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 DRS issues, including issues that are related to the underlying SQL Server components, use the diagrams and information in the following articles.

• DRS synchronization internals
• DRS activation internals
• DRS reinitialization internals
• DRS Service Broker certificate and endpoint errors
• Database replication
• DRS configuration
• DRS performance
• DRS reinitialization (reinit)
• Global data reinit
• Site data reinit
• Reinit missing message

The diagrams in these articles are interconnected. Use the following diagram to understand their relationships:

For symptom-based investigation across the hierarchy, see Troubleshoot database replication service issues.