Troubleshoot Configuration Manager Database Replication Service overview

In a multi-site hierarchy, Configuration Manager uses Database Replication Service (DRS) to transfer data between sites. For more information, see Database replication.

To better understand and help troubleshoot issues with Database Replication Service, use these diagrams.

• Database replication
• DRS configuration
• DRS performance
• DRS reinitialization (reinit)
• Global data reinit
• Site data reinit
• Reinit missing message

These troubleshooting diagrams are interconnected. Use the following diagram to understand their relationships:

For more information, see the following series of blogs from Microsoft Support:

• ConfigMgr DRS Synchronization Internals
• ConfigMgr 2012 Data Replication Service (DRS) Unleashed
• ConfigMgr 2012 DRS – Troubleshooting FAQs
• ConfigMgr 2012 DRS Initialization Internals
• ConfigMgr 2012: DRS and SQL Server service broker certificate issues