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IT Interview Questions:What is the SYSVOL folder?

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IT Interview Questions:What is the SYSVOL folder?

The sysVOL folder stores the server's copy of the domain's public files. The contents such as group policy, users etc of the sysvol folder are replicated to all domain controllers in the domain.

The sysvol folder must be located on an NTFS volume The article describes how to use the Burflags registry entry to rebuild each domain controller's copy of the system volume (SYSVOL) tree on all domain controllers in a common Active Directory directory service domain. The term SYSVOL refers to a set of files and folders that reside on the local hard disk of each domain controller in a domain and that are replicated by the File Replication service (FRS).

Network clients access the contents of the SYSVOL tree by using the following shared folders:
NETLOGON
• SYSVOL

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