Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Administrator's Guide

To perform an incremental update manually:
1. Go to the Configuration tab in the Console.
2. Right-click on the synchronization agreement icon, and select Send and Receive Updates
from the drop down menu.
During normal operations, all the updates made to entries in the Directory Server that need to
be sent to Active Directory are collected the changelog and then replayed during an incremental
update.
However, when the synchronization is initially configured, there have been major changes to
data, or synchronization attributes are added to pre-existing Directory Server entries, it is
necessary to initiate a resynchronization. Resynchronization is a total update; the entire
contents of synchronized subtrees are examined and, if necessary, updated. Resynchronization
is done without using the changelog.
To send a total update:
1. Go to the Configuration tab in the Console.
2. Right-click on the synchronization agreement icon, and select Initialize Re-synchronization
from the drop down menu.
This will not delete data on the sync peer; it will send and receive all updates and add any
new or modified Directory Server entries; for example, it will add a pre-existing Directory
Server user that had the ntUser object class added.
3.6. Checking Synchronization Status
Check synchronization status in the Replication tab in the Status of the Console. Highlight the
synchronization agreement to monitor, and the relevant information should appear in the
right-hand pane. The Status area shows whether the last incremental and total updates were
successful and when they occurred.
3.7. Modifying the Sync Agreement
It is possible to modify parts of the synchronization agreement after it has been created.
In the Configuration>Replication tab of the Directory Server Console, select the sync
agreement icon from beneath the database. There are two tabs, Summary and Connection.
• The Summary tab allows the description of the agreement to be changed. This tab also
shows the sync peer host and port information and synchronized subtrees.
• The Connection tab allows the bind DN and bind credentials for the sync ID to be changed
Checking Synchronization Status
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