Cant delete DFS Replication PreExisting folder: Access Denied? We have about 60GB in our “PreExisting” folder that have been sitting there for a few years, it seems, since our DFS Replication was changed The data is old and we want to delete it to reclaim space Trouble is, I can’t seem to delete any of the files or folders I’ve taken ownership as a Domain Admin, changed security permissions to Full Control, but in explorer, when I hit delete
Cleaning up DFSR Folder - Spiceworks Community Have a look at Can't delete DFS Replication "PreExisting" folder: Access Denied? This is the generally acted way to kill things off if the DFS replication groups have been removed from the server Be sure that you want them deleted and there are no replications groups active!
DFS-R PreExisting Content - Spiceworks Community So I’m doing my DFS-R initial replication, ran a health report and got this warning: When I look in that folder, there are a few dozen files The warning says I should move the content back to the replicated folder I can manually move this data to wherever it should go, including putting it on the primary member However, all the files have been tagged with what looks like a hash tag or
FRS replication problem - unable to delete NtFrs_PreExisting___See . . . The “NtFrs_PreExisting___See_EventLog” folder indicates a problem with NTFRS replication The folder and files should not be deleted until you understand why they are there Your first port of call should be the FRSDiag utility which will diagnose any issues you are facing I would also check the event logs on that DC to confirm everything is in order paweltor1393 (pawtor) August 3, 2021
Recreate Default Domain Policy file - Spiceworks Community The DfsrPrivate\Preexisting folder is a hidden system folder that is located under the local path of the replicated folder Content in the DfsrPrivate\PreExisting folder will not be replicated to other members of the replication group, nor will the content be deleted by the DFS Replication service during any automatic clean-up
DFSR Private folder huge and doesnt match DFS management console. We have inherited this DFS situation and neither my coworker or I have ever used DFS other than for AD I am showing all of my user folders in DFSR\\private folder We had a comm failure at one of the locations then we saw this I don’t see these folders or their location listed in the DFS management console, but I do show them in DFSR Private with TreeSize Is it safe to delete these
DFSR Windows Server 2012 - Software - Spiceworks Community The DfsrPrivate\Preexisting folder is a hidden system folder that is located under the local path of the replicated folder Content in the DfsrPrivate\PreExisting folder will not be replicated to other members of the replication group, nor will the content be deleted by the DFS Replication service during any automatic clean-up
DFSR not clearing down folders - Spiceworks Community The DfsrPrivate\Preexisting folder is a hidden system folder that is located under the local path of the replicated folder Content in the DfsrPrivate\PreExisting folder will not be replicated to other members of the replication group, nor will the content be deleted by the DFS Replication service during any automatic clean-up