Vista as a DFSR member

[Ryan]

I found this article while trying to replicate folders from a 2003 R2
server to a local Vista workstation.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930516

Is it true that a Vista workstation cannot be a member of a DFSR
replication group? Is there any way to replicate from a server to a
workstation?

I am not looking for the "offline files" solution- this is a
workstation that is always online, but I would like to have a local
copy of the files for use on the local workstation.

Thanks for any help.

-Ryan

[Isaac Oben [MCITP:EA, MCSE]]

Hello Ryan,

The KB from Microsoft seems to be correct, I haven't seen anything that will
say otherwise,

Isaac

Post by Ryan
I found this article while trying to replicate folders from a 2003 R2
server to a local Vista workstation.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930516
Is it true that a Vista workstation cannot be a member of a DFSR
replication group? Is there any way to replicate from a server to a
workstation?
I am not looking for the "offline files" solution- this is a
workstation that is always online, but I would like to have a local
copy of the files for use on the local workstation.
Thanks for any help.
-Ryan

[Dave Warren]

Post by Isaac Oben [MCITP:EA, MCSE]
The KB from Microsoft seems to be correct, I haven't seen anything that will
say otherwise,

Vista does have the "DFS Replication" service, so you'd almost think
this would be possible, but I too haven't found any supporting
documentation anywhere.

[Ryan]

Thanks for the responses. It looks like Vistra DFSR is not going to
play with Server 2003 R2 DFSR. Bummer. It would have solved a few
problems for me and would have been a cool solution.

Oh, well. Maybe in Windows 7...

[Dave Warren]

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Post by Ryan
Thanks for the responses. It looks like Vistra DFSR is not going to
play with Server 2003 R2 DFSR. Bummer. It would have solved a few
problems for me and would have been a cool solution.

You and me both. I had dreams of turning DFS-R into a version of
offline files that actually worked, but alas.