Bill H
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DFS Issue - TMP Files
Hey guys,
We have are migrating from SBS2011 to (2) 2012 R2 servers with DFS for file sharing.
To replicate the files, we added all 3 members (2011, R2-FS, R2-FS2) and they are replicating the files as needed. I mapped the new DFS drives on a users folder today to test, and had them edit the file. When they edited the Excel file on the SBS2011 and saved it, on the DFS share,the file name went away and i just saw a random TMP file.
What is causing this?
We have are migrating from SBS2011 to (2) 2012 R2 servers with DFS for file sharing.
To replicate the files, we added all 3 members (2011, R2-FS, R2-FS2) and they are replicating the files as needed. I mapped the new DFS drives on a users folder today to test, and had them edit the file. When they edited the Excel file on the SBS2011 and saved it, on the DFS share,the file name went away and i just saw a random TMP file.
What is causing this?
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No. DFS replicates lazily.
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So why would anyone want to use it then as a solution for sharing files?
Cliff is correct, at least in my experience.
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What do you propose is a better solution for redundancy in house?
If you want HA, a file server cluster is still the way to go.
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In the 3 servers i have:
Say i have a share \\SBS\TEMP
\\FS1\TEMP
the DFS name is company.local\TEMP
If i UNC directly into FS1\TEMP and dump a file in, would that still replicate to the DFS space and his SBS? Just trying to think of a workaround right now.
Say i have a share \\SBS\TEMP
\\FS1\TEMP
the DFS name is company.local\TEMP
If i UNC directly into FS1\TEMP and dump a file in, would that still replicate to the DFS space and his SBS? Just trying to think of a workaround right now.
DFS-N and DFS-R are completely different technologies and there are zero dependencies between the two. You can set up DFS-R between two non-DFS-N shares and yes, they'll replicate. But again with no file locks across shares, you *will* get conflicts, which stall out replication altogether and require administrator intervention.
It'd be a pretty poor workaround.
It'd be a pretty poor workaround.
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