<listitem><para>Looks at repsTo and repsFrom objects.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>samba-tool visualize uptodateness</term>
+ <listitem><para>Looks at replication lag as shown by the
+ uptodateness vectors.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</refsect3>
<refsect3><title>GRAPHICAL MODES</title>
<varlistentry>
<term>--dot</term>
- <listitem><para>Generate Graphviz dot output. 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.
+ <listitem><para>Generate Graphviz dot output (for
+ ntdsconn and reps modes). 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. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>--xdot</term>
+ <listitem><para>Generate Graphviz dot output as with
+ <arg choice="opt">--dot</arg> and attempt to view it
+ immediately using <command>/usr/bin/xdot</command>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</refsect3>
<varlistentry>
<term>-r</term>
- <listitem><para>Normally, <command>samba-tool</command> talks
- to one database; with the <arg choice="opt">-r</arg> option
- attempts are made to contact all the DCs known to the first
- database. This is necessary to get sensible results from
- <command>samba-tool visualize reps</command> because the
- repsFrom/To objects are not replicated, and it can reveal
- replication issues in other modes.
- </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Normally,
+ <command>samba-tool</command> talks to one database;
+ with the <arg choice="opt">-r</arg> option attempts
+ are made to contact all the DCs known to the first
+ database. This is necessary for <command>samba-tool
+ visualize uptodateness</command> and for
+ <command>samba-tool visualize reps</command> because
+ the repsFrom/To objects are not replicated, and it can
+ reveal replication issues in other modes.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</refsect2>