OES11 eDirectory upgrade fails to connect to LDAP server.

  • 7014876
  • 08-Apr-2014
  • 02-May-2014

Environment

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux
NetIQ eDirectory

Situation

When performing a OES2 to OES11 server upgrade (using the media upgrade method), the upgrade failed contacting the LDAP server at the OES configuration step.

The upgrade is complete (as 'cat /etc/*release' shows the SLES & OES version upgrading  when terminal is available), however the upgraded server fails to connect to the LDAP server eventhough the correct LDAP server is specified in the configuration page that the GUI presents.

Test button says it completes successfully but the process still fails.

Resolution

Verify the following :

1. 'vi /etc/sysconfig/novell/edir*' (this may vary per OES version).

2. Verify the specified TCP/IP addresses in the /etc/sysconfig/novell/edir* configuration file point to the correct server :
a) CONFIG_EDIR_REPLICA_SERVER
b) CONFIG_EDIR_NTP_SERVERS
c) CONFIG_EDIR_SLP_DA
3. Reboot the server.

Cause

YaST reads the sysconfig information and retains this in cache. Even when changing the appropriate '/etc/sysconfig/novell/edir*' config file, this will continue to fail until rebooting the machine and re-running the last steps to complete to upgrade. The OES upgrade GUI will keep loading until this has completed.