How to use Active Directory Replication Monitor

How to use Active Directory Replication Monitor to monitor/troubleshoot replication

Replication Monitor (Replmon) is a graphical management tool included in the Windows Support Tools.

In order to open and use Replmon, it must be installed on a computer running. The computer can be adomain controller, member server, member workstation or stand-alone computer.

Replication Monitor can be used to perform the following activities:

To specify view options, open Replication Monitor, and select Options from the View menu. The options that can be selected on the General tab are:

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• The Replmon replica synchronization options that can be selected are listed below. These options can be configured by right-clicking a monitored server object, and then selecting Synchronize Each Directory Partition with All Servers. The synchronization options that you can select are:


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Cross Site Boundaries: When enabled, you can start intersite replication for RPC connections Push Mode: When enabled, push mode is enabled for replication and the DRA is no longer enabled to pull updates. Disable Transitive Replication: This option can be selected if you want to troubleshoot a failed replication process to a particular domain controller, and you want to manually start the replication process. Enable Debug Logging: This setting relates to debugging Replmon. Log Files: Settings under Log Files are used to change the default location for the log files. Notify When Replication Fails After This Number Of Attempts Show Transitive Replication Partners and Extended Data Show Retired Replication Partners

View the replication topology or replication information in a highly useful graphical format.

Determine whether domain controllers are replicating Active Directory information correctly.

Determine the status of Active Directory replication Manually force replication between domain controllers he information displayed in the main Replication Monitor window is listed below:

Naming contexts

Replication partners

particular naming context.

Server icons

Log entries

Once you have specified a domain controller for monitoring, you can set view options to suit your needs.

: The replication log entries for the connection are displayed in the right pane.: Server icons enable you to determine information at a glance.: Each naming context shows the inbound replication partners for that: All the naming contexts that a server contains are displayed here.