I administer an organization with 7 offices, 6 of which run W2008 and the 7th, the HO runs 2003R2. Between all of the offices there are several fully meshed replication groups setup to replicate shares. I am rolling out a new FS at the HO and performing the initial seeding of these replication groups. I assumed that the new partner would automatically use the local server as it's primary replication partner for the initial seeding, however it is not. It has many connections open to all of the file servers as well as the local.
Is there a way to force the new 2012R2 FS and DFS rep member to replicate with eh 2003R2 DFS rep member?