2

In our AD infrastructure the SYSVOL is replicated by DFSR. I want to force replication using WMI (ForceReplication method) via WMIC:

wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path DfsrConnectionInfo call ForceReplication(15,10,2)

But this fails with:

Executing (DfsrConnectionInfo)->ForceReplication()
ERROR:
Description = Invalid method Parameter(s)

I double checked the argument order/type:

wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path DfsrConnectionInfo call ForceReplication /?
Call                    [ In/Out ]Params&type                   Status
====                    =====================                   ======
ForceReplication        [IN ]Bandwidth(uint32)                  Implemented

                        [IN ]DurationInMin(uint32)

                        [IN ]Mode(uint32)

                        [OUT]ReturnValue(uint32)

The same call in Powershell works:

(gwmi -Namespace root\microsoftdfs -Class DfsrConnectionInfo).ForceReplication(2, 10, 15)

Where am I wrong with WMIC and arguments?

iPath
  • 632

2 Answers2

0

The first argument. 15 isn't valid. The one that works doesn't surprise me. The reason is that the first parameter is between 1 and 4 (inclusive). This is different from the first wmic code you show:

wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdfs path DfsrConnectionInfo call ForceReplication(15,10,2)

The first value in the parentheses 15 isn't a valid value. It must be 1, 2, 3, or 4. For detailed information about this, you can review this Microsoft article.

Propulsion
  • 158
  • 2
  • 9
0

I wonder if this is a bug because it didn't work even when I used named parameter to call the method:

path DfsrConnectionInfo call ForceReplication Bandwidth=10 DurationInMin=20 Mode=2

The above command returns:

Invalid named parameter list.
Hint: ::= | where ::= =
wmic:root\microsoftdfs>path DfsrConnectionInfo call ForceReplication Bandwidth=10 DurationInMin=20 Mode=2
Execute (DfsrConnectionInfo)->ForceReplication() (Y/N)?y
ERROR:
Description = Invalid method Parameter(s)

strongline
  • 680