WD Lesson - 23

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Replication

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Active directory Replication involves using the following two major tools:

■ Replmon.exe: Active Directory Replication Monitor graphic tool

■ Repadmin.exe: Active Directory Replication Diagnostics command-line Tool

Replmon.exe:

The Active Directory Replication Monitor (Replmon) enables administrators to:

1. view the status of replication
2. view the topology in a graphical format
3. synchronize data among domain controllers
4. Monitor the status of the replication.

Replmon must be installed on a computer running Windows Server 2003. The computer can be a domain controller, member server, member workstation, or stand-alone computer.

How to use Replmon.exe?

1. Click Start, point to Command Prompt, type replmon, and then press ENTER.

2. In the console tree, right-click Monitored Servers, and select Add Monitored

Server.

3. On the Add Monitored Server Wizard page, select Add The Server Explicitly By

Name, and then click Next.

4. On the Add Server To Monitor page, type the name of the server you want to

monitor in the Enter The Name Of The Server To Monitor Explicitly box, and then

click Finish.

Repadmin.exe: Replication Diagnostics Tool

The Replication Diagnostics Tool (Repadmin), a command-line tool, allows us to

view the replication topology as seen from the perspective of each domain controller.

Repadmin has the following syntax:

repadmin command arguments [/rpc][/ ldap][/u:domain\user /pw:{password|*}]

To use Repadmin, complete the following steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Command Prompt.

2. At the command prompt, type the appropriate Repadmin command and parameters.