This GUI tool enables administrators to view the low-level
status of Active Directory replication, force synchronization
between domain
controllers, view the topology in a graphical
format, and monitor the status and performance of domain controller
replication.
You can use ReplMon to do the following:
See when a replication partner fails.
View the history of successful and failed replication changes
for troubleshooting purposes.
View the properties of directory replication partners.
Create your own applications or scripts written in Visual Basic
Scripting Edition (VBScripts) to extract specific data out of
Active Directory and act on it.
View a snapshot of the performance counters on the computer,
and the registry configuration
of the server.
Generate status reports that include direct and transitive
replication partners and detail a record of changes.
Find all direct and transitive replication partners on the
network.
Display replication topology.
Poll replication partners and generate individual histories of
successful and failed replication events.
Force replication.
Trigger the Knowledge Consistency Checker to recalculate the
replication topology.
Display changes that have not yet replicated from a given
replication partner.
Display a list of the trust relationships maintained by the
domain controller being monitored.
Display the metadata of an Active Directory objects'
attributes.
Monitor replication status of domain controllers from multiple
forests.
Note
Installing ReplMon in a directory other than the default might
result in errors. For more information, see Installing
ReplMon.
For more information about deploying and using Active Directory,
see the Active
Directory Overview(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=1646)
Web site.
The following are the system requirements for ReplMon:
ReplMon must be installed on a computer running Windows XP
Professionalr. The computer can be a domain controller, member
server, member workstation, or standalone computer.
Files Required
Comctl32.ocx
Comdlg32.ocx
Ctl3d32.dll
Iadstools.dll – component DLL that hosts the functions used by
ReplMon
