How to force DFSR SYSVOL replication?
Until Windows 2008 I knew how to force SYSVOL replication and it wasn’t very easy. We all know the problems that we have forcing FRS replication. DFSR is welcomed and it’s a shame it wasn’t used also in Windows 2003 for SYSVOL.
Recently I had to force a SYSVOL replication between two Windows 2008 R2 DCs and I’ve found a nice way to accomplish that. Before of that I need to mention that the SYSVOL replication is triggered by the AD replication as defined in Sites and Services. So the SYSVOL folder will replicate at the same interval with the rest of AD data. By forcing replication with REPADMIN we also force SYSVOL replication.
But how to do it only for SYSVOL? By using DFSRDIAG:
The previous command will sync the local replica with the one located on the DC named SERVER1 and it will keep that sync up for one minute (this means that everything that will be changed in that time interval will be replicated; so all that will appear in the backlog).
HTH,
Andrei.