Microsoft KB Archive/187671

Settings for Active Directory Event Logging

PSS ID Number: Q187671 Article last modified on 06-12-1998

WINNT:5.0

winnt

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the “Restoring the Registry” Help topic in Regedit.exe or the “Restoring a Registry Key” Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

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This article describes how to change the level of detail logged for the Active Directory service on a Windows NT 5.0 domain controller.

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WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the “Changing Keys And Values” Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the “Add and Delete Information in the Registry” and “Edit Registry Data” Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

Events for the services listed below can be logged with varying levels of detail. To change the level of detail, modify the appropriate registry value using Registry Editor. The data values for these REG_DWORD values have a valid range of 0-5, with zero providing minimal logging and five providing maximum detail. The registry values listed below are contained in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

NOTE: This registry key is present only on domain controllers.

Knowledge Consistency Checker Service
The Knowledge Consistency Checker service maintains intra-site and inter- site replication topology. This topology defines which domain controllers communicate with each other to ensure that data is replicated throughout the domain (and for some naming contexts, throughout the enterprise). This service runs on each domain controller and logs events when the procedure for checking the topology is started, stopped, or modified.

Registry value name: Knowledge Consistency Checker

Directory Service Replication Service
The Directory Service Replication service replicates files and folders across domain controllers running the Active Directory service throughout a domain. This service logs events that occur when replication requests are processed. This can include replication requests from other computers, as well as replication requests originating from the local computer. The event detail for some of these events records information about the transaction, including how many objects were replicated and the domain controller from which the changes were replicated.

Registry value name: Replication Events

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