Hi, Thanks for your reply. Let us take the scenario in which the consumer server is taken off line for maintenance purpose. When the consumer server comes back online, how does it initialize (update) it's replica? Because in the mean time supplier server may have been updated. If only supplier initiated replication is supported by Fedora Directory Server, how does the supplier know that the consumer has come back online ? Regards, Hariharan R >Hi, > Does the Fedora Directory Server support consumer initiated >replication. If not, is there any work around for this ? >No Fedora DS does not support consumer initiated replication. For what >reasons do you require CIR? >Please advise. --- Hariharan.R