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120 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Installation Guide
B.2.2 As a Standalone Utility
You can run the eDirectory health checks as a standalone utility anytime you want. The following
table lists the health check utility names for each platform.
Table B-1 Health Check Utilities
B.3 Types of Health Checks
When you run the ndscheck utility or upgrade, the following types of health checks are done:
 Basic Server Health
 Partitions and Replica Health
When you run the
ndscheck utility, the results are displayed on the screen and logged in
ndscheck.log . For more information on log files, refer to Section B.5, “Log Files,” on page 122.
If the health checks are done as part of the upgrade, you are either prompted to continue the upgrade
process or the process is aborted, depending on the types of errors found (if any). Error types are
described in Section B.4, “Categorization of Health,” on page 121.
B.3.1 Basic Server Health
This is the first stage of the health check, where the health check utility checks for the following:
1. The eDirectory service is up. The DIB is open and able to read some basic tree information such
as tree name.
2. The server is listening on the respective port numbers.
For LDAP, it gets the TCP and the SSL port numbers and checks if the server is listening on these
ports.
Similarly, it gets the HTTP and HTTP secure port numbers and checks if the server is listening on
these ports.
Platform Utility Name
Linux
ndscheck
Syntax:
ndscheck [--help | -?] Display command usage
ndscheck [--version | -v] Display version
information ndscheck [-h <hostname port]>] [-a
<admin FDN>] [-F <log file>] [-D] [-q] [--config-
file <file name>]
Windows
ndscheck
Syntax:
ndscheck [--help | -?] Display command usage
ndscheck [--version | -v] Display version
information ndscheck [-h <hostname port]>] [-a
<admin FDN>] [-F <log file>] [-D] [-q] [--config-
file <file name>]