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DFS-R - Delete members/groups then re-add them
Good afternoon, I was using DFS-R to replicate a volume between two SANs. Last Friday, both of the SANs had three Hard Drives fail, breaking the Array and making the array unrecoverable. I received new hard drives and restored one array, and am about to restore the other.
How do I go about setting up the replication again?
Can I delete the members and groups and then re-add them?
How do I go about setting up the replication again?
Can I delete the members and groups and then re-add them?
Todd Gerbert
The servers and folders aren't still setup in DFS Management?
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I restored all of the data to Array1's volume. I just brought up Array2, so it is empty right now. I just checked DFS Management and the Members and Groups are still there, just disabled. Actually, this is setup for a namespace, but we were not using the namespace.
Is it possible to just blow this away and start fresh?
Is it possible to just blow this away and start fresh?
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I was trying to research this and found this guy's article, so I got a little worried:
http://www.kendalvandyke.com/2009/07/things-you-need-to-know-if-you-use-dfs.html
http://www.kendalvandyke.com/2009/07/things-you-need-to-know-if-you-use-dfs.html
Yes, some caution is warranted - and you should always make sure you have a good backup. But, since your members are "Disabled," not deleted, you should be able to re-enable them (http://support.microsoft.c
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Both answers have good info regarding this situation. I did end up starting fromn scratch with Array1 DFS-R to Array2, with no preseeding. Took a week for the initial replication to finish, but it did fine.