FRS migration to DFSR, SYSVOL not deleted

Romar 106

Hello,

I migrated 8 Windows Server (2012 R2 and 2016) from FRS to DFSR. A root domain has 4 servers and a child domain 4 servers.
On 6 servers I see Sysvol_DFSR only and 2 servers have Sysvol and Sysvol_DFSR. The two servers are in the child domain. On all 8 servers the File Replication Service is disabled and replication is working fine.

My question is if the Sysvol folder can be deleted manually, there are only a few empty Policy folders inside.

Regards
Romar

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Thameur-BOURBITA 33,006 Reputation points

2023-01-14T22:24:37.28+00:00

Hi,

After sysvol migration from FRS to DFS , the old sysvol folder should be removed in the end of migration:

If the replication working fine using the new sysvol , that means that sysvol replication has been switched to the new folder successfully.

Now you should check if last step of sysvol migration was completed correctlty , you should run the following command to confirm the end of migration : ``dfsrmig /Getglobalstate`. Once the migration is completed the old sysvol folder should be deleted.

If it not deleted , check the sysvol share is pointed on new sysvol folder using the command net share before delete it manually.

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Romar 106 Reputation points

2023-01-14T22:27:56.21+00:00

Thank you for your reply.

The Globalstate says "Eliminated".

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Romar

Thameur-BOURBITA 33,006 Reputation points

2023-01-14T22:39:27.0333333+00:00

Good. In this case , you can remove the old sysvol folder manually without any impact on sysvol replication.

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Anonymous

2023-01-14T18:56:22.8566667+00:00

The underlying folder on the DCs that were migrated (FRS to DFSR) will be Sysvol_DFSR but the share name for all is Sysvol the folder name and share name for new DCs will be Sysvol when migration is completed the original SYSVOL folder is removed from the DC. If it's still there I'd make sure the migration completed without errors. (check DFSR Replication event logs) and check Dfsrmig /getmigrationstate (especially on the suspect ones)

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Anonymous

2023-01-14T22:00:16.43+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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Romar 106 Reputation points

2023-01-14T22:26:57.8866667+00:00

Thank you for your reply.

When I execute Dfsrmig /getmigrationstate I get the result in the screen shot below.

And here you see the Syvol and Sysvol_DFRS folders.

The Sysvol share in \dcname is pointing to the Sysvol_DFRS folder.

Are there other any other checks I could try?

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Romar

Anonymous

2023-01-14T22:30:22.18+00:00

Sounds good, might also check the DFS Replication event logs are clear, also check that dcdiag reports no errors before cleaning anything up.

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Anonymous

2023-01-14T22:42:07.5066667+00:00

If all is found clean, then should be no problems.

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Anonymous

2023-01-15T13:39:53.44+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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Romar 106 Reputation points

2023-01-15T20:28:29.4266667+00:00

If deleting the Sysvol folder causes any issues. Can I just restore it from the recycle bin?

Anonymous

2023-01-15T20:31:55.87+00:00

Probably you could. Or another option (if problems) might be to demote, reboot, promo it again. Or absolute worst-case you could demote, remove from network and stand up a new one for replacement.

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Anonymous

2023-01-17T15:15:11.72+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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2023-01-19T14:36:28.0966667+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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