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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 as the database and should NEVER be disclosed. It is included by the
samba_backup script. 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 NT4-style replication based net commands removed
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