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An administrator is setting up Azure File Sync to centralize file shares from an on-premises file server named SRV-Prod1. The server contains a single volume F: with the following directory structure:
- F:\CorpData\Accounting
- F:\CorpData\Marketing

The administrator registers SRV-Prod1 with a Storage Sync Service named Sync-Service-Alpha. They create two sync groups: accounting-sync-group and corp-sync-group. The administrator successfully creates a server endpoint for F:\CorpData\Accounting in accounting-sync-group. However, when attempting to create a server endpoint for F:\CorpData in corp-sync-group, the operation fails.

What is the cause of this failure?

  1. Azure File Sync does not support overlapping namespaces; because the directory F:\CorpData\Accounting is nested under F:\CorpData, they cannot be used as endpoints in different sync groups.Cevap
  2. B
    A registered server is limited to a single server endpoint per physical volume, which prevents creating a second endpoint on volume F:.
  3. C
    The registered server must be assigned the Storage Blob Data Reader RBAC role on the destination storage account to support nested path synchronization.
  4. D
    The storage account firewall must be configured to allow trusted Microsoft services to bypass network restrictions for nested subfolders.

Cevap

Azure File Sync does not support overlapping namespaces; because the directory F:\CorpData\Accounting is nested under F:\CorpData, they cannot be used as endpoints in different sync groups.
The correct answer is that Azure File Sync does not support overlapping namespaces. Because F:\CorpData\Accounting is nested under F:\CorpData, they cannot coexist as server endpoints on the same registered server, even if they belong to different sync groups.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Analyze the directory structure and paths of the planned server endpoints.
The paths are F:\CorpData\Accounting and F:\CorpData.
To verify if the paths have any overlapping namespaces.
2
Evaluate the namespace relationship between the two paths.
F:\CorpData\Accounting is a subdirectory of F:\CorpData, resulting in a namespace overlap.
Azure File Sync requires that the namespace of any server endpoint does not overlap with another server endpoint on the same server, regardless of the sync group.
3
Identify the constraint preventing configuration.
The attempt to create a server endpoint at F:\CorpData fails because F:\CorpData\Accounting is already registered as an endpoint.
To maintain sync state integrity, the Azure File Sync agent rejects overlapping directories on the same registered server.

Anahtar Kavram

Azure File Sync namespace overlap constraints
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