Hi Masters,

I have TWO servers, server1 (2008 R2) and server2 (2012 R2),

On server1 I have (D:\Projects, E:\Projects and F:\Projects). I have only one drive on server2

I have created multiple DFSR replication groups and added one folder per group

Currently I am replicating all drives with DFSR from server1 (D:\Projects, E:\Projects and F:\Projects) to server 2 under single drive with multiple replication groups with different folder names (E:\D-Projects, E:\E-Projects and E:\F-Projects)

I am getting below error on DFSR replication while checking backlog from server2 to server1
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C:\Windows\system32>dfsrdiag backlog /rgname:RG1 /rfname:Projects /smem:server2 /rmem:server1
[WARNING] Found 2 <DfsrReplicatedFolderConfig> objects with same ReplicationGroupGuid=724A1B84-0C17-4B98-992F-D33D16801909 and ReplicatedFolderName=projects; using first object.

No Backlog - member <server1> is in sync with partner <server2>

Operation Succeeded
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I am not sure what this error means and how to resolve it

Not sure how to deal with this situation, Any help is highly appreciated please

Thank You

Hi,

At first I think it is the "/rfname:projects" which causes the issue as all of your 3 replication groups have the same rfname.

I tried to build 2 replication groups on 2 servers with similar structure as yours (c:\test1 c:\test2 on serverA, and C:\test1, D:\test1 on ServerB). However I cannot reproduce the same error as yours. It will just work when I run:

dfsrdiag backlog /rgname:RG1 /rfname:test1 /smem:server2 /rmem:server1

dfsrdiag backlog /rgname:RG2 /rfname:test1 /smem:server2 /rmem:server1

Yes, you are right

The issue is not because of same rfname

If I ignore this error (Because I seen that folder is replicating back and forth), will it impact any thing?

I have checked that below post have fix but the location mentioned is not correct

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/f15156a8-afc6-4eaf-8ffa-070989c947fa/replication-slow-or-not-working-with-warnings-about-multiple-objects?forum=winserverfiles

In above post, you have provided the below fix:

1) On DFSR server that has the errors from the output run DFSRDiag POLLAD
2)Stop the DFS Replication service
3) Go to the drive that holds the replica_ files for the RG such as F:\System Volume Information\DFSR\Config and rename the replica_*.xml files to replica_*.old
4) Go to the C:\System Volume Information\DFSR\Config and rename the Volume_*.xml files to replica_*.old
5) Start the DFS Replication service

Check in the replica_ drive (i.e.- F:\System Volume Information\DFSR\Config) and C:\System Volume Information\DFSR\Config for the new xml files, and in the registy at HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DFRS\Access Checks\Replication Groups for the values pertaining to the RG as well as HKLM\System\Current Control Set\Services\DFRS\Parameters\Replication Groups

Re-run the DFSRDiag commands to verify the fix

In my case Volume_.xml is residing on same drive as replica_.xml

Its not on C:\System Volume information\DFSR

Also I have multiple Replica_.xml files on same drive (E) because I have created multiple replication groups pointing to different folders in same drive (E), hence I am not sure if I follow above process, will it resolve my issue or it will impact anything else as Volume_.xml contains references for other replicated folders as well.

Any Help Please

Now the error is coming for multiple drives