Domain Controller - Replication - AD Replication Status

Monitoring Benefit

The AD Replication section contains monitoring information for Replication Status, Diagnostics, AD Events, and DFS Replication.

How do we verify the results received on the Compass client?

The Compass client is programmatically running repadmin /showrepl to gather the replication information. Note that this information is not logged, but the results are stored in the following folder location:

\Program Files (x86)\ENow\Mailscape Agent\Cache\NetworkAgentMessage.xml

To capture this from the DC or RODC manually, run the following from a command prompt on that server:

repadmin /showrepl

Based on how Compass functions, the status of the test is dependent upon the replication results being successful. Every inbound neighbor should report Last attempt ... was successful. Any neighbor reporting a failure, or a last successful attempt older than your configured threshold, will drive the test to a warning or error state.

Below is sample output. Server names, domain, and GUIDs will differ in your environment.

C:\Users\Administrator>repadmin /showrepl

Repadmin: running command /showrepl against full DC localhost
Default-First-Site-Name\DC01
DSA Options: IS_GC
Site Options: (none)
DSA object GUID: aaaaaaaa-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
DSA invocationID: aaaaaaaa-1111-2222-3333-444444444444

==== INBOUND NEIGHBORS ======================================

DC=example,DC=com
    Second-Site\DC02 via RPC
        DSA object GUID: bbbbbbbb-5555-6666-7777-888888888888
        Last attempt @ 2020-08-28 15:01:35 was successful.

CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=com
    Second-Site\DC02 via RPC
        DSA object GUID: bbbbbbbb-5555-6666-7777-888888888888
        Last attempt @ 2020-08-28 15:01:35 was successful.

CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=com
    Second-Site\DC02 via RPC
        DSA object GUID: bbbbbbbb-5555-6666-7777-888888888888
        Last attempt @ 2020-08-28 15:01:35 was successful.

DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=example,DC=com
    Second-Site\DC02 via RPC
        DSA object GUID: bbbbbbbb-5555-6666-7777-888888888888
        Last attempt @ 2020-08-28 15:01:35 was successful.

DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=example,DC=com
    Second-Site\DC02 via RPC
        DSA object GUID: bbbbbbbb-5555-6666-7777-888888888888
        Last attempt @ 2020-08-28 15:01:35 was successful.