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How to Repadmin.exe Tool to diagnose Replication Status

Repadmin.exe command-line tool assists administrators in diagnosing replication problems between Windows domain controllers. You can use Repadmin to view the replication status of each domain controller. In addition, Repadmin can be used to manually create the replication to force replication events between domain controllers, and to view both the replication metadata and up-to-dateness vectors. Repadmin.exe can also be used for monitoring the relative health of an Active Directory forest. The Repadmin can be used to check for replication problems as showing below examples.

Example 1: Display the replication partners of a server

repadmin /showrepl ms-mvps.chicagotech.net

Example 2: Force a replication event between two replication partners

repadmin /replicate ms-mvps1.chicagotech.net ms-mvps2.chicagotech.net

Example 3: Display the connection objects for a server

repadmin /showconn ms-mvps.chicagotech.net

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