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 dont)
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 partners 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