Hi ICT guy, just wanted to check when the migration is running should we be seeing the staging folder and staging areas folder copied to the new SYSVOL_DFSR folder as well as the domain / sysvol folders?
Hi J, depending on the size of the SYSVOL folder you are migrating and the amount of domain controllers in your domain the process can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. You are however correct you should see folders populate under the new SYSVOL_DFSR but this process might not start for a good time into the migration process while your DC’s are performing other migration tasks. Let me know if you get it sorted and or any errors I’m more thank happy to help.
Hi @@theictguy_co_uk I managed to kick off the step 1 prepared state, which has all gone well all DC are now consistent. But I'm still not seeing the staging folder which is present in the old SYSVOL folder in the SYSVOL_DFSR folder. Do you know whether all the folders in the old SYSVOL folder i.e. Staging/policy's/logon scripts etc should be replicated or should it only be the Policy's and logon scripts?
Hi, I would have to replicate to be 100%, but from memory, yes you should see all the folders from the old SYSVOL folder in the new SYSVOL_DFSR folder. Are the dc’s physical or virtual?
Hi @@theictguy_co_uk all Physical DC's. I'm not sure why it's not showing all the folders in the new SYSVOL_DFSR and the KB article which I'm following from Microsoft doesn't specify what folder should be found in the DFSR. Not sure whether to proceed to redirect state now and see how it goes, failing that I can roll back to 0
Do i need to run dcdiag on both servers, primary DC and secondary DC for this migrating exercise? I'm using both 2012R2. My primary DC is 100% passed health check but secondary DC has one warning, there are warning or error events with the last 24 hours - SYSVOL...
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Hi ICT guy, just wanted to check when the migration is running should we be seeing the staging folder and staging areas folder copied to the new SYSVOL_DFSR folder as well as the domain / sysvol folders?
Hi J, depending on the size of the SYSVOL folder you are migrating and the amount of domain controllers in your domain the process can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. You are however correct you should see folders populate under the new SYSVOL_DFSR but this process might not start for a good time into the migration process while your DC’s are performing other migration tasks. Let me know if you get it sorted and or any errors I’m more thank happy to help.
Hi J, did you get this all sorted in the end?
Hi @@theictguy_co_uk I managed to kick off the step 1 prepared state, which has all gone well all DC are now consistent. But I'm still not seeing the staging folder which is present in the old SYSVOL folder in the SYSVOL_DFSR folder. Do you know whether all the folders in the old SYSVOL folder i.e. Staging/policy's/logon scripts etc should be replicated or should it only be the Policy's and logon scripts?
Hi, I would have to replicate to be 100%, but from memory, yes you should see all the folders from the old SYSVOL folder in the new SYSVOL_DFSR folder. Are the dc’s physical or virtual?
Hi @@theictguy_co_uk all Physical DC's. I'm not sure why it's not showing all the folders in the new SYSVOL_DFSR and the KB article which I'm following from Microsoft doesn't specify what folder should be found in the DFSR. Not sure whether to proceed to redirect state now and see how it goes, failing that I can roll back to 0
Do i need to run dcdiag on both servers, primary DC and secondary DC for this migrating exercise? I'm using both 2012R2. My primary DC is 100% passed health check but secondary DC has one warning, there are warning or error events with the last 24 hours - SYSVOL...
Hey, sorry only just seen you’re comment. It’s best to run DCDIAG on all DCs. What is the error on the secondary?