Active Directory

Replication
IntraSite Replication
 Topology generated automatically by
Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC)
 Creates replication partners
 Up to three DCs, all are replication partners of each
other
 Maximum of three hops to complete replication
 Changes generally replicated within 5 minutes
(maximum 15 minutes to replicate to all DCs)
 Urgent changes replicated immediately (e.g.
password changes)
 Can create topology manually (but don’t)
IntraSite Replication cont.

 Use AD Sites and Services to view

replication partners
 NTDS Settings for server
 Can manually force replication
 Use Replication Monitor (Support Tools)
 Repadmin (command line)
InterSite Replication

 Site — group of subnets

 Replication Topology determined
automatically
 InterSite Replication compressed
 Can be scheduled
 Configure using AD Sites and Services
 More likely to want to configure intersite
replication topology etc. manually
Replication Conflicts

 Attributes replicated, not objects

 Less conflicts
 E.g. phone no. change on one DC and
office no. change on another for same user
will not conflict — both will occur
 Methods of dealing with other conflicts,
e.g. renaming objects, moving same
object
Viewing Replication Topology
 Replmon (support tools)
 AD Sites and Services
 Sites/Sitename/Servers/Servername/NTDS
Settings
Manual Replication Using Active
Directory Sites and Services
 Right click on connection entry and
choose Replicate Now
 NB One-way replication, i.e. only
replicates from replication partner shown
in From Server column to server whose
NTDS Settings you are viewing
 To replicate in both directions must do
same with connection to this server
under partner’s NTDS Settings
Manual Replication Using
Replication Monitor
 More flexible
 Synchronize DC with all other servers
 Right-click on server name/Synchronize each
directory partition with all servers
 Synchronize a partition with all other servers
 Right-click on CN entry/Synchronize this directory
partition with all servers
 Synchronize a partition with a replication
partner
 Right-click on replication partner entry below CN
entry/Synchronize with this replication partner