Hello,

I know this should be simple as I have done it several times - just never on Server 2012.  I need to re-create the DFSR DB (it is corrupt).

When I attempt the command ' E:\System Volume Information>rmdir DFSR /s ' I get several errors like the one below.  I usually don't see character/path complaints from a cmd promt.  It is elevated too.

The path DFSR\Private\{F9037B4B-5D15-4797-9E30-48EFEB34D787}-{58600AAF-A276-48C3
-B148-2297AABEA84C}\Staging\ContentSet{F9037B4B-5D15-4797-9E30-48EFEB34D787}-{58
600AAF-A276-48C3-B148-2297AABEA84C}\99\299-{34668DCB-CC9D-4980-9032-AE465FBCBAEF
}-v299-{34668DCB-CC9D-4980-9032-AE465FBCBAEF}-v299-Downloaded.frx is too long.

If I attempt from the GUI, nothing happens.  I did give myself FC permissions to the SysVol folder.  I even tried drilling a few folders down using the GUI and same thing, nothing happens.

Thank you!

Hi,

Since the command reports filenames being too long, you need to delete files manually using a filemanager that is able to delete file paths longer than 255 chars.

For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below:

Kickstarting Toublesome DFS Replication Groups
https://ourrick.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/kickstarting-toublesome-dfs-replication-groups/

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Best Regards,

Mandy