Replmon UI

Article
04/19/2011

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

The Replmon graphical user interface tool was removed from Windows Server 2008 and later. Repadmin is still available for troubleshooting replication. For more information on using Repadmin, see Monitoring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication Using Repadmin and Getting Over Replmon.

Replmon UI

ReplMon has the following menus:

File Menu

File menu options:

Option	Description
Open Script	Opens a dialog box that populates the Active Directory Replication Monitor with monitored servers. These files have an .ini extension and can be created by using a text editor or by using the Save Monitored List As command in the File menu.
Save Monitored List As	Opens a dialog box that saves a list of monitored servers in an .ini file. This list can be opened later by using the Open Script command on the File menu. If the current user does not have permission to monitor a server listed, then a user name must be supplied after ServerName, using the Domain\User format. Do not supply the password in the .ini file. The password is requested as each server is added to the monitored list when the .ini file is read.
Open Log	Opens a previously created .log file. Log files are created by default for every monitored server, and statistics are tracked on a per-replication partner and per-directory partition basis.
Exit	Closes ReplMon and discontinues monitoring servers.

Edit Menu

Edit menu options:

Option	Description
Add Monitored Server	Opens a dialog box that adds a single server to the list of servers monitored by ReplMon. By default, ReplMon does not monitor any servers. If you know the name of the server, click Add the server explicitly by name, and then type the name of the server. If you need to browse for the server, click Search the directory for the server to add, and then click Next. The entire forest can be searched if necessary. Enter a user name and password by selecting the Use Alternate Credentials checkbox.

Add Monitored Server

Opens a dialog box that adds a single server to the list of servers monitored by ReplMon. By default, ReplMon does not monitor any servers. If you know the name of the server, click Add the server explicitly by name, and then type the name of the server. If you need to browse for the server, click Search the directory for the server to add, and then click Next. The entire forest can be searched if necessary. Enter a user name and password by selecting the Use Alternate Credentials checkbox.

Action Menu

The Action menu includes the Domain, Server, Site, Naming Context, and Replication Partner submenus.

Domain submenu option:

Option	Description
Domain	Opens the Search Domain Controllers for Replication Errors submenu option.

Server submenu options:

Option	Description
Update Status (only for this server)	Triggers an immediate status check for the selected server. The time of the updated status is logged and displayed.
Check Replication Topology	Triggers the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) to recalculate the replication topology for the selected server.
Synchronize Each Directory Partition with All Servers	Triggers replication for the selected server's directory partitions with each partition's replication partners.
Generate Status Report	Creates and saves a status report for the selected server. When you select this option, the Save As dialog box appears. In the Save As dialog box, you can name the status report. To select the information that should be on the status report, select Report Options.
Show Domain Controllers in Domain	Opens a dialog box that lists all of the domain controllers that belong to the selected server's domain. To close this dialog box, click OK.
Show Replication Topologies	Creates a graphical view of all replication partners for all directory partitions.
Show Group Policy Object Status	Lists Group Policy objects for a specified domain controller and the object's current version number. Also lists version numbers of the Group Policy object in SysVol.
Show Current Performance Data	Displays real-time performance monitor counters that are specific to Active Directory replication.
Show Global Catalog Servers in Enterprise	Opens a dialog box that lists a list of Global Catalog servers in the selected server's forest. To close this dialog box, click OK.
Show Bridgehead Servers	Displays a list of Bridgehead servers for the selected server's site or enterprise. To close this dialog box, click OK.
Show Trust Relationships	Displays a list of trust relationships for the selected server's enterprise. To close this dialog box, click OK.
Show Attribute Meta-Data for Active Directory Object	Displays the attribute metadata for a specified object. Enter the Distinguished Name (DN) of the object in the Object dialog box and then click OK.
Clear Log	Clears the contents of the log file generated by ReplMon.
Delete	Removes the selected server from the list of monitored servers in ReplMon.
Properties	Displays properties of the selected server.

Site submenu option:

Option	Description
Site	Starts the Add Monitored Server wizard.

Naming Context submenu options:

Option	Description
Synchronize This Directory Partition with All Servers	Synchronizes a selected directory partition with all domain controllers on the site.
Show Change Notifications To Replication Partners	Lists the replication messages sent to direct replication partners.

Replication Partner submenu options:

Option	Description
Check Current USN and Unreplicated objects	Displays information on a selected server's replication partner. Displays unreplicated changes on selected replication partners.
Synchronize Each Directory Partition with All Servers	Manually synchronizes all of the directory partitions on a server with its replication partners. To synchronize an individual replication partner instead, right-click that replication partner and select Synchronize with this Replication Partner.

View Menu

View menu options:

Option	Description
Details View	Opens a window that shows a log of server status updates.
Refresh	Updates all listed servers. Refreshes every five minutes. To change the refresh interval, click the Update Automatically button and enter a value between 1 and 60.

Options dialog box General tab:

Option	Description
Show Retired Replication Partners	Shows servers that are no longer replication partners in the graphical replication topology display.
Show Transitive Replication and Extended Data	When checked, logs replication events from transitive partners. (By default, only replication events from direct replication partners are entered in the log.)
Notify when replication fails after this number of attempts:	Enter a number of attempts after which ReplMon notes that replication is failing. Specify whether to enter this event in the Application log or to send an e-mail message.
Auto Generate File Names for Log Files	By default, ReplMon automatically creates a name for log files.
Default Path For Replication Status Logs	Specify a path to which ReplMon automatically saves log files.
Enable Debug Logging	Creates a separate log that can be used to troubleshoot errors in ReplMon.

Options dialog box Status Logging tab:

Option	Description
Group Policy Objects	Enables Group Policy object logging.
Performance Statistics	Enables the addition of performance objects and counters to the ReplMon log.
Display Changed Attributes When Replication Occurs	Records in the ReplMon log each attribute changed, and the Update Sequence Number (USN) associated with the change.

Options dialog box Cache tab:

Option	Description
Reset Button	Flushes the ReplMon cache.

Replmon UI

Replmon UI

See Also

Concepts

Additional resources