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Figure 10-19

The Properties dialog box for a connection object

The General tab in the Properties dialog box is the only one of interest for connection
objects; the other three tabs are the same for all Active Directory objects and were discussed in
Chapter 4. The General tab contains the following fields:
• Change Schedule —Click this button to view and change the KCC's default schedule (once
per hour) for periodic replication. Periodic replication occurs in addition to triggered repli-
cation, which occurs after changes to Active Directory have been made. If you attempt to
change the schedule on a KCC-generated connection object, Windows warns you that
changes are overwritten by Active Directory, unless you mark the object as not automati-
cally generated.
• Replicate from Server —Replication is a pull process whereby a DC requests replication
from its partners after being notified of changes and at the periodic replication interval.
The name of the connection object's replication partner is specified in this field; to change
it, click the Change button. For intrasite replication, in which the KCC creates the connec-
tion object, changing the server isn't recommended. As with the replication schedule,
Windows warns you if you attempt to change the server name.
• Replicate from Site —The name of the site where the replication partner can be found.
When only one site exists, this name is usually Default-First-Site-Name.
• Replicated Naming Context(s) —Specifies which partitions are replicated and from where. You
might not see the full list because the text box isn't very wide. In Figure 10-19, the schema
directory partition and configuration partition are replicated from the specified server.
• Partially Replicated Naming Context(s) —Usually, a domain name is listed in this text box
if the DC you're configuring is a global catalog server and there are multiple domains in
the forest. In Figure 10-19, the domain controller is getting global catalog information
from the suba.F2-dom1.com domain. This text box is usually empty if the DC isn't a
global catalog server.

Creating Connection Objects You can create connection objects for intrasite replication
if you want to alter the replication topology manually. You might want to alter the topology if