I have a replicated DFS share with two targets, both on Server 2003 Enterprise. Target A is low on space. I want to move the share on target A to a new volume on the same server but do not want to force replication of 250+ GB again. What is the proper steps for copying the data to another share on the same server and DFS changes? Do I need to worry about timestamps? Any guidance on this subject is greatly appreciated.

Hi mrakes-td,DFS provides the support of replicating entire volume and i would recommend you perform the replication. AFAIK you can use DFSCMD to backup the DFS volume , is this what you are looking ?DFSCMD /VIEW \\DFSNAME\DFSSHARE /BATCH >> "<var>path\file name.bat</var>"

I don't believe that is what I am looking for. I had read some posts online that I could XXCopy the data to a new volume, then unshare the orginal target. Then, share the new target with the same name. Basically I want to copy all contents of target A to a new volume on the same server, point DFS to it, without causing DFS to replicate an entire 250GB on the server or to Target B on another LAN. I am not sure if this is the right way to go about it and don't know how the timestamps affect things.

Hi mrakes-td,If you want to move the data from a shared folder1 to shared folder2 on the same server, you can first disable the replicated member, and then disable the folder sharing of shared folder1, and then copy all the content from folder1 to folder2, afterwards you may share out folder2. Finally, you can then re-enable the replicated member in DFS management console. This should not trigger the DFS replication.Thanks.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.