Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Establishing Connection Objects

Connection objects are automatically generated by the AD DS Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) to act as pathways for replication communication. They can be manually established, as well, and essentially provide a replication path between one DC and another. If, for example, an organization wants to have all replication pushed to a primary domain controller (PDC) before it is disseminated elsewhere, direct connection objects can be established between the two DCs.

Creating a connection object is a straightforward process. After one is created, Windows Server 2012 does not attempt to automatically generate a new one across the same route unless that connection object is deleted. To manually set a connection object ...