PeeluckyDuckee
Diamond Member
Here's what I did....
On the 1st server, I have 4 shares. One's called DFSROOT (hosts for the DFS ROOT), Apps, Games, and Docs. In each of the Apps, Docs, and Games I've created a miscellaneous text file.
Now I go and create a domain-based DFS, using DFSROOT as the root. None of the Apps, Games, and Docs shares are subdirectories of DFSROOT.
Now in the DFS I create 3 links, each of the links to MY 3 shares.
On the 2nd server, I also create 3 shares, named Apps2, Games2, and Docs2.
Now going back to the 1st server, for each DFS link (Apps, Games, Docs) I create a new replica, linking to their directory counterparts on the 2nd server.
So far, is that correct? When there's more than 1 link created, DFS will prompt me to configure replication, which I did enable and set the one on the 1st server as the primary.
So that's done. So then I wait half an hour, nothing replicates onto the 2nd server. Thinking its a group policy thing, I go into the group policy setting and reduce the time between policy replication to 1 minute. Still, nodda 🙁
So what exactly am I doing wrong that the information on the 1st server can't get to the shares on the 2nd server? I'm really confused. Something seemingly this simple can be so hard to get right, aargh, I'm a bit frustrated with this whole DFS thing.
If possible, please provide me with ALL the steps on how to setup and configure DFS on two computers.
Thx.
Plucky
On the 1st server, I have 4 shares. One's called DFSROOT (hosts for the DFS ROOT), Apps, Games, and Docs. In each of the Apps, Docs, and Games I've created a miscellaneous text file.
Now I go and create a domain-based DFS, using DFSROOT as the root. None of the Apps, Games, and Docs shares are subdirectories of DFSROOT.
Now in the DFS I create 3 links, each of the links to MY 3 shares.
On the 2nd server, I also create 3 shares, named Apps2, Games2, and Docs2.
Now going back to the 1st server, for each DFS link (Apps, Games, Docs) I create a new replica, linking to their directory counterparts on the 2nd server.
So far, is that correct? When there's more than 1 link created, DFS will prompt me to configure replication, which I did enable and set the one on the 1st server as the primary.
So that's done. So then I wait half an hour, nothing replicates onto the 2nd server. Thinking its a group policy thing, I go into the group policy setting and reduce the time between policy replication to 1 minute. Still, nodda 🙁
So what exactly am I doing wrong that the information on the 1st server can't get to the shares on the 2nd server? I'm really confused. Something seemingly this simple can be so hard to get right, aargh, I'm a bit frustrated with this whole DFS thing.
If possible, please provide me with ALL the steps on how to setup and configure DFS on two computers.
Thx.
Plucky
