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DFS Replication Problem - 2 out of 3 groups replicating

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Sunday, October 26, 2014 10:19 PM

Hello,

I'm having a small problem with DFS replication. This is a home lab with 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 machines as the upstream/downstream servers. I have 3 replication groups. The replication works for 2 of them but fails on the third one. The share and NTFS permissions are identical on all 3 shares. The propagation tests are successfull on the 2 shares, but the third one shows as incomplete and the replication status shows "arrival pending".

I have tried the following commands:

a) Get-DfsrBacklog : No replicated folders were found on the member.

b)Get-DfsrState - returns empty

What other tools can I use to check where the problem is?

Thank you,

Wojciech

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 9:13 AM âś…Answered

Hi Wojciech,

You could check Event Log and create a Diagnostic Report to see if there is any error message.

Create a Diagnostic Report for DFS Replication
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754227.aspx

Please also refer to the thread below to troubleshoot the issue:

DFS File Replication stopped working
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/b4fb9f7d-14ba-463c-bcca-f8ac7fa952f5/dfs-file-replication-stopped-working?forum=winserver8gen

Best Regards,

Mandy 

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:01 PM

Hello,

I'm having a small problem with DFS replication. This is a home lab with 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 machines as the upstream/downstream servers. I have 3 replication groups. The replication works for 2 of them but fails on the third one. The share and NTFS permissions are identical on all 3 shares. The propagation tests are successfull on the 2 shares, but the third one shows as incomplete and the replication status shows "arrival pending".

I have tried the following commands:

a) Get-DfsrBacklog : No replicated folders were found on the member.

b)Get-DfsrState - returns empty

What other tools can I use to check where the problem is?

Thank you,

Wojciech

Are you running these commands from an elevated command prompt (run as Administrator)?  That's necessary with 2012.

Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:18 AM

Hello Mandy,

I followed the instructions from the thread that you pointed me to and this did solve the problem.

Thank you,

Wojciech