Does DFS Replication support replicating an entire volume?
Yes. However, you must first install the hotfix described in article 920335 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=76776). Additionally, replicating an entire volume can cause the following problems: • If the volume contains a Windows paging file, replication fails and logs DFSR event 4312 in the system event log. • DFS Replication sets the System and Hidden attributes on the replicated folder on the destination server(s). This occurs because Windows applies the System and Hidden attributes to the volume root folder by default. If the local path of the replicated folder on the destination server(s) is also a volume root, no further changes are made to the folder attributes. • When replicating a volume that contains the Windows system folder, DFS Replication recognizes the %WINDIR% folder and does not replicate it. However, DFS Replication does replicate folders used by non-Microsoft applications, which might cause the applications to fail on the destina
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