You might review this site at Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/defa ult.mspx
They have a FAQ for DFS. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq.mspx I think you want to enable File Replication Services in order to replicate data. http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/965a9e1a-8223-4d3 e-8e5d-39aeb70ec5d91033.mspx?mfr=true This has information on FRS from Technet. What are you trying to accomplish on the network for your users? Thanks, Todd Myrick -----Original Message----- From: Rimmerman, Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:13 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes Maybe the problem is a confusion of mine between DFS ROOTS and DFS LINKS. I'm starting to get the feeling that LINKS don't replicate, only TARGETS do. So if I have 10 servers that I want a file to replicate to, I must create 10 root targets, not 10 links...? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd (NIH/CC/DCRI) [E] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:52 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes You might try using DFSutil.exe to see if it can query and possibly fix your problem. I personally haven't used it other that on stand-alone DFS roots in the classroom. There is an option to clean the registry. Stand-alone roots store their information in the registry of the root. Their might be a command to query and look at the information in the AD. dfsutil /clean:servername Todd Myrick -----Original Message----- From: Rimmerman, Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:29 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes When trying to add a new root on the server I'm trying to replicate from, I get an error "The following error occurred while creating DFS root on the server server123: Unable to update the password. The value provided as the current password is incorrect." What password is it talking about? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:57 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes Also, one more finding - I'm not sure if this helps or not. When I run the DFS snapin on the main target that I want to replace to the other targets, it shows the DFS roots but when I select the one I want to view it says "The specified DFS root does not exist". I can, however, view it with no issues on the root target server. If I try to view it on one of the 'receiving' DFS targets, it comes up OK. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Molkentin, Steve Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:30 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes Russ, This may sound silly - but is the File Replication Service running on all three servers? Are they DC's or just member servers? If DC's, is the sysvol share replicating? Thanks! :) themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, > Russ > Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 12:56 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes > > > Share permissions are everyone full control. NTFS Permissions are > pretty wide open too. All in the same domain. FQDN resolution is > working great. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Molkentin, > Steve > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:35 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes > > Russ, > > Possibly - what are the permissions of the 3 folders you are trying to > replicate around? Are they identical? Check the share permissions as > well as the folder permissions. Can each machine resolve the FQDN of > each of the other two machines from it? I'm making the assumption that > all 3 machines are in the same domain - this is correct? > > themolk. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, > > > Russ > > Sent: Wednesday, 14 June 2006 2:25 AM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes > > > > > > > > Sonar says the "CreateFailedCount" is 16 on my replication test. > > > Maybe it's some sort of permission issue. ?? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > McCann, Danny > > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:44 AM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes > > > > > Where is the root of the DFS located? > > I seem to remember having problems with DFS replication before, > > > because one of the servers hosting the root had it's DNS incorrectly > > > configured. > > Ultrasound would report any errors sure enough. After > decoding what it > > > all means you'll need a dark room to lie down in for a few hours. :) > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Danny > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, > > > Russ > > Sent: 13 June 2006 15:31 > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: [ActiveDir] FRS/DFS woes > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to set up a DFS share and having all sorts of issues > > > getting it to work. I've installed Ultrasound and i'm > either not sure > > > where to look in it for the answer or it's not giving me the answer. > > > > > > > > I set up a link with 3 targets in a ring replication topology. 2 of > > > the > > 3 servers are Win2k3, 1 is Win2k. The only server the file > is showing > > > up on is the one that is set up as the master to replicate > from. The > > > errors i'm mostly seeing are: > > > > > > > > The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication > > > from > > CAMPATFS01 to CCVVPLFS01 for d:\communicator using the DNS name > > > campatfs01.ccc.ourdomain.com. FRS will keep retrying. > > > > > Following are some of the reasons you would see this warning. > > > > > [1] FRS can not correctly resolve the DNS name > > > campatfs01.ccc.ourdomain.com from this computer. > > > > > [2] FRS is not running on campatfs01.ccc.ourdomain.com. > > > > > [3] The topology information in the Active Directory for > this replica > > > has not yet replicated to all the Domain Controllers. > > > > > > > > and > > > > > Following is the summary of warnings and errors encountered by File > > > Replication Service while polling the Domain Controller > > > \\camdhqdc01.ccc.ourdomain.com for FRS replica set configuration > > > information. > > > > > > > > I'm thoroughly stumped. Any advice? 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