Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 329

The
template-repl-monitor.pl
Netscape Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference, enables you to
monitor replication status to a greater extent by providing these functionalities:
• Lists, for each master replica on each Directory Server discovered, server URL
or alias, replica ID, replica root, and maximum change sequence number
).
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• Lists, corresponding to each master replica listed above and for each direct or
indirect consumer replicas discovered, server URL or alias, replica root, replica
type, connection type of the replication sessions, replication schedule,
replication status, supplier
and the master
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The time lag field uses different colors to indicate the degree of time lag. The
thresholds for each color is configurable.
• Displays the change sequence number (CSN) in human-readable format
(instead of hex strings) in the
where and
Seq# SubSeq#
• Shows the output/result in the HTML format. The script writes the output to
an HTML file, which can be configured to refresh itself automatically; the
refresh interval is also configurable.
The script is integrated into the Netscape Administration Express, enabling you to
view the replication status via an HTTP interface. (The Administration Express is
an HTML-based version of Netscape Console that provides quick access to servers
running Administration Server.)
To view in-progress status of replication via the Administration Express interface:
Prepare a configuration file following the guidelines provided in the
1.
"template-repl-monitor.pl (Monitor replication status)" section of the Netscape
Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
Open a web browser window.
2.
In the URL field, enter the Administration Server URL in this format:
3.
hostname
http://
Click Netscape Administration Express and, when prompted, log in.
4.
Select a master Directory Server instance, and click Replication Status.
5.
This brings up a page for specifying the runtime parameters of the
replication-monitoring tool.
script, which is explained in detail in the
, and time lag between the consumer
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.
MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI Seq# SubSeq#
are omitted if they are zero.
admin_port
:
Monitoring Replication Status
format,
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