Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Repairing the NetWare Directory Database
Viewing Synchronization Status
Use this procedure on the server to get a report of the synchronization of
partitions and replicas for the Directory tree.
Prerequisite
• Access to the server console
Procedure
1 Run the dsrepair utility.
2 Choose “Report synchronization status.”
The “Collecting Replica Synchronization And Server Status” screen appears. A
window is available to allow you to observe the operations in process.
Following this operation, the Directory Services Repair log is displayed within a
full text editor. You can annotate or modify the Directory Services Repair log if
you want to. This file contains information about your partitions and replicas.
Viewing and Editing the Repair Log File
Use this procedure on the server to view and edit repair information on
partitions and replicas for the local Directory tree.
Time +/– The difference in time between the local server and the
selected server in the list. All servers should be within one
second of each other; if they are not, they have not been
configured properly.
This field reports up to 999 minutes and 59 seconds
(approximately 16 hours and 30 minutes) in the form
minutes:seconds. If the time difference is greater than 16
hours and 30 minutes, then the maximum value is displayed
as –999:59.
A difference in time of more than a few minutes can
indicate that the servers are using different time-source
servers.
Field Indicates