Troubleshooting guide

98 Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Troubleshooting Guide
If there are other replicas, logging in might be slow and you will see communication errors and
synchronization errors on the servers holding those replicas.
 The database files might have been corrupted through disk errors on the NT/2000 server.
 Someone might have deleted one or more of the database files.
If other replicas of the eDirectory database exist, complete the following steps:
1 Start Novell iManager from an administrative workstation.
2 Remove the corrupted replica from the replica ring.
See “Deleting a Replica” in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Administration Guide for more
information.
3 Run the sammig.exe utility in the system directory, located at c:\winnt\system32 on the NT
server, or from the Start menu.
4 Select the option to create a new replica on the eDirectory server.
If this eDirectory server holds the only replica of the partition, complete the following steps:
1 Run the sammig.exe utility in the system directory, located at c:\winnt\system32 on the NT
Server, or from the Start menu.
2 Select Uninstall NDS on Windows and revert to the previous Windows domain state.
3 Continue with the uninstallation process until it has completed.
4 Restart the Migration Tool and proceed to install eDirectory on Windows.
5 Move the User objects from the NT/2000 domain to the eDirectory tree.
18.3 SLP_NETWORK_ERROR(-23) Occurs in Windows Machines
The Service Location Protocol (SLP) query returns -23 SLP_NETWORK_ERROR on a virtual machine
having a DHCP address or on a physical or a virtual machine in which SLP is not broadcasted.
You can avoid the SLP error by configuring the Directory Agent in your network in one of these
ways:
1 Copy the C:\Windows\System32\Novell\eDir\OpenSLP\slp.conf file to the c:\Windows\
directory.
2 Open the slp.conf file by using a text editor and change the following line:
;net.slp.DAAddresses = myDay1,myDa2,myDa3
to
net.slp.DAAddresses = <Give your DA Address>
3 Save the changes, then close the file.
OR
1 Copy the C:\Windows\System32\Novell\eDir\OpenSLP\slp.conf file to the c:\Windows\
directory.
2 Open the slp.conf file by using a text editor and change the following line:
;net.slp.isDA = true
to