February 2009
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 56m
English
Content preview from Windows® Group Policy Administrators Pocket ConsultantBecome an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
Start your free trial
Maintaining the SYSVOL
Because Active Directory replicates the SYSVOL for you, you really don’t need to manage the SYSVOL on a daily basis. That said, you may occasionally need to perform maintenance tasks as your network changes. This section discusses the key maintenance tasks you might need to perform.
Managing SYSVOL Storage
The location of the SYSVOL folder and subfolders is configurable. When domain controllers use FRS replication, the default location for the SYSVOL root is %System-Root%\Sysvol. When domain controllers use DFS Replication, the default location for the SYSVOL root is %SystemRoot%\Sysvol_dfsr.
Within the SYSVOL, you’ll find a domain subfolder. For a SYSVOL replicated with FRS, this folder is located at %SystemRoot%\Sysvol\domain. ...