Active Directory Cookbook

12.10. Enabling Strict or Loose Replication Consistency

Problem

You want to enable strict or loose replication consistency.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

1. Run regedit.exe from the command line or Start → Run.

2. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → SYSTEM → CurrentControlSet → Services → NTDS → Parameters.

3. If the Strict Replication Consistency value does not exist, right-click on Parameters and select New → DWORD Value. For the name, enter Strict Replication Consistency.

4. In the right pane, double-click on the value and enter 1 to enable strict consistency or 0 to enable loose consistency.

5. Click OK.

Using a command-line interface

To enable strict consistency, run the following command:

> reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters /v "Strict[RETURN] 
Replication Consistency" /t REG_DWORD /d 1

To enable loose consistency, run the following command:

> reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters /v "Strict[RETURN] 
Replication Consistency" /t REG_DWORD /d 0

Using VBScript

' This code enables strict or loose consistency on the specified DC.
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
intEnableStrict = 1  ' 1 = strict consistency, 0 = loose consistency
strDC = "<DomainControllerName>" ' ------ END CONFIGURATION --------- const HKLM = &H80000002 strNTDSReg = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters" set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strDC & _ "\root\default:StdRegProv") objReg.SetDWORDValue HKLM, strNTDSReg, "Strict Replication Consistency", _ intEnableStrict ...