Recipe 11.23 Listing the Connection Objects for a Server
11.23.1 Problem
You want to view the connection
objects associated with a domain
controller.
11.23.2 Solution
11.23.2.1 Using a graphical user interface
Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in. In the left pane, expand Sites, expand the site that contains the
connection object you want to check, expand the Servers container,
expand the server that contains the connection object, and click on
the NTDS Settings object. In the right pane, under the name column, it will display which
connection objects are automatically generated
(by the KCC) and which ones were
manually generated.
11.23.2.2 Using a command-line interface
> repadmin /showconn [<DomainControllerName>]
11.23.2.3 Using VBScript
' This code lists the connection objects for a server
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strServer = "<ServerName>" ' e.g. dc01
strSite = "<SiteName>" ' e.g. MySite1
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
set objNTDSCont = GetObject("LDAP://cn=NTDS Settings,cn=" & strServer & _
",cn=servers,cn=" & strSite & ",cn=sites," & _
objRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext") )
objNTDSCont.Filter = Array("ntdsConnection")
WScript.Echo "Connection objects for " & strSite & "\" & strServer
for each objConn in objNTDSCont
if objConn.Get("options") = 0 then
Wscript.Echo " " & objConn.Get("cn") & " (MANUAL)"
else
Wscript.Echo " " & objConn.Get("cn") & " (AUTO)"
end if
next
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Another option for programmatically getting the connection objects
for a server is to use the GetDSAConnections
method from the IADsTool interface.
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11.23.3 Discussion
Connection objects are used to replicate inbound changes to a domain
controller. By viewing the connection objects for a server you can
see what domain controllers it receives updates from. Connection
objects are created automatically by the KCC, but can be created
manually if necessary.
11.23.4 See Also
Recipe 11.22 for creating a connection
object
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