Can i delete dfsrprivate

I ended the replication and then completely removed that namespace and replicaton group For the Kdrive folder only and did a restore of that folder which was a chore. Our other 2 replication folders are working fine still. SO-- now onto the question. I want to resetup the namespace and replication group for the Kdrive folder, but before I do I want to be sure it is cleaned up.

We still have a DfsrPrivate folder showing in the KDrive folder on our good server, can I delete it and how should I do that? I plan to do a robocopy preseeding but have too long of paths on some files over characters I assume those should all be fixed prior to doing the robocopy? Do long file paths cause issues with DFSR?

I know I can't troubleshoot this now but any ideas why we had issues in the first place? Thanks in advance. Popular Topics in Windows Server. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need.

There may be a replication backlog so be patient, replication may take longer than usual. The database that keeps track of DFS-R changes is located in the corresponding replicated folder in a hidden file.

We will need to delete this folder from both the source and target servers. For this reason, you should keep a copy of the replication data from all replicating members. To begin, open the DFS management console and locate the replication group that is not working. Right click on it and select delete. After you have deleted replication group, open the folder on the authorative source server the authorative server is the one that contains the most update versions of all replicated files ,.

This is the folder that contains the journal database. In order to delete this folder, we must first stop the DFS-Replication service. Open the services management console services.

DO NOT delete the data files, we need those to seed the replication process. Now, for each replicating member non-authorative server , stop the DFS-Replication service, locate the replicating target folder and rename it to. Hi Can you stop all DFS services and ensure no replication is occuring and then see if you can take ownership of the folder?

Also, can you confirm that all you want to be able to do is delete this folder? OK all Services stopped on all server in the domain when i go to take ownership i get the following And yes all i want to do is delete, as I can not redo and restart the replication of that folder until I do. OK lol that took a while anyway done that and still cant get permission on that darn folder. Hi Have you checked the ownership on that folder?

What is it set to now? Is the owner the same as before? If yes, can you try another username.