Replication View

 

Please Note: Microsoft removed Replication and Synchronization in Windows 2000 & Windows XP. It's not that DNTU can't do it, but rather the O/S does not support it any longer. Users who attempt Replication under a non-supported configuration may experience the following system error:

Error: 2146 - The specified component could not be found in the configuration information


Here is Microsoft's
documentation about Replication:

NetReplGetInfo

The NetReplGetInfo function retrieves configuration information for the file replicator service.


Windows NT/2000
: Note that the replicator functions work only when the target machine is running Windows NT 4.0 or earlier and the local machine is running Windows 2000 or earlier.

Security Requirements

No special group membership is required to successfully execute the NetReplGetInfo function.

 

 

The DameWare NT Utilities Replication View is designed to allow for total replication management functionality. You can manage both import and export directories in one window interface. The Replication view displays the Import Directory, State, Last Update, Lock Count, Lock Time and Exporter, for the Import directory window pane. The Export Directory window pane displays the Export Directory, Stabilize, Subtree, Lock Count and Lock Time columns. All columns within the DameWare NT Utilities Replication view allow column sorting and column ordering.

Note: The Export Directory window pane will be enabled only for NT Server machines.

 

The following options are available from the mini-toolbar located at the bottom of the Replication view.

 

 

Windows NT Replication Overview 

Directory replication: Directory replication is the copying of a master set of directories from a server (called an export server) to specified servers or workstations (called import computers) in the same or other domains. Replication simplifies the task of maintaining identical sets of directories and files on multiple computers because only a single master copy of the data must be maintained. Files are replicated when they are added to an exported directory and every time a change is saved to the file.

 

EXPORT SERVER

Locks:

To temporarily stop exporting a subdirectory, select the subdirectory and then select Add Lock. Or, to resume exporting a locked subdirectory, select the subdirectory and then select Remove Lock. To export a subdirectory and all of the subdirectories in its’ tree, select the subdirectory and then select Entire Subtree. Or, to export only the highest subdirectory in a tree, select the subdirectory and then select Entire Subtree to unselect. To specify a two-minute or longer delay during which no changes can be made before files are exported, select a subdirectory and then select the Wait Until Stabilized option. To export files immediately after they are changed, select a subdirectory and then select Wait Until Stabilized option to unselect.

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IMPORT COMPUTER

Locks:

To temporarily stop importing to a subdirectory, select the subdirectory and then select Add Lock. Or to resume importing a locked subdirectory, select the subdirectory and then select Remove Lock.

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