in a healthy state.

Once you are confident that your active directory health is good, we may trigger the migration process. Log on to your primary domain controller PDC. OR do i need to remove them prior to Migration? Thanks Mahesh [email protected]. Do not delete the folders as it may lead you to group policy problems, or other GPO related task problems. A folder is created on multiple machines in the replica set before the folder has been able to replicate.

Existing sbs standard working well. Client is very file based and needs data up all the time. They have another Windows standard doing almost nothing and would like to use DFS to have a large amount of data always available. I have not used DFS since Win and then in a branch office setup. I misread you lastsentence in the first paragraph to mean that you wanted to have a branch office setup. If there are only a handful, it may be better for them to repurpose the server as a Remote Desktop Server Terminal Server.

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? SQL Server. Thank you very much for the great information. Please note that intrasite DFS referral is random, so this scenario isn't great where concurrency to files is controlled with file locks.

A workaround is to set really long referral timeouts and manually set the active DFS referral. Post a Comment. Note that, to date the built-in SBS backup is absolutely phenomenal for recovery purposes. Newer Post Older Post Home.