Set the replication schedule

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To set the replication schedule

Open Distributed File System.
Click the domain DFS root or link for which you want to manage replication. On the Action menu, click Properties.
On the Replication tab, click Schedule. The replication schedule appears, with blue representing the times when replication is available, and white representing the times when replication is not available.
On the replication schedule, click to select an hour or drag to select a range of hours.
Enable or disable replication for the selected time period or periods as follows:
- To enable replication, click Replication Available.
- To disable replication, click Replication Not Available
Repeat the previous two steps as necessary, then click OK.

Caution

Do not create File Replication service (FRS) replica sets on a volume that is managed by Remote Storage. Otherwise you might severely impact system performance and possibly cause data loss within your media library.

FRS might need to periodically read every file in the replica set to send the file contents to another computer. This causes FRS to recall all files that Remote Storage has sent to secondary storage, which might take a long time (hours or days). If you use tape for your secondary storage, remember FRS recalls files in directory order rather than media order, so the excessive number of tape seeks performed by FRS will likely ruin the tapes and cause data loss.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group in Active Directory, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
To open DFS, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Distributed File System.
Automatic file replication through the File Replication service is only available with domain DFS.
Clicking on the name of a day of the week will select the entire day. Clicking directly underneath an hour label will select that hour every day. Clicking All will select the entire schedule.
This method allows you to set the schedule for all existing connections. To set the schedule for individual connections, on the Replication tab, click Customize, select the connection or connections for which you would like to change the schedule, and click Schedule.
Modifying the schedule for all existing connections will override any changes you have made to the schedule for individual connections.
To override the replication schedule for the initial synchronization of inbound connections and during file restoration operations, on the Replication tab, click Customize, click Priorities and then check the Override Schedule check box for the appropriate inbound connection.

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