Category Archives: SYSVOL

Why DFSR disk not showing correct free space

If you notice DFS share disk available free space across the DFSR target servers is not same, why replication partners showing different free space with same data and disk size, What does these numbers actually represent and some of the users get out of disk space message when copying data even there is no quota… Read More »

Force DFS Replication/Force DFSR Members to Replicate on windows server 2008 and 2012

Force sysvol replication on windows server 2008/2012, FRS has been replaced by DFSR Replication engine for replicating the SYSVOL folders from Windows Server 2008 & wundows server 2012 and file replication performance has been improved with many new features, Microsoft manage to fix most of the bottlenecks, improved command line support, Content Freshness, handling unexpected… Read More »

Sysvol Replication change in Windows 2008

Group Policy replication change Before I start the SYSVOL replication changes in windows server 2008, I would like to explain how the GPO has been replicated in windows server 2003 and earlier versions Also Read:  force sysvol replication on Windows 2008 and windows server 2012 Understanding SYSVOL/GPO replication Group policy template (GPT) and group policy… Read More »

SYSVOL Folder Structure and location

SYSVOL Folder location and Structure: About each folder under the SYSVOL share in Domain Controller SYSVOL folder used to store a copy of the domain’s public files like system policies, Group Policy settings, and login/logoff scripts, which are replicated to all other domain controllers in the Active Directory domain through File Replication Services (FRS), You… Read More »

Force sysvol replication

Your can restart the FRS service to force FRS replication in an active directory To restart the FRS service, launch services.msc from the Run option on the Start Menu And restart the FRS service and you will get the Event ID 13516 on FRS event log this will ensure the FRS status is fine Learn… Read More »