reporting/diagnostics

Is there a good way to verify file replication between two servers?

I have several folders we'd like to replicate for disaster recovery
purposes to another site, and I would like to be able to verify that
everything is working properly.

Thanks,


Jon Johnston
Creative Business Solutions
http://www.cbsol.com

Does everyone just rely on the service and hope that their files are
being replicated, or what do you guys do to verify replication?

Thanks,

Jon J.

jjohnston wrote:
> Is there a good way to verify file replication between two servers?
>
> I have several folders we'd like to replicate for disaster recovery
> purposes to another site, and I would like to be able to verify that
> everything is working properly.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jon Johnston
> Creative Business Solutions
> http://www.cbsol.com

Hi, Jon

If the initial replication was done successfully, and if there's no backlog,
then your files were replicated correctly.

For initial replication, you can check the event log for the event 4104. A
separated event is thrown for each replicated folder. Open the Event Viewer
snap-in on the server, navigate to the DFSR event log, and then check the
4104 events for your replicated folders.

To check the backlog, you can run the DFSRDIAG command with the following
parameters:
DFSRDIAG Backlog /ReceivingMember:<name> /SendingMember:<name>
/RGName:<name> /RFName:<name>

"Please note that the 'rfname' is the 'Replicated Folder Name'. This may not
be the same as the file system name of the folder. It is specified at
replica setup time through dfsmgmt.msc. There is a default option in
dfsmgmt.msc where the file system name of the folder can be retained as the
'Replicated Folder Name'. For example if you are replicating E:\RF1, it is
possible to have a different replicated folder name for it, say 'Foo'."

Simply comparing both server's folders wouldn't do, since after the
replication files might have been changed in the Sending member and make the
comparison fail - even with replication completing successfully.

Hope it helps!
--Malu




"jjohnston" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Does everyone just rely on the service and hope that their files are being
> replicated, or what do you guys do to verify replication?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon J.
>
> jjohnston wrote:
>> Is there a good way to verify file replication between two servers?
>>
>> I have several folders we'd like to replicate for disaster recovery
>> purposes to another site, and I would like to be able to verify that
>> everything is working properly.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Jon Johnston
>> Creative Business Solutions
>> http://www.cbsol.com