Configuring Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)

Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) is a piece of DFS that enables automatic file replication between multiple servers. In our first recipe in this chapter, we added the roles and created a DFS Namespace, so we have access into files and folders that are sitting within our DFS environment. So far, though, it is all sitting on a single file server. Follow along to enable the "R" part of DFSR, Replication. We will set up DFSR between the two file servers in our environment, FILE-01 and FILE-02, and test it to make sure that data is being synchronized between the two.

Getting ready

We already have a DFS server online, FILE-01. It is hosting a DFS Namespace with a folder inside. A new file server, FILE-02, is online and joined to the domain. This recipe expects that you have already installed the necessary roles for using this server with DFS. The procedure for installing these roles is outlined in our previous recipe, Enabling...