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title: Administering Instance Data Replication
description: Perform administrative duties in Instance Data Replication \(IDR\).
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product: Instance Data Replication \(IDR\)
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# Administering Instance Data Replication

Perform administrative duties in Instance Data Replication \(IDR\).

## Overview of administering IDR

After you successfully set up data replication, keep IDR running smoothly by performing important administrative tasks as needed.

-   **[Manage consumer access to replication data in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/approve-consumer.md)**  
Approve a consumer's request to access replication data in Instance Data Replication \(IDR\).
-   **[Comparing replicated data between instances in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/comparing-replicated-data.md)**  
Find missing or mismatched records by comparing replication data between instances in Instance Data Replication \(IDR\).
-   **[Deploying a replication configuration from one instance to another in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/copying-replication-configuration.md)**  
Copy a replication configuration from one instance to another through an update set in Instance Data Replication \(IDR\).
-   **[Cloning options with Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/cloning-with-instance-data-replicaton.md)**  
Ensure that certain tables are preserved or excluded to clone your database from one instance to another successfully with Instance Data Replication \(IDR\).
-   **[Monitoring replication status in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/instance-data-replication-dashboard.md)**  
Monitor the status of active producer and consumer replication sets, scheduled jobs, seeding requests, license usage, or scheduled replication through the Instance Data Replication \(IDR\) Monitoring Dashboard.
-   **[Monitoring queues in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/idr-queue-dashboard.md)**  
Monitor the replication record queue, message produced queue, message consumed queue, and the messages processed for all replications sets through the Instance Data Replication \(IDR\) Queue Dashboard.
-   **[Avoiding insert and update errors in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/preventing-insert-update-errors.md)**  
You can avoid insert and update failures in Instance Data Replication \(IDR\) by specifying a class name filter in the producer replication set.
-   **[Resolving data replication errors in Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/common-issues-idr.md)**  
Resolve errors and monitor the status of Instance Data Replication \(IDR\) replication sets.

**Parent Topic:**[Instance Data Replication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/instance-data-replication-idr/instance-data-replication.md)