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How to lock files across DFS servers

Bill Tkach 86 Reputation points
2020-09-29T19:10:28.09+00:00

We have servers replicated via DFS.

If someone is editing a file on one server, the second DFS server does not know this, and will let someone else open up that same file on the other end.

Is there a way to have the second DFS server know that a file is locked, and thereby pass that information to the other DFS server, so that it cannot be opened again, causing possible data loss?

Thanks,

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-30T05:44:21.877+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you so much for posting here.

    This is an unfortunate "missing" feature when it comes to DFS. This article would probably be an interesting read:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/askds/understanding-the-lack-of-distributed-file-locking-in-dfsr

    Hope the information is helpful. Thanks.

    Best regards,
    Hannah Xiong

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  1. Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points
    2020-09-29T19:22:44.367+00:00

    Hi @Bill Tkach ,

    Unfortunately there's no functionality within DFS to know whether the files are locked or not, so I'm afraid this isn't possible.

    You can however suggest feedback about this over here:
    https://windowsserver.uservoice.com/forums/295047-general-feedback

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    Best regards,
    Leon

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  2. Bill Tkach 86 Reputation points
    2020-09-30T21:42:44.953+00:00

    So DFS is dead, is what that says to me.
    Microsoft wants us to use another technology instead.

    Roger that.

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