DFS-R: Replicated Folder and System Folder Overlap State

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.WorkingFolderOverlapsSystemFolderMonitor (UnitMonitor)

This object monitors whether any replicated folders overlap (share the same folders) with a system folder, and generates a Warning alert if any overlapping folders are found. Replicating the contents of System folders is unsupported, and replication will stop on any overlapping replicated folders.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object monitors whether any replicated folders overlap (share the same folders) with the %SYSTEMROOT%\system32 folder, and generates a Warning alert if any overlapping folders are found. It does so by looking for the presence of DFS Replication Event 6410. Overlapping folders are unsupported.

Causes

An unhealthy state of this monitor indicates that DFS Replication folders overlap with a system folder.

Resolutions

Reconfigure the overlapping folders

To resolve this issue, use the following procedure.

Note: To perform the following procedure, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain in which the replication group is configured, the creator of the replication group, or have been delegated permissions.

1. On the affected computer, examine DFS Replication Event 6410 in the System log of Event Viewer to determine the replicated folder which has been configured incorrectly.

2. Using DFS Management, make a note of the root path of the replicated folder and its staging folder.

3. Check to see whether any of the paths configured for the replicated folder overlaps with any system folders (such as the %WINDIR% folder).

5. Using DFS Management, re-configure the replicated folder so that none of its working folders overlap with system folders.

Verification

This monitor automatically resets to a healthy state when it detects that there are no longer overlapping folders.

Additional

DFS Replication Event 6410 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52896)
Edit the Quota Size of the Staging Folder and Conflict and Deleted Folder (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=186944)
Delegate the Ability to Manage DFS Replication (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165782)

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSR.ReplicatedFolder

Parent Monitor

System.Health.ConfigurationState

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

DFS-R: A Replicated Folder Overlaps with a System Folder

The DFS Replication service failed to initialize replicated folder {0} because the service detected that one of its working folders overlaps a Windows system folder. This is an unsupported configuration.
Additional Information:
Overlapped Folder: {1}
Replicated Folder: {2}
Replicated Folder Name: {3} Replicated Folder ID: {4}
Replication Group Name: {5} Replication Group ID: {6}
Member ID: {7}
System Folder:{8}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

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    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

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            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

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      </And>

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</UnitMonitor>