Availability
GPOTool.exe ships with the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit and is also available as a free download at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/resources/reskit/tools/existing/gpotool-o.asp.
Active Directory Replication Monitor (ReplMon.exe)
This graphical interface tool allows you to verify or diagnose problems of replication between domain controllers. While the GPOTool lets you see whether or not Group Policy objects have been replicated, the ReplMon tool lets you look at replication problems in general—any kind of replication. You can view the low-level status of Active Directory replication, force synchronization between domain controllers, view the topology in a graphical format, and monitor the status and performance of domain controller replication through a graphical interface.
The tool works as a client of a COM object. You can use it to create your own applications or scripts written in Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) to extract specific data out of Active Directory and act on it. For example, it also includes functions which are wrapped APIs to make it easy to script replication between domain controllers with just a few lines of VBScript code.
The following section explains ReplMon features in more detail.
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