Stop DFS replication and remove file from one source

Question

Hi,

two servers, both servers on the same domain. DFS is setup to replicate between both servers.

How do I stop the replication and delete the files from one of the servers, while keeping the data intact on the other server, without causing a mess and potentially making the shares unavailable or experiencing data loss? DFS can stay, just the replication needs to stop. I'm aware how to stop DFS:

1. Open the DFS Management console.
2. Expand the Replication.
3. Select your replication group(s).
4. Right-click on each member server and select Disable.

But this will still leave me with the data on both servers, won't it? I want to reclaim the space by deleting the data off of one of the servers because it's quite a lot and the space is needed elsewhere.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to DFS replication stop.

1. Open DFS Management -> Expand Namespaces -> \mydomain.local\DFS-Shares -> Click on the 'Documents; namespace folder
2. Under the 'Folder Targets' tab -> highlight the share -> Right-click -> Delete -> click 'Yes' on 'Confirm Remove Folder Target'
3. The second message pops up 'Confirm Remove Folder target; A folder target is associated with the replicated folder 'Documents'. What do you want to remove?' -> Select 'Remove the selected folder targets and delete any existing memberships in the replicated folder'

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