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WHATSNEW: Add section for "samba-tool visualize"

(text from the commit message by Douglas adding the feature)

BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13226

Signed-off-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Garming Sam <garming@catalyst.net.nz>
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Andrew Bartlett 2018-01-16 16:23:39 +13:00
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@ -88,6 +88,29 @@ The key file "encrypted_secrets.key" is created in the same directory
as the database and should NEVER be disclosed. It is included by the
samba_backup script.
Active Directory replication visualisation
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To work out what is happening in a replication graph, it is sometimes
helpful to use visualisations. We introduce a samba-tool subcommand to
write Graphviz dot output and generate text-based heatmaps of the
distance in hops between DCs.
There are two subcommands, two graphical modes, and (roughly) two modes of
operation with respect to the location of authority.
`samba-tool visualize ntdsconn` looks at NTDS Connections.
`samba-tool visualize reps` looks at repsTo and repsFrom objects.
In '--distance' mode (default), the distances between DCs are shown in
a matrix in the terminal. With '--color=yes', this is depicted as a
heatmap. With '--utf8' it is a lttle prettier.
In '--dot' mode, Graphviz dot output is generated. When viewed using
dot or xdot, this shows the network as a graph with DCs as vertices
and connections edges. Certain types of degenerate edges are shown in
different colours or line-styles.
NT4-style replication based net commands removed
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