Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 DFSR related hotfixes

Published:  Dec. 2017.

Applies to:

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

3002288 DFSR service freezes when it calls a method on a Windows-based server

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=3002288

Update(s):

Dfsrprovs.mfl

Dfsrprovs.mof

Dfsrress.dll 6.1.7601.17514

Dfsrs.exe 6.1.7601.22842

Supersede(s):

2996911 DFSR stops replication after a dirty shutdown in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2996911

2884176          Large backlogs on Windows -based DFSR servers

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2884176

2735759          WMI freezes on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2735759

2725170          Initial synchronization does not replicate updated files to read-only replicas in a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2725170

2678241          DFS Replication service crashes when you perform a backup operation on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2678241

2663685          Changes that are not replicated to a downstream server are lost on the upstream server after an automatic recovery process occurs in a DFS Replication environment in Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2663685

2604201          Handle count of the DFSR service keeps increasing in Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2604201

2907094 High CPU usage after members are added to the DFSR replication group

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2907094

Update(s):

Wldap32.dll 6.1.7601.22498

2851868          "0x0000003B" Stop error when you use the DFSR service on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2851868

Update(s):

Dfsrro.sys 6.1.7601.22335

2791372 You cannot edit GPO and the Registry.pol file is not replicated when locked in Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2791372

You should review the registry key information in the KB article above.

HKLMSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsSystem

GroupPolicyForceCloseSysvolFileHandle (DWORD)  1 (Hex)

Update(s):

Gpapi.dll 6.1.7601.22244 

Gpsvc.dll 6.1.7601.22244

Gpapi.dll 6.1.7601.22244

2780453          Event ID 4114 and Event ID 4008 are logged in the DFS Replication log in Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2780453

Update(s):

Dfsmgmt.resources.dll 6.1.7600.21376

Dfsmgmt.dll 6.1.7600.21376 

Dfsmgmt.dll 6.1.7601.22167

2663685          Changes that are not replicated to a downstream server are lost on the upstream server after an automatic recovery process occurs in a DFS Replication environment in Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=2663685

You should review the registry key information in the KB article above.

HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetServicesDFSRParametersStopReplicationOnAutoRecovery

StopReplicationOnAutoRecovery (DWORD)  1 (Hex)

975763 DFS Replication does not use Remote Differential Compression (RDC) when replicating very large files on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2

https://support.microsoft.com/?id=975763

You should review the registry key information in the KB article above.

HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesDFSRParametersSettings

RpcContextHandleTimeoutMs (DWORD) 14400000 (Dec)