What happens if the primary member suffers a database loss during initial replication?
During initial replication, the primary member’s files will always take precedence in the conflict resolution that occurs if the receiving members have different versions of files on the primary member. The primary member designation is stored in Active Directory Domain Services, and the designation is cleared after the primary member is ready to replicate, but before all members of the replication group replicate. If the initial replication fails or the DFS Replication service restarts during the replication, the primary member sees the primary member designation in the local DFS Replication database and retries the initial replication. If the primary member’s DFS Replication database is lost after clearing the primary designation in Active Directory Domain Services, but before all members of the replication group complete the initial replication, all members of the replication group fail to replicate the folder because no server is designated as the primary member. If this happens, u
