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Nitin · Guest

Hi All,

Please advice to my query that if Microsoft dosenot recommend enabling FRS
replication on the root, then how the DFS roots are kept synchronised esp in
my case I have around 13 root replica sets across WAn connectivity.

Thanks

Nitin

Jill Zoeller [MSFT] · Guest

We advise against storing data in the root and enabling FRS replication on the root. If there is no data in the root, then there is nothing to replicate. DFS takes care of creating its own structures on each root target. You don't have to enable replication to "help" DFS do this.

For more information about why replicating a root is not recommended, see
the DFS FAQ at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq.mspx.
The question you want is called:

Q. If I use multiple root targets in a domain-based DFS namespace, do I need
to enable replication on the root?

For technical information about how DFS creates its own structures on each root target, see the section "Root Folder and Link Folder Creation Process" in the DFS Technical Reference at http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/w2k3tr_dfs_how.asp

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Nitin · Guest

Hi Jill,

Are you saying data should not be kept on the server on which DFS root or
its replica is configured? Meaning we have DFS root runing on a server XYZ
we should keep the data on a server say ABC and create links on the XYZ
server pointing to ABC (is that right?).

Thanks
Nitin

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote:

Jill Zoeller [MSFT] · Guest

Hi Nitin,

What I'm trying to say is that you should not store any data *under* the DFS
root share. Instead, you should create another shared folder--it can be on
the same server as the root share--and create a link that points to that
shared folder. This will give you much more flexibility in terms of
replication and management.

The reasons for not storing data in the root share are:

(1) If you have multiple root targets, you need some way to keep the files
under the root on each root target synchronized, and we don't recommend FRS
in this scenario.

(2) For each link in the namespace, DFS creates a folder under the root
known as a link folder. If you already have a folder under the DFS root that
has the same name as the link, DFS will either take over that folder (if
it's empty) or rename the existing folder and create a new link folder. If
FRS is enabled on the root, you can have the added problem of morphed
folders that can result from both DFS and FRS attempting to create link
folders.

(3) There is no way to enable/disable referrals to individual root targets.
You can, however, do this for link targets. This is useful if, say, a link
has two targets, and one of the link targets has incomplete data (say during
initial replication). You can disable referrals to this link target until
the data is fully synchronized.

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