Monitoring Replication Events
This scenario demonstrates how to monitor the progress of replication and to see the contents of a replication package.
1.Open Central Administration for the source web application in a browser window.
2.Click Application Management.
3.Under Metalogix Replicator, click Monitor Replicator and then select the Packages tab.
4.In a web browser, open one of your web applications.
5.Make a change by either uploading a document or changing the title of an existing document.
Confirmation
1.On the Monitor Replicator page, under the Packages tab, click Refresh. An entry for the package will be shown. Click Refresh until the Global Status of the package is "Completed". This means that replication to the target is complete.
2.Click on the Map Name to see the specific events that are included in the package.
Confirm that the package details show a ListItemAdd or ListItemUpdate event for the document that was uploaded or modified above.
In this scenario you:
§Monitored the progress of replication using the Replication Monitor page.
§Viewed the contents of a package using the Replication Package Details page.
For more information about monitoring replication from this page, see the Metalogix Replicator Reference Guide.
Replicating a Web Part (Look and Feel)
This scenario demonstrates the abilities of Replicator to replicate look and feel changes to your SharePoint environment. It will do so by adding a list web part:
1.In a web browser, open the source web application.
2.Edit a page and add a list view web part for a list on the site.
3.Save changes.
Confirmation
The result of this test is that Replicator has replicated the addition of the list view web part from the source to the target web application.
1.View packages in Replication Monitor under the Package tab to confirm replication is completed.
2.In a web browser, open the target web application. The change that was made on the source web application will appear on the target web application.
In this scenario you:
§Added a list view web part for a list on a site, which was replicated from the soruce web application to the target web application.