// How to create a site link. Note, that this example assigns a single site to this site link
public static void CreateSiteLink(string siteName, string siteLinkName)
{
try
{
DirectoryContext forestContext = new DirectoryContext(
DirectoryContextType.Forest);
//bind to a specific site in the forest
ActiveDirectorySite site = ActiveDirectorySite.FindByName(
forestContext,
siteName);
// rpc is the default transport type (smtp is the other,
// this is how you can create a transport type variable to
// later assign to the link
ActiveDirectoryTransportType adTpt =
ActiveDirectoryTransportType.Rpc;
// using the overload requiring the transport type to
// demonstrate how to assign a transport type to this link.
ActiveDirectorySiteLink link = new ActiveDirectorySiteLink(
forestContext,
siteLinkName,
adTpt);
// configure the ActiveDirectorySiteLink object
link.Cost = 100;
link.DataCompressionEnabled = true;
// create an AD schedule object for setting intersite replication
ActiveDirectorySchedule linkSchedule =
new ActiveDirectorySchedule();
// set the schedule for 5:30 am to 6:30 am
linkSchedule.SetDailySchedule(HourOfDay.Zero,
MinuteOfHour.Zero,
HourOfDay.TwentyThree,
MinuteOfHour.FortyFive);
// set the schedule for 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
/*linkSchedule.SetDailySchedule(HourOfDay.Seventeen,
MinuteOfHour.Thirty,
HourOfDay.Eighteen,
MinuteOfHour.Thirty);
*/
// apply the replication schedule to the link
link.InterSiteReplicationSchedule = linkSchedule;
// enable inter-site change notification. Typically used for fast,
// uncongested links between sites
link.NotificationEnabled = true;
// replicate every twelve hours
TimeSpan linkTimeSpan = new TimeSpan(0, 15, 0);
// assign the TimeSpan object to the ReplicationInterval property
link.ReplicationInterval = linkTimeSpan;
// configure the link so there is no reciprocal replication
link.ReciprocalReplicationEnabled = false;
// assign a site to this site link.
link.Sites.Add(site);
// commit the link to the directory
link.Save();
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
Console.WriteLine("\nLink \"{0}\" was created successfully", link.Name);
Console.ResetColor();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\r\nUnexpected exception occured:\n\t{0}\n{1}",
e.GetType().Name, e.Message);
}
}
public static void CreateNewConnection(string sourceServer, string targetServer, string connectionName)
{
try
{
// set a directory server context for the source server
DirectoryContext sourceContext = new DirectoryContext(
DirectoryContextType.DirectoryServer,
sourceServer);
// set a directory server context for the target server
DirectoryContext targetContext = new DirectoryContext(
DirectoryContextType.DirectoryServer,
targetServer);
// bind to a specific domain controller to serve as the
// source of a replication connection
DomainController sourceDc =
DomainController.GetDomainController(sourceContext);
ReplicationConnection connection = new ReplicationConnection(
targetContext,
connectionName,
sourceDc);
// set change notification status
connection.ChangeNotificationStatus = NotificationStatus.IntraSiteOnly;
// create a customized replication schedule
ActiveDirectorySchedule schedule = new ActiveDirectorySchedule();
schedule.SetDailySchedule(HourOfDay.Twelve,
MinuteOfHour.Zero,
HourOfDay.Fifteen,
MinuteOfHour.Zero);
schedule.SetSchedule(DayOfWeek.Sunday,
HourOfDay.Eight,
MinuteOfHour.Zero,
HourOfDay.Eleven,
MinuteOfHour.Zero);
schedule.SetSchedule(DayOfWeek.Saturday,
HourOfDay.Seven,
MinuteOfHour.Zero,
HourOfDay.Ten,
MinuteOfHour.Zero);
connection.ReplicationSchedule = schedule;
connection.ReplicationScheduleOwnedByUser = true;
// save the new connection to the directory
connection.Save();
Console.WriteLine("\nNew replication connection created successfully\n" +
"from server {0} to {1}.\n The connection appears in the NTDS " +
"settings of {1}", sourceServer, targetServer);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\r\nUnexpected exception occured:\n{0}:{1}",
e.GetType().Name, e.Message);
}
}
