I have just noticed the following error appearing in my Directory Service eventlog every day:
This is the replication status for the following directory partition on this directory server.
Directory partition:
DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=mydomain,DC=local
This directory server has not recently received replication information from a number of directory servers. The count of directory servers is shown, divided into the following intervals.
More than 24 hours:
1
More than a week:
1
More than one month:
0
More than two months:
0
More than a tombstone lifetime:
0
Tombstone lifetime (days):
180
Directory servers that do not replicate in a timely manner may encounter errors. They may miss password changes and be unable to authenticate. A DC that has not replicated in a tombstone lifetime may have missed the deletion of some objects, and may be automatically blocked from future replication until it is reconciled.
To identify the directory servers by name, use the dcdiag.exe tool.
You can also use the support tool repadmin.exe to display the replication latencies of the directory servers. The command is "repadmin /showvector /latency <partition-dn>".
