The following example enables and then initializes replication for a new replica on opendj2.example.com from an existing replica on opendj.example.com. $ dsreplication enable -I admin -w password -X -n -b dc=example,dc=com \ --host1 opendj.example.com --port1 4444 --bindDN1 "cn=Directory Manager" \ --bindPassword1 password --replicationPort1 8989 \ --host2 opendj2.example.com --port2 4444 --bindDN2 "cn=Directory Manager" \ --bindPassword2 password --replicationPort2 8989 Establishing connections ..... Done. Checking registration information ..... Done. Updating remote references on server opendj.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Configuring Replication port on server opendj2.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Updating replication configuration for baseDN dc=example,dc=com on server opendj.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Updating replication configuration for baseDN dc=example,dc=com on server opendj2.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Updating registration configuration on server opendj.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Updating registration configuration on server opendj2.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Updating replication configuration for baseDN cn=schema on server opendj.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Updating replication configuration for baseDN cn=schema on server opendj2.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Initializing registration information on server opendj2.example.com:4444 with the contents of server opendj.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Initializing schema on server opendj2.example.com:4444 with the contents of server opendj.example.com:4444 ..... Done. Replication has been successfully enabled. Note that for replication to work you must initialize the contents of the base DN's that are being replicated (use dsreplication initialize to do so). See /var/.../opends-replication-7958637258600693490.log for a detailed log of this operation. $ dsreplication initialize-all -I admin -w password -X -n -b dc=example,dc=com \ -h opendj.example.com -p 4444 Initializing base DN dc=example,dc=com with the contents from opendj.example.com:4444: 160 entries processed (100 % complete). Base DN initialized successfully. See /var/.../opends-replication-5020375834904394170.log for a detailed log of this operation.