Hamins Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hi Fizban,The current server has Windows 2003 R1. The new server will have Windows 2003 R2. Will DFS replication work between these 2 servers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) DFS is different in R2. It's more efficient in the way it works. You should update the current server to R2 before implementing DFS. Edited March 16, 2007 by nmX.Memnoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamins Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 We're not keen on updating to R2. Will DFS still work, with one server running R1 and the other running R2 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Looks like they can. Look at the DFS Namespaces Requirements table about 1/3 of the way down on this page.There's a bunch of information here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hamins, if you can, have the DFS root running from the R2 Machine, DFS in R2 is much more efficent then with SP1, as long as the DFS root is the R2 machine, it can work with teh 2003 SP1 machine, it would also future proof your DFS as you already would know it is compatible with R2 for when you upgrade your other machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamins Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thanks Memnoch/Fizban,I'll try out what you guyz've suggested. If I've got any furtehr queries, I'll get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamins Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'm trying to enable DFS replication from the DFS MMC, but I don't see any option to enable it. It should be in the Actions menu, but it's nowhere to be see. Any idea ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 If you've got R2 in your environment, you'll need to extend/upgrade the schema from your R2 box before things will begin working properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamins Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Hi Club,Right now, I'm just testing the entire setup, and both the servers have Windows 2003 Std. without R2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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