Hi Stanley,
You can implement DFS on your network to replicate between the servers.
Make sure both the machines are in AD.
Go trhu the following article on DFS. DFS uses Fire replication services
for file and folder replication.
Types of DFS Implementation
There are two ways that you can implement DFS in Windows 2000:
Stand-alone DFS:
Stand-alone DFS stores its configuration in the registry of the local
computer. A stand-alone DFS server does not use Active Directory, cannot
have replicas at the root level, and can only have a single level of DFS
links. It is intended for backward compatibility with previous versions of
DFS.
Domain-based DFS:
Domain-based DFS stores its configuration information in Active Directory.
Because this information is made available on multiple domain controllers
in the domain, domain-based DFS provides fault-tolerance for any DFS in the
domain. A domain-based DFS root must be hosted on a domain member server or
domain controller, can have shared folders at the root level, and supports
root and file replication through Microsoft File Replication service (FRS).
How to Create a DFS Root
To create a DFS root:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then
click Distributed File System.
On the Action menu, click New DFS Root to start the New DFS Root Wizard.
Click Next.
On the Select the DFS Root Type page, do one of the following, and then
click Next:
To create a domain DFS root, click Create a domain DFS root.
To create a stand-alone DFS root, click Create a standalone DFS root.
If you are creating a domain-based DFS root, click the name of the domain
where you want to create the DFS root in the Trusting domains box, and then
click Next.
On the Specify the Host Server for the DFS Root page, type the name of the
host computer for the DFS root in the Server Name box, or click Browse to
click the server that you want, and then click Next.
On the Specify the DFS Root Share page, click an existing shared folder or
specify the path and name of a new shared folder, and then click Next.
Accept the default name for the DFS root or type a new name, and then click
Next.
Click Finish.
Shut down, and then restart your computer.
How to Add DFS Links
To add a DFS link:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then
click Distributed File System.
In the console tree, right-click the DFS root where you want to create a
DFS link, and then click New DFS Link.
In the Create a New DFS Link dialog box, type the name and path for the DFS
link in UNC format, and then click OK. The link is created and appears
under the DFS root in the left pane. When you click the link, the replica
that is associated with it is displayed in the right pane. The replica is
represented by the UNC path to the share point to which the link is
configured.
How to Configure a Replication Policy
To configure replication for DFS link replicas:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, point to
Administrative Tools, and then click Distributed File System.
In the console tree, right-click a DFS link that has more than one replica,
and then click Replication Policy.
In the Replication Policy dialog box, click the DFS shared folder in the
list of shared folders that you want to use as the master folder for
replication.
Click each shared folder in the list, clicking either Enable or Disable,
and then click OK.
How to Access DFS roots and DFS Shared Folders
To access a DFS shared folder in stand-alone DFS, use the following UNC
path, where Server is the name of the DFS server, and Dfsroot is the name
of DFS root:
\\Server\DfsRoot
For example, to access the Share1 share on a member server that is named
Server1 and that is hosted on a stand-alone DFS root that is named Root1,
use the following UNC path:
\\Server1\Root1
In this example, a link that is named Office is created in the stand-alone
DFS root, and the following two replicas are created for the Office link:
\\Flat1\Office
\\Flat2\Office
When you connect to \\Server1\Root1, you see one folder that is named
Office. When you access the Office folder, a referral that contains the
list of replicas that are configured for the link is sent from the DFS
server. The referral contains the \\Flat1\Office and \\Flat2\Office replica
information. One of these replicas is selected, and you are connected to
the share on the server.
To access a DFS shared folder in a domain-based DFS, use either of the
following UNC paths, where DomainName is the domain name, Server is the
name of the DFS server, and Dfsroot is the DFS root:
\\DomainName\DfsRoot
\\Server\DfsRoot
REFERENCES
For additional information about how to install DFS on Windows 2000, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
241452 How to Install Distributed File System (DFS) on Windows 2000
For more information about DFS in Windows 2000, visit any of the following
Microsoft Web sites.
Step-by-Step Guide to Distributed File System (DFS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/fileandprint/dfssteps
asp
Distributed File System (DFS): Best Practices and Troubleshooting Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/fileandprint/df
sbp.asp
Distributed File System: A Logical View of Physical Storage White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/fileandprint/dfsnew
asp
Distributed File System
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/
windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsdb_dfs_KZEG.asp
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