Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux based)
Novell Cluster Services
Novell Cluster Services
Situation
Symptoms
Error: File Protocol Error occurred: cannot open the NCS version file on the selected cluster. The Cluster software may not be running on this server.
/usr/sbin/namcd[6708]: ldap_initconn: Unable to bind to alternative LDAP servers either.
/usr/sbin/namcd[6708]: ldap_initconn: LDAP bind failed, trying to connect to alternative LDAP
Unable to manage Novell Cluster Services through iManager
Error: File Protocol Error occurred: cannot open the NCS version file on the selected cluster. The Cluster software may not be running on this server.
/usr/sbin/namcd[6708]: ldap_initconn: Unable to bind to alternative LDAP servers either.
/usr/sbin/namcd[6708]: ldap_initconn: LDAP bind failed, trying to connect to alternative LDAP
Unable to manage Novell Cluster Services through iManager
Resolution
1. Change the password for the
ldap-proxy user to correct password used for the specifies
proxy-user in namconfig
2. Restart namcd (rcnamcd restart)
3. Restart openwebm (rcowcimomd restart)
2. Restart namcd (rcnamcd restart)
3. Restart openwebm (rcowcimomd restart)
Additional Information
Troubleshooting found that
namconfig had a proxy user configured and the password for this
proxy-user was set incorrectly.