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Our friends in the AskDS blog promised, and here it is: The KB article on how to configure DFSR file-type compression in Windows Server 2008 is live! On Windows Server 2003, there was a pre-defined list of file extensions that DFSR didn’t compress in the staging folder before replicating to other members in… Read more
An ‘under the hood’ change on Windows Server 2008 A previous blog post mentioned some of the more end-user visible new features in Windows Server 2008. There is another less visible design enhancement on Windows Server 2008. Let us explore this change and find out how it can be beneficial to Server 2008 based… Read more
The previous article in this series explained how to migrate replication of the SYSVOL share to the ‘REDIRECTED’ state. In this article, we examine how to complete migration of all domain controllers to the ‘ELIMINATED’ state. Before we begin … Remember that the migration process to the ‘ELIMINATED’ state cannot be reverted under any… Read more
The previous article in this series explained how to migrate replication of the SYSVOL share to the ‘PREPARED’ state. In this article, we examine how to migrate all domain controllers to the ‘REDIRECTED’ state. Before we begin … Before migrating to the ‘REDIRECTED’ state, a couple of precautions are advised. a) All domain controllers are… Read more
Hello, Everyone Ned Pyle just wrote a very interesting post on Customizing file compression in DFSR on Windows Server 2008. Here’s a quick excerpt: When you added a file to a DFSR content set and it was at least 64KB in size, the DFSR service placed a copy of the file in the Staging folder…. Read more
Have you ever felt your DFSR infrastructure wasn’t quite replicating up to your expectations, but didn’t know where to begin diagnosis? If this is the case, we recommend taking a look at this recent post by Ned Pyle, our resident DFSR expert: Top 10 Common Causes of Slow Replication with DFSR. It’s a great starting… Read more
In our first post in this series, we examined the SYSVOL migration process and understood how things work at a high level during the process of migration of the SYSVOL share from the FRS service to the DFS Replication service. Windows Server 2008 includes a command line tool called dfsrmig.exe which can be used by… Read more
The File Replication Service (FRS) is used for replicating the contents of the SYSVOL share between Windows domain controllers. However, Windows Server 2008 domain controllers, which are operating in the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level, can use the DFS Replication service for replicating the contents of the SYSVOL share. A new Windows Server 2008… Read more
In Windows Server 2008, the DFS Replication service can be used for replication of the SYSVOL share between domain controllers operating in the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level. The DFS Replication service supports replication of the contents of SYSVOL share between Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC) as well. This blog post explains how the… Read more
Mahesh Unnikrishnan is a Senior Program Manager in the File Server Technologies team within Microsoft’s Windows Server Division. He is part of the team that works on the DFS Replication service. … Read more