Category Archives: AD Replication

DCDIAG and Repadmin shows decommissioned domain controller

DCDIAG output return out of sync error for a decommissioned DC or repadmin /replsum (repadmin /replsummary) shows high delta value which is not pointing to any source/destination DC, then it’s quit difficult to identify the affected connection objects Domain Controller detail, will discuss how to work on this issue Also Read: Force active directory replication How to… Read More »

Replsummary showing unknown for largest delta on AD replication checks

Largest delta would report as unknown on Source DC while running Repadmin /replsummary for your Domain and Forest, since it’s showing unknown and didn’t see the replication delta value and unable to find the affected Destination DC, will describe how to find the Destination DC Also Read: Force active directory replication Why it’s reporting unknown? Let’s say if the… Read More »

Replication failed with “The destination server is currently rejecting replication requests” Error

Also receive error “The source server is currently rejecting replication requests. This operation will not continue” in windows server 2008/2003 and Active Directory replication stopped working, possibly the inbound and outbound replication been disabled on the domain controllerUse the below repadmin command to check the inbound and outbound connection object status repadmin /options DC name… Read More »

Sync the Active Directory replication between two domain controllers in low bandwidth sites

Normally replication fails, if it doesn’t have enough bandwidth to complete the scheduled replication, you can use the below command to Sync the Active Directory replication between two domain controllers in low bandwidth sites. Syntax: repadmin /replicate destination_dsa source_dsa Naming Context /async Example: repadmin /replicate server2.test.com server1.test.com dc=test,dc=com /async Destination server Name: server2.test.com Source server… Read More »

Sync replication with all of its replication partners

Force the active directory replication with the entire replication partner In some scenario you want to force active directory replication with the entire replication partner, let say you have a 10 connection objects corresponding to each of its replication partners and you want to force the replication to all the connection objects on server1.test.com, you… Read More »

Sync the Active Directory replication between two domain controllers

Force the active directory replication between two domain controllers If you want to override the replication schedule or don’t want to wait for the normal replication scheduled, need to initiate a replication immediately from server1.test.com to server2.test.com, you can use the below commands Syntax: repadmin /replicate destination_dsa source_dsa Naming Context Example: repadmin /replicate server2.test.com server1.test.com… Read More »

Active Directory Health Check

How to perform active directory health check: As an administrator you have to check your active directory health daily to reduce the active directory related issues, if you are not monitoring the health of your active directory what will happen Let’s say one of the Domain Controller failed to replicate, first day you will not have… Read More »

Force sysvol replication

Your can restart the FRS service to force FRS replication in an active directory To restart the FRS service, launch services.msc from the Run option on the Start Menu And restart the FRS service and you will get the Event ID 13516 on FRS event log this will ensure the FRS status is fine Learn… Read More »