How do I tell if Pre-Staging is working during initial replication Elijah Taylor <pitpawten[ at ]gmail.com> 10/13/2008 7:41:50 PM I am pre-staging a new DFS target (DFS-T2) before adding it to the replication. I do this by copying the files from the already existing DFS target (DFS-T1) using 'xcoyp /o' (in order to speed up initial replication, and save on network bandwidth) Once replication is enabled for DFS-T2, everything in the folder is moved to the 'NtFrs_PreExisting___See_EventLog' folder, and then slowly shows up back in the actual target folder. Once initial replication is complete, all the files are now in DFS-T2, but they are also still in the 'preexisting' folder. 1. Should the files even get moved to the 'preexisting' folder if I have correctly pre-staged the new link? 2. How can I easily tell if the files are being copied from the preexisting folder as opposed to getting copied from DFS-T1 (via the network) during initial replication? (without trying to monitor networ traffic) Thanks. -- Elijah Taylor

Re: How do I tell if Pre-Staging is working during initial replication "Anthony [MVP]" <anthony[ at ]no-reply.com> 10/15/2008 7:44:48 PM Is this FRS replication or DFS Replication with R2? To pre-stage with FRS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679 Anthony, http://www.airdesk.co.uk "Elijah Taylor" <pitpawten[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:O7bu9uWLJHA.1308[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > I am pre-staging a new DFS target (DFS-T2) before adding it to the > replication. I do this by copying the files from the already existing DFS > target (DFS-T1) using 'xcoyp /o' (in order to speed up initial > replication, and save on network bandwidth) > > Once replication is enabled for DFS-T2, everything in the folder is moved > to the 'NtFrs_PreExisting___See_EventLog' folder, and then slowly shows up > back in the actual target folder. > > Once initial replication is complete, all the files are now in DFS-T2, but > they are also still in the 'preexisting' folder. > > 1. Should the files even get moved to the 'preexisting' folder if I have > correctly pre-staged the new link? > > 2. How can I easily tell if the files are being copied from the > preexisting folder as opposed to getting copied from DFS-T1 (via the > network) during initial replication? (without trying to monitor networ > traffic) > > Thanks. > > -- > Elijah Taylor

Re: How do I tell if Pre-Staging is working during initial replication Elijah Taylor <pitpawten[ at ]gemale.com> 10/15/2008 10:58:25 PM Anthony [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is this FRS replication or DFS Replication with R2? > To pre-stage with FRS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679 > Anthony, > http://www.airdesk.co.uk *snip* Anthony, This is indeed FRS replication on a Windows 2K Server, thanks for the link. I briefly looked at it, and it looks like the real benefits of pre-staging are for the 3rd and subsequent targets that get added to a link as FRS will still be the mechanism for transferring the files initial replication of the 2nd link. Am I reading that correctly? Thanks again. -- Elijah Taylor

Re: How do I tell if Pre-Staging is working during initial replication "Anthony [MVP]" <anthony[ at ]no-reply.com> 10/16/2008 9:40:49 AM Elijah, yes, you have to have a replica in order to pre-stage it on another server. You need to use a backup process to obtain the copy, Anthony, http://www.airdesk.co.uk "Elijah Taylor" <pitpawten[ at ]gemale.com> wrote in message news:#HKxLmxLJHA.2164[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Anthony [MVP] wrote: >> Is this FRS replication or DFS Replication with R2? >> To pre-stage with FRS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679 >> Anthony, >> http://www.airdesk.co.uk > > *snip* > > Anthony, > > This is indeed FRS replication on a Windows 2K Server, thanks for the > link. > > I briefly looked at it, and it looks like the real benefits of pre-staging > are for the 3rd and subsequent targets that get added to a link as FRS > will still be the mechanism for transferring the files initial replication > of the 2nd link. Am I reading that correctly? > > Thanks again. > > -- > Elijah Taylor

Re: How do I tell if Pre-Staging is working during initial replica Ian Miller 12/12/2008 3:26:00 PM I have attempted the following technique for pre-staging data without success. I have a portable server (a VM actually) set up as a replication partner with two primary servers in different locations. I suspend the connection between the two primary servers, enable the connection between Primary A and the portable, add the data and let the replication settle out. Then I move the portable server to the second site and enable replication between Primary B and the portable and let that replication settle out. Finally, I reenable replication between Primary A and Primary B, hoping that it will settle out without recopying all the data. Yet, all the data gets copied anyway or at least the network traffic generate is sufficient to copy all the data. Can you spot why it isn't working? "Anthony [MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Elijah, yes, you have to have a replica in order to pre-stage it on another > server. You need to use a backup process to obtain the copy, > Anthony, > http://www.airdesk.co.uk > > > > "Elijah Taylor" <pitpawten[ at ]gemale.com> wrote in message > news:#HKxLmxLJHA.2164[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Anthony [MVP] wrote: > >> Is this FRS replication or DFS Replication with R2? > >> To pre-stage with FRS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679 > >> Anthony, > >> http://www.airdesk.co.uk > > > > *snip* > > > > Anthony, > > > > This is indeed FRS replication on a Windows 2K Server, thanks for the > > link. > > > > I briefly looked at it, and it looks like the real benefits of pre-staging > > are for the 3rd and subsequent targets that get added to a link as FRS > > will still be the mechanism for transferring the files initial replication > > of the 2nd link. Am I reading that correctly? > > > > Thanks again. > > > > -- > > Elijah Taylor > >