DFSR one folder won't replicate

Question

Hi everybody,

We recently added a new sub-folder within our DFS infrastructure. The thing is, this new folder is quite a huge one, +- 150GB for almost 200.000 files.
I added the folder directly on one of the DFS members and was thinking that DFSR will automatically replicate the datas on the other member.
But it has been several days and absolutely nothing has appeared and I can't find why.

I tried the command Get-DfsrState but it shows nothing, same for the logs where I can't find any errors. The DFS health report shows nothing wrong too.

I created the subfolder (with nothing inside) on the other member to see if it will trigger anything, but not at all.
BUT, when I create a file on this member, it is replicated as expected. If I resume, the replication seems to be working only 1 way.
A -> B : NOK ;
B -> A : OK.

I've search on several forums and so on but I've found nothing that's been working for me.

We really need to fix this problem so I hope I will find anything that helps here !

Thanks.

Answer 1

Start by checking the DFS Replication event log for any warnings / errors.

See the article below for a problem similar to yours:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a394853e-028d-4e40-9046-f52696048be2/dfsr-wont-replicate-a-specific-folder?forum=winserverfiles

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Answer 2

Hello,

Is the replication topology meshed or one-way?

Miguel Fra
https://www.falconitservices.com