Environment
Products:
Novell Directory Services
Novell eDirectory
Novell NetWare 6
Novell NetWare 6.5
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 2003
Open Enterprise Server (Linux based)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Situation
Purpose:
How to perform -OT database repair
Symptoms:
Stuck obituaries on servers
Error - 637 "Previous Move in Progress" while performing partition operations
Resolution
On NetWare Platform:
- 1. Load DSREPAIR -OT | Advanced options | Repair local DS database | set Lock the databse during entire repair = Yes Hit F10 to start the repair. Continue the repair process till '0' errors or till the same number of errors are reported
- Unlock the database
- Continue step - 1 & 2 on all servers in the replica ring of the problem partitions.
On Windows Platform:
- Start the NDS Services applet from the Control Panel
- Highlight DSREPAIR.DLM.
- Enter -OT (must be in CAPS) in the Startup Parameters field and Click START
- Click Repair in the menu and then Local Database Repair
- Make sure "Lock the databse during entire repair" is checked and then start the repair
- Unlock the database
- Perform steps - 1 -> 6 on all servers in the replica ring of the problem partitions
On Linux / UNIX Platform:
- At the command prompt, type ndsrepair -R -Ad -OT (ndsrepair and it's switches are case sensitive). Continue the repair process till getting '0' errors or repeatedly getting same number of errors
- Unlock the database of the server
- Continue step - 1 & 2 on all servers in the replica ring of the problem partitions
Additional Information
Notes:
After performing - OT repair run purger commands on all servers