Microsoft KB Archive/229896

= Using Repadmin.exe to troubleshoot Active Directory replication =

Article ID: 229896

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q229896



SUMMARY
Repadmin.exe is a Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit tool that is available in the Support Tools folder on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. It is a command-line interface to Active Directory replication. This tool provides a powerful interface into the inner workings of Active Directory replication, and is useful for troubleshooting Active Directory replication problems. This article describes the basic use of the Repadmin.exe tool.



MORE INFORMATION
Typing repadmin at a command prompt displays the following list of switches:

Usage: repadmin [/u:{domain\\user}] [/pw:{password|*}]

Supported s & args: /sync  

where  is the host name of the domain controller you want to check for the replicated parameters.

The output of this command is similar to:

Loc.USN Originating DSA  Org.USN  Org.Date/Time   Ver Attribute -- 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 objectClass 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 cn 1639     Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 sn 1668     Luxembourg\EMBY  1668 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 c 1668     Luxembourg\EMBY  1668 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 l 1668     Luxembourg\EMBY  1668 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 st 1706     Luxembourg\EMBY  1706 1999-04-23 15:38.39  1 title 1667    Luxembourg\EMBY  1667 1999-04-23 15:37.12  2 description 1668    Luxembourg\EMBY  1668 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 postalCode 1667    Luxembourg\EMBY  1667 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 physDevOffName 1667    Luxembourg\EMBY  1667 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 telephoneNumber 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 givenName 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 instanceType 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 whenCreated 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 displayName 1668    Luxembourg\EMBY  1668 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 streetAddress 1776    Luxembourg\EMBY  1776 1999-04-23 16:32.44  2 NTSecurityDescriptor 1851    Luxembourg\EMBY  1851 1999-04-23 17:06.09  2 wWWHomePage 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 name 1649    Luxembourg\EMBY  1649 1999-04-23 15:29.38  3 userAccountControl 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 codePage 1668    Luxembourg\EMBY  1668 1999-04-23 15:37.12  2 countryCode 1704    Luxembourg\EMBY  1704 1999-04-23 15:38.19  2 homeDirectory 1704    Luxembourg\EMBY  1704 1999-04-23 15:38.19  2 homeDrive 1641    Luxembourg\EMBY  1641 1999-04-23 15:29.37  2 dBCSPwd 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 scriptPath 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 logonHours 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 userWorkstations 1641    Luxembourg\EMBY  1641 1999-04-23 15:29.37  2 unicodePwd 1641    Luxembourg\EMBY  1641 1999-04-23 15:29.37  2 ntPwdHistory 1641    Luxembourg\EMBY  1641 1999-04-23 15:29.37  2 pwdLastSet 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 primaryGroupID 1643    Luxembourg\EMBY  1643 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 supplmntlCredentials 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 userParameters 1669    Luxembourg\EMBY  1669 1999-04-23 15:37.12  2 profilePath 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 objectSid 1776    Luxembourg\EMBY  1776 1999-04-23 16:32.44  1 adminCount 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 comment 1640    Luxembourg\EMBY  1640 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 accountExpires 1641    Luxembourg\EMBY  1641 1999-04-23 15:29.37  2 lmPwdHistory 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 sAMAccountName 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 sAMAccountType 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 userPrincipalName 1704    Luxembourg\EMBY  1704 1999-04-23 15:38.19  1 userSharedFolder 1639    Luxembourg\EMBY  1639 1999-04-23 15:29.37  1 objectCategory 1667    Luxembourg\EMBY  1667 1999-04-23 15:37.12  1 mail 1705    Luxembourg\EMBY  1705 1999-04-23 15:38.39  1 homePhone

By running this command against each domain controller, an administrator can determine whether all domain controllers have the same replicated values. If a specific domain controller does not have the same value, and the change was made some time ago, you can begin investigating why the computer has not yet received the change.

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