Environment
Novell eDirectory 8.6 for All Platforms
Novell NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 5
Situation
A partition was removed from a server that had inconsistent passwords for users
A load DSREPAIR.NLM | Advanced Operations | Replica and Partition Operations | Select Replica | Destroy selected replica operation was performed
A server was removed from the replica ring using Load DSREPAIR.NLM | Advanced Operations | Replica and Partition Operations | View Replica Ring | Select server
Subordinate reference stuck in new state - Error: "672 - No access"
Using DSREPAIR.NLM | Advanced Option | Replica and Partition Operations | Report Synchronization servers report Error: "761 - Have seen state"
Replica Synchronization for a particular partition is halted on - 158 errors.
Using DSTRACE.NLM Error: "605 - No such Partition"
Users can not login.
Resolution
If the target server reports Error: "654" after receiving a replica and the replica is in a ON state, you may have to perform a DSREPAIR -XK3 operation on that server. KB 7015477 has these instructions.
Additional Information
If user passwords are sometimes not working after being changed, this indicates replica inconsistency. The source of replica inconsistency usually points to a lack of communication and synchronization among the servers in a replica ring. This should be resolved before attempting any other partition operations.
A Destroy Selected Replica operation should never be performed unless DSREPAIR.NLM has been loaded with the " -A -DR" switch. Otherwise the master of that partition will not be notified that this server has now become a subordinate reference in the ring. Afterward you should not remove this server manually using DSREPAIR.NLM from the master's replica ring as this will occur automatically when it is determined that the server does not require one..
Formerly known as TID# 10083374