It seems that outside of the FRS / replication issues, using DFS would be a good way of virtualizing the storage location of the profiles. If you used a DFS root to designate your storage location and you needed to migrate/replace this location, you could update the DFS root without having to modify any user attributes. Basically make the management of the profile data a backroom thing.
Using FRS would make the whole setup somewhat ugly. Diane -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Patrick Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Moving Roaming profiles It is indeed NOT a good thing. I would not do this. FRS is not meant to replicate this type of dynamic data (profiles) you may experience data loss or perhaps FRS breakdowns (depending on size, number of files, and amount of change per file). Clarification on the data loss - this would not be due to FRS or 'corrupt' files, but rather the natural way FRS works - which is on a last writer wins basis. my .02 -steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malachi Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:16 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] Moving Roaming profiles > I want to move roaming profiles from our regular share into a DFS > folder. The setup is straightforward. Two DC's, DFS replicate to each > other, highly available roaming profiles. A sanity check that this is > indeed a good thing would be nice. > > I am also a bit concerned about DFS because the documentation is so > verbose (i.e. makes my brain hurt figuring it all out). Scenario: DC1 > and DC2 both are hosting DFS root \\testroot\root. They are hosting > their own corresponding file shares (say \\DC1\root and \\DC2\root). Am > I right in expecting that EITHER DC1 or DC2 can go offline, and > \\testroot\root will still be available? > > Lastly, moving the profiles looks like you have to muck with ownership > and permissions. I was able to brute-force move one this way (by > forcefully claiming ownership and subsequent permission of the entire > profile tree), but a more graceful method would be appreciated. > > Malachi > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
