Complex replication situation - how to solve?

hi!

we have following situation:

server a: windows 2003 server
server b: windows 2008 r2
server c: windows 2008 r2
domain functional level: 2008 r2
forest functional level: windows 2003
dfs namespaces & replication.

we want replicate following:

replicate complete folder f:\data\ "server a" "server b" folder @ s:\data\. works fine.
want select individual folders server or b replicate server c. so:

replicate folder f:\data\management\reports\ "server a" or s:\data\management\reports\ "server b" t:\management\ on "server c".

how can correctly?

i've tried add new replication via namespaces or replication in dfs everytie try i'm getting error: "the path entered (f:\data\management\reports\) conflicts replicated folder path (f:\data\) replication group (replication_group_name)"

i same error when try replicate via namespaces or create total seperate replication group. type doesn't matter (multipurpose, data collection) nor different topology work.

so starts like i need use robocopy.exe copy whole folder server b and replicate individual folders server c. don't want use because want copy/replications kept centrally in 1 management environment. colleagues don't have everywhere on how data being copied. (and robocopy doesnt prevent conflicting files etc.).

regards,

dennis de vries

hi dennis,

as said cannot replicate subfolders in replication group location.

how recreate replication groups workaround: remove current replication group (server b), recreate group1 - s:\data\<all folders exclude specific subfolder>, replicate server b. group2 - s:\data\management\reports server b , server c.

if there many subfolders in data folder, may take time finish job. if acceptable, how move reports folder out of data folder, can create group 1 replicate data folder directly.

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