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Chandru R · Guest

Hi all,

I am trying to exclude folders from replication and it does not seem to
work. Ideally I want to exclude a folder 1 level deep

e.g.

Images/TestImages - this does not seem to work..

I have even tried Images - and that does not work either.

I have tried refreshing the service with the ntfrsutl poll /now. Is there
anything else I need to do?

Thanks

Richard Chinn [MSFT] · Guest

Folder filters are name-based like file filters. This means that if
you want to not replicate a folder named "TestImages" someplace in
your tree, all folders with the name "TestImages" will get filtered.

There's really no way that you can tell FRS that you only want the
"images\testimages" folder in particular to not replicate. If you are
willing to have all folders named TestImages not replicate, you can
set the filter to just "TestImages" and leave it at that. You still
have to contend with the following.

1) File filters are case-sensitive (I believe folder filters as well)
though the underlying file system is case-insensitive (but case
preserving).

2) If you set the filter in Active Directory, there may be AD
replication latencies and FRS polling latencies before FRS sees the
configuration change. You can do an "ntfrsutl sets <machine name>"
and look for the folder filter. If it shows your filter, then FRS has
picked up the change.

3) Filters don't work on files/folders already seen by FRS. In other
words, only new files/folders will be filtered. Existing ones will
continue to replicate. You will need to manually delete the existing
folders and allow those deletions to replicate.

If you have a specific folder that you do not want to replicate, there
is a workaround. You can take advantage of the fact that FRS does not
replicate reparse points (junctions). You can create a folder outside
of your replica set to hold the TestImages folder's data. You can
then set up a junction / link / reparse point to point from within
your replica set to this other folder. The linkd.exe utility will let
you create the link. The problem with this is that it's a little
difficult to maintain, and it has to be done on each server that is a
member of the replica set.

--Richard

Please post FRS related questions to
microsoft.public.windows.server.dfs_frs and prefix the subject line
with "FRS:" to make it easier to spot. Note that FRS is used to
replicate SYSVOL on domain controllers and DFS root and link targets.

For additional FRS resources, please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/frs.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:16:38 -0500, "Chandru R" <chandru2@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Chandru R · Guest

Richard,

Are wild cards allowed in the folder exclusion list? e.g.

*TestImages*

Thanks
CR

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Richard Chinn [MSFT] · Guest

Wild cards should work. For example ~*, *.bak, *.tmp are used in the
default filter.

--Richard

Please post FRS related questions to
microsoft.public.windows.server.dfs_frs and prefix the subject line
with "FRS:" to make it easier to spot. Note that FRS is used to
replicate SYSVOL on domain controllers and DFS root and link targets.

For additional FRS resources, please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/frs.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:23:56 -0500, "Chandru R" <chandru2@hotmail.com>
wrote:

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