Hello all and thanks in advance for any info you may provide.
I am using DFSR for first time and I face an issue with the replicated data and the source data. I want to clarify that I am using DFSR only to migrate data to a new file server and after the replication is completed I will decommission the olf File Server.
My problem is that when I go to check the source and the destination data, they don't have the same size (which is expected, as I thought that some files, if they are opened or in use, they cannot be replicated). Well, it seems that this is not true, because I checked it in a test environment. So, after I tested it and I saw that everything is replicated, even the opened files, I was wondering why the source and the destination data are not the same. I believe that there's not any problem if I miss 500-600 files, because these files may be temp files, or bak files. When I run the report, I see that the files that are not replicated are basicaly pdf,docx,xlsx files. So, why these files are not replicated?
A colleague explained me that the difference between the source and destination data occurs because I have left the DFSRPrivate folder which contains the staging folder in its original location in the replicated folder. He advices me to change this, which is a huge workload for me now. My question is, does my colleague have right? Shall I change it? If you leave the staging folder to its original place, will this cause any trouble?
Thank you all!