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DFS replication in Windows 2003 R1

Hi,

Is it possible to Replicate data in Windows 2003 R1 (ie, the old version of DFS)?

When I say replication, I mean mirror the data between 2 servers. I have setup a "root" and a link between 2 servers, I'd like the actual data to be replicated between the 2 servers.

I've seen many guides online regarding dfs replication on Windows 2003 R2, I can't seem to find anything relating to the original version of DFS.

thanks,

dipak_in_2k

Yes you can use DFS Namespace of Windos 2k3 R2.

DFS Namespaces. Technology that helps administrators group shared folders located on different servers and present them to users as a virtual tree of folders known as a namespace. DFS Namespaces was formerly known as Distributed File System in Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003.

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mrwolf

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Hi,

I have created Root, with 1 link and inside the link I have 2 targets, one for each server. When I created the second target it didn't give the option Add this target to the replication set (it was greyed out).

mrwolf

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ahh I see, the servers need to be part of a domain

kevinhsieh

DFS namespace is available, but that isn't the same as DFS Replication, which is only available in Windows 2003 R2 and later. Windows 2003 only has the File Replication Service, which is not reliable and is not a good alternative to DFS-R.