Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Repairing the NetWare Directory Database
Running an Unattended Full Repair
Use this procedure to perform an automatic repair of the Directory database.
Any operation requiring an operator’s assistance, such as managing partition
replicas or editing remote server ID numbers, is not performed.
If you want to manually repair the Directory database, use options available
in the “Advanced Options” menu. See “Usi ng the Advanced Options” on in
this chapter for more information.
Prerequisites
• Access to the server console.
• All servers in a tree using the same time source
• Administer NetWare Server permission for NetWare 4.1/9000.
Procedure
1 Run the dsrepair utility.
The “Directory Services Repair” window appears.
View/Edit Repair
Log File
Track all operations of the Directory Services Repair
utility to a single file. The default log file is
SYS:SYSTEM\DS Repair.LOG.
You can configure options for the log file by accessing
“Log File And Login Configuration” in the “Advanced
Options” menu.
Advanced
Options Menu
The “Advanced Options” menu allows you to manually
perform individual or global repair operations on the
Directory tree. You can also access diagnostic information
about the Directory tree database to analyze the status of
the tree.
See “Using the Advanced Options” in this chapter for
more information.
Option Use to