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rsm27
Copper Contributor
Aug 13, 2023

AD Sysvol Staging / Staging area folders missing after migrated FRS to DFRS

We just migrate our SYSVOL Replication from frs to dfrs. After the migration, everything looks good (new files created in the scripts folder are syncing to all other DCs, GPO are replicating also fi...
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rsm27
Copper Contributor
Aug 14, 2023
Yeah..
I have no idea if I should worry about it or just relax 😕
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Alban1998
Iron Contributor
Jan 02, 2024
If it ain't broken, don't fix it. You are bound to have some strange bugs/behavior when migrating decades old components (DFSR-based replication for AD exists since 2008).
If repadmin/ADReplStatus/event logs/gpmc don't report issues, if you don't detect any incident regarding replication, then there's no need to worry.
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    Rimvydas-LT
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 03, 2024

    Hi,

    Problem is that at least I want to know - is it a bug or is it expected thing. Docs say nothing about that. And I'm nostly unhappy to see that staging is CONFIGURED when new domain installed from scratch or on newly introduced DCs, but when migration is done - its not on the old DCs:/ I fixed this by installing new DCs where staging was configured and by demoting old ones. But still, I want to see few rows in docs regarding this as I can reproduce this thing every time I do this thing.

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      Alban1998
      Iron Contributor
      Jan 03, 2024

      I would say it's specific to forests which have been migrated from FRS to DFSR maybe ? Some kind of leftovers due to such migration.

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        Rimvydas-LT
        Brass Contributor
        Jan 05, 2024

        Yes, this problem is shown when FRS is migrated to DFRS. This thing is reproducable 100%, so it would be very nice for MS to mention is it a bug or is it a feature by design. I'm not happy that nothing is mentioned in the docs regarding this:( There is only one thing mentioned - that staging folders will not be copied to the new location.

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