I'm setting up a test environment as a proof of concept.
My end goal is to have a cluster setup at each site, the DFS service to replicate datain both directions, and a namespace to point at the File Server cluster instances at each site.
Currently I have two "servers" setup as a cluster and the "File Server" role installed - a disk quorum and one data volume - connected via iSCSI.
I have a third server to represent "offsite" DFS member.
I am trying to get one of the cluster members to utilize the DFS service to replicate data, but I get an error when the DFS service attempts to initialize: "The DFS Replication service detected that the local path of a replicated folder that is hosted
by the local computer is not valid. This can occur if the local path of the replicated folder is on a volume that belongs to a cluster shared disk, but the replication group member is not a failover cluster.
Using the DFS Management MMC snap-in, delete the replicated folder 'F:\Test' from the local computer in the replication group 'TestRG'. Add the replicated folder back to the replication group with a local path that is not on a cluster shared disk. " -
Event ID 9101
From what I can tell, it seems is has an issue with me using a cluster disk as a source for DFS info, but also indicates this can be done somewhow, but I have no idea how. Will this require a third machine connected to the iSCSI disk? Will I be able to point the namespace at the file cluster instance if I get past this?