Receive Updates

This operation forces the replica on the chosen server to receive all Novell® eDirectoryTM objects from the master replica of the partition. While in process, this operation marks the replica on the chosen server as a new replica.

The replica state can be seen in the replica list of the server from the Tree View or the list of Partitions and Servers. The replica's current data will be overwritten with the data from the master replica.

Although eDirectory automatically synchronizes the directory data among replicas (so that each replica is sent the most recently updated directory objects), this operation lets you manually synchronize the directory objects of replicas if any non-master replicas get out of sync.

Perform this operation if a replica becomes corrupted or has not received updated data for an extended period of time.

From the Partition Continuity Table, you can identify which replicas are out of sync with the data of the master replica. They will appear in the partition grid with an exclamation point (!) on the replica icon.

You cannot select this option from a master replica. The master replica is assumed to be the most current and accurate copy of the partition. If it's not, assign one of the other replicas to be the master using the Change Replica Type operation. The current master replica will be changed automatically to read/write.

This operation may create a lot of network traffic, so it is best to run this operation during a period of light network traffic.

Partition
Identifies the partition whose master will broadcast updates to the chosen replica.

Server
Identifies the server that holds the replica to be updated by the master.

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