There are certain windows cmdlets and utilities which we can use for replication issues troubleshooting purpose. Among those, Repadmin.exe is most commonly used Microsoft utility. This is available in servers which have AD DS or AD LDS role installed. It is also part of Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). This utility recommended to run as Domain Administrator or Enterprise Administrator.
Healthy SYSVOL replication is key for every active directory infrastructure. when there is SYSVOL replication issues you may notice,
1. Users and systems are not applying their group policy settings properly.
2. New group policies not applying to certain users and systems.
3. Group policy object counts is different between domain controllers (inside SYSVOL folders)
4. Log on scripts…
Healthy Active directory replication is important for active directory infrastructure. REPADMIN is command line utility which can use to check the AD replication status. I wrote an article before about common replication errors and how to use these command line utilities for troubleshooting. If you till not read it you can find it in here.
The Active Directory Replication Status Tool…
In an infrastructure setup, it may have many domain controllers. Some may even in different sites. But in order to keep the consistency in network it’s important to have proper replication between these domain controllers. It is important to plan and optimize the replication process. For example let’s assume you have a remote site which is connect via 256kb link with head office.
