User Guide

Utilities 53
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 Repairs the database without closing the database or locking out users.
 Reclaims free space by discarding empty records.
If the server abends, use DSREPAIR to verify the integrity of the eDirectory
database after restarting the server.
Syntax
[LOAD][path]DSREPAIR [-U|-A]
DSREPAIR Options
Unattended Full Repair
An unattended full repair performs all possible repair operations that do not
require your input. This is the suggested means of repair unless you are told
by Novell
®
technical support to perform other operations manually.
The log file is displayed by default when the repair completes. The log file is
a text file named DSREPAIR.LOG, stored in the SYS:SYSTEM directory.
Time Synchronization
Select this option to determine whether this server has synchronized its clock
with other servers on the network. Since replica synchronization depends on
time stamps, replica synchronization can be delayed until time
synchronization is achieved.
When changing a read/write replica to a master, make sure the time
synchronization on the server is working correctly so the changes will happen
in a timely manner.
Option Use to
path Specify the path to DSREPAIR.NLM if you are
not running it from SYS:SYSTEM.
-U Perform a full unattended repair and exit
automatically upon completion.
-A Make advanced (and possibly destructive)
replica and partition options available in the
DSREPAIR menus.