User Guide

54 Utilities Reference
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
NOTE: eDirectory operates on “synthetic time” if true synchronization has not been
accomplished. Synthetic time is generated when the time stamp on a replica of a
partition is ahead of the actual server time. eDirectory conducts its normal
operations fully on synthetic time, but some partition and replication work can be
delayed until time is synchronized.
If time is not synchronized to the network, server clocks are automatically
adjusted in small increments until synchronization is achieved. In this case, no
user intervention is required.
The Time Synchronization option of DSREPAIR generates a warning
message if synchronization has not completed within twelve hours. In this
case, you should troubleshoot your time server configuration.
Report Synchronization Status
This option gets replica synchronization status from all servers that hold
replicas of the same partitions held on this server. It also reports other
eDirectory errors associated with those servers or replicas. Use this option to
determine whether you need to repair replicas, resolve communications
problems, or initiate some other action.
Error code descriptions are in the Novell Error Code online documentation
(http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nwec/docui/index.html).
Repairing Network Addresses
Repair Network Addresses (RNA) checks the network address for every
server in the local eDirectory database files by searching the local SAP tables
if IPX is enabled or by using SLP in an IP-only environment.
Each address is then compared to the NetWare
®
Server object’s Network
Address property and the address record in each Replica property of every
partition [ROOT] object. If the addresses are different, they are updated to be
the same.
If the server address is not found in the SAP table or through SLP, no other
repair is performed.
Additional Information
Topic See
Using DSREPAIR F1 in the utility