Question : DFSR:  Windows 2003 R2 and Windows Storage Server 2003

Experts-

I have a question regarding Windows Server (or Storage Server) 2003 R2 and the DFSR file replication engine.

I am very pleased with how easy it was to set up replication between 3 file servers in 3 different sites, but I'm looking for a bit more in-depth file replication monitoring than the default Windows DFS Managment console is offering.

Question:  Is there a tool available that shows the real-time replication that is occuring between the servers?  I want to visually see, or produce a log file that shows how the replication engine is handling changed files between the 3 sites.  I am working to avoid possible versioning issues, as many of these files are shared between users at each site and I'd like to run several tests.

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks-

matt

Answer : DFSR:  Windows 2003 R2 and Windows Storage Server 2003

Have you seen the diagnositc report?

http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/06/19/437213.aspx

Also check out the DFSRDIAG tool to see if this has any additional info (haven't used this myself but may help).

Microsoft push Sharepoint when versioning is mentioned - the services edition is free and great for smaller deployments.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/default.mspx

My approach is to use DFS-R for WAN backup, coupled with DFS-N for resources only used by that individual e.g. home folder, my docs redirection. Where file locking is a concern then everyone points to the same resource - using WAN accelerators where speed is an issue (www.riverbed.com) and budget allows.