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How to move the File Replication Service Staging
Folder
The File Replication Service (FRS) staging folder is a
temporary store for files that replicate to downstream partners of SYSVOL or
Dfs replica sets. Files in the FRS staging folder may consume disk space up
to the limit assigned in the Staging Space Limit in KB option [(REG_DWORD)
registry entry (Default = 660 MB)], or up to the amount of free disk
space on the hosting drive, whichever is less.
It may be necessary to relocate the FRS staging folder to a different
logical or physical drive for the following reasons:
- You have FRS issue with Event ID 13552, 13555 and
13559 because of the low space.
- Prevent the FRS staging folder from consuming all
available disk space on the hosting drive, which can potentially affect
the stability of other components including the base operating system.
- Locate the operating systems on different physical
drives to enhance component or operating system performance.
- Provide sufficient space to host the desired staging
space limit.
To modify the FrsStagingPath attribute using the Adsiedit.msc tool
that is included with the Windows 2003/NET Support tools:
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Start the Adsiedit
program. |
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Under Domain NC,
locate the NTFRS subscriber object under the host computer
account in Active Directory. The generic path for this attribute is: CN=Replica
Set Name, CN=NTFRS Subscriptions, CN=Computername, DC=Domain
Name,DC=COM
For example, to reset the staging path for the SYSVOL replica set of
domain controller \\DC1 in the A.com domain, the Distinguished Name (DN)
path for the FrsStagingPath attribute is:
CN=Domain System Volume (SYSVOL share), CN=NTFRS Subscriptions, CN=DC1,
DC=A,DC=COM
Where (when you read the DN path from right to left):
DC=A,DC=COM is the
domain hosting the computer account.
CN=DC1 is the host computer account in the domain nc (domain naming
context).
CN=Domain System Volume (SYSVOL share) is the FRS subscriber object.
CN=NTFRS Subscriptions is the NtfrsSubscriber object that holds
the FrsStagingPath attribute. |
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Open the properties
for the NTFRS subscriber object [in this example, it is Domain
System Volume (SYSVOL share)], by right-clicking the object, and then
clicking Properties. |
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Click
fRSStagingPath in the list of attributes and click the Edit
button. |
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Enter the path to the
new location for the FRS staging folder and click OK. |
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Click OK to
close the Properties window. |
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Update the staging
path in the registry:
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Start Registry
Editor (Regedt32.exe) on the server where you are changing the
staging path. |
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Locate the
following subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CCS\Services\NTFRS\Parameters\Replica
Sets |
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Locate the replica
set you are updating the staging area for. All replica sets are
displayed as a GUID. If you click a GUID, one of the values on the
right is Replica Set Name. After you locate the correct
replica set, change the value of Replica Set Stage to the new
staging area path. |
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13550, 13552 and 13555 - The File Replication Service errors
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