DFS Replication stops replicating on folder for several hours


my dfsr appears disable daily @ various times @ least hour or two.  i have 2 windows storage server 2008 r2 running , on “main” server see following informational message in event viewer under application:

7/27/2012 7:01:28 - dfsrs (864) \\.\e:\system volume information\dfsr\database_b8a2_1de8_a21d_ac3e\dfsr.db: database engine stopped instance (0).

7/27/2012 7:01:28 - dfsrs (864) \\.\e:\system volume information\dfsr\database_b8a2_1de8_a21d_ac3e\dfsr.db: database engine (6.01.7601.0000) started new instance (0).

7/27/2012 7:01:29 - dfsrs (864) \\.\e:\system volume information\dfsr\database_b8a2_1de8_a21d_ac3e\dfsr.db: database engine stopped instance (0).

when occurs, (sometimes) under dfs replication see these messages:

7/27/2012 7:01:26 - dfs replication service detected replicated folder @ local path e:\accounting has been removed configuration.

7/27/2012 7:01:28 - dfs replication service has detected replicated folders on volume e: have been disabled or deleted.

 

once occurs, dfs replication doesn’t occur on server , see these messages when try check backlog.

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 [error] failed execute getoutboundbacklogfilecount method. err: -2147217406 (0x80041002)

operation failed


[error] cannot find dfsrreplicatedfolderconfig object. possible reasons:
+ replicated folder not configured on member
+ access denied configuration information
[error] replicated folder not found. err: -2147217406 (0x80041002)

operation failed

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occurs on 1 drive (e).  i have drive f works fine (it never been removed replication).  you noticed above said folder removed configuration, that’s not case.  sometimes message database engine stopped instance (1) , in dfs replication event viewer see dfs stopped, doesn’t mention folders on e , when starts up, it’s replicating folders on f.

starting/stopping dfs, polling ad, etc doesn’t seem

at 12:56 pm, 6 hours later started working again , message logged:

7/27/2012 12:56:38 pm - dfsrs (4988) \\.\e:\system volume information\dfsr\database_b8a2_1de8_a21d_ac3e\dfsr.db: database engine (6.01.7601.0000) started new instance (1).

these new instance of dfs retired our 2003 servers , installed 2008 version.  not sure if new behavior in 2008 affecting business.  i have updated both servers latest version according this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968429

this appears happen on both servers @ different random times, @ night second server during production hours first server.

server 1:

7/27/2012 7:01:28 am

7/26/2010 10:11:16

7/25/2012 6:31:12 am

7/24/2012 6:11:04 am

7/23/2012 8:31:23 am

server 2:

7/27/2012 2:55:45 am

7/26/2012 1:50:44 am

7/25/2012 3:00:14 am

7/24/2012 1:50:22 am

7/23/2012 4:01:34 am

i cannot have replication down 5 hours during production hours.  any suggestions?

hello, 

for "[error] failed execute getoutboundbacklogfilecount method. err: -2147217406 (0x80041002) operation failed" have solution given nedpyle.so, please below steps resolve issue.

ok, try hammer , anvil approach:
in cmd prompt:
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
/f %s in ('dir /b *.dll') regsvr32 /s %s
/f %s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') mofcomp %s

still need more details, same info can find in http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2007/10/05/top-10-common-causes-of-slow-replication-with-dfsr.aspx?pageindex=15


regards, ravikumar p




Windows Server  >  File Services and Storage



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