Ik was rollen aan het bijwerken met de verkeerde opdracht, hier is de juiste:
db.grantRolesToUser( "mongoadmin", [{ role: "read", db: "local"}])
Nu kan ik de replicainfo controleren:
rep0:PRIMARY> rs.printReplicationInfo()
configured oplog size: 990MB
log length start to end: 617347secs (171.49hrs)
oplog first event time: Thu May 14 2015 14:25:04 GMT+0200 (CEST)
oplog last event time: Thu May 21 2015 17:54:11 GMT+0200 (CEST)
now: Thu May 21 2015 17:54:24 GMT+0200 (CEST)