The Best Damn Windows Server 2003 Book Period- P57:The latest incarnation of Microsoft’s server product,Windows Server 2003, brings many new features and improvements that make the network administrator’s job chapter will briefly summarize what’s new in 2003 and introduce you to the four members of the Windows Server 2003 family: the Web Edition, the Standard Edition, the Enterprise Edition, and the Datacenter Edition. | 526 Chapter 14 Working with Active Directory Sites When you open the tool you see a blank screen that is divided into two panels Monitored Server and Log. Follow these steps to perform replication monitoring 1. Select the Add Monitored Server option from the Edit menu. 2. Enter the server name if known to be monitored or search for a specific domain for a server to monitor. After this is done the Monitored Server panel displays the Active Directory information and the log panel shows the information stored in the log file. 3. To save the log information select the Save Monitored List As and Open Log options from the File menu. 4. The Active Directory Replication Monitor tool can also be used for synchronizing the directory partition. DCs listed for a directory partition are treated as source servers while the direct replication partners are represented by an icon that indicates the network-connected servers. Right-clicking a server and selecting Properties can also identify it. The Properties box displays the source server as a Direct Replication Partner a Transitive Replication Partner or a Bridge Head Connection. 5. Right-click the direct replication partner and select Synchronize Replica. initiates replication and reports the success or failure of the request. 6. Apart from these functionalities the Replication Monitor tool has various options under different menus such as Action View and so forth. Under the Action menu you have different options. For example under the Domain option you can select Search Domain Controller which is used for replication errors. There is a Server option that is basically used for replication-related work and helps to check the replication topology. 7. Apart from these submenus there are options such as Site Naming Context and Replication Partners that are enabled when the appropriate function for a server is selected. The Active Directory Replication Monitor is simple and easy to use. It provides a great deal of .
