Tools
ADAM introduces several new tools and updated other tools that should be familiar to most Active Directory administrators. It is worth loading ADAM just to get these tools. Table 18-4 shows all of the tools included with ADAM. All tools are located in the %windir%\ADAM directory.
Table 18-4. ADAM tools
|
Filename |
New |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
ADAM-adsiedit.msc |
Yes |
View/modify AD and ADAM objects. |
|
ADAM-schmmgmt.dll |
Yes |
View/Modify ADAM schema objects. This tool will only work on ADAM not AD. |
|
adaminstall.exe |
Yes |
ADAM instance installer. |
|
adamsync.exe |
Yes |
Synchronize data from Active Directory to ADAM. |
|
adamuninstall.exe |
Yes |
ADAM instance remover. |
|
ADSchemaAnalyzer.exe |
Yes |
Schema comparison to assist with schema differencing/synchronization. Works with AD and ADAM. |
|
csvde.exe |
No |
CSV directory object import/export. Works with AD and ADAM. |
|
dsacls.exe |
No |
View/Modify AD and ADAM object ACLs. |
|
dsdbutil.exe |
Yes |
ADAM instance database management tool. |
|
dsdiag.exe |
Yes |
Directory diagnosis to assist in directory troubleshooting. Compare with Active Directory DCDiag tool. |
|
dsmgmt.exe |
Yes |
ADAM instance configuration management tool. |
|
ldifde.exe |
No |
LDIF directory object import/export. Works with AD and ADAM. |
|
ldp.exe |
No |
GUI LDAP query tool. Works with AD and ADAM. Great new ACL editor. |
|
repadmin.exe |
No |
AD and ADAM replication management tool plus much more. |
ADAM ADSIEDIT
The ADAM-ADSIEDIT GUI tool is similar to ADSIEDIT for Active Directory ...
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