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Known Issues and Limitations
Part Number 817-5216 Page 21 of 32
Local schema modifications may be overwritten when a consumer database is created (#4537230)
Note
The replication monitoring tools rely on read access to
cn=config
to obtain the replication status.
This should be taken into account particularly when replication is configured over SSL.
Note
In Directory Server 5.2, the schema file 11rfc2307.ldif has been altered to conform to rfc2307. If
replication is enabled between 5.2 servers and 5.1 servers, the rfc2307 schema MUST be corrected on the 5.1
servers, or replication will not work correctly. To ensure correct replication between a 5.2 server and a 5.1
server:
For zip installations, remove the 10rfc2307.ldif file from the 5.1 schema directory and
copy the 5.2 11rfc2307.ldif file to the 5.1 schema directory. (5.1 Directory Server Solaris
packages already include this change.)
Copy the following files from the 5.2 schema directory into the 5.1 schema directory,
overwriting the 5.1 copies of these files:
11rfc2307.ldif, 50ns-msg.ldif, 30ns-common.ldif, 50ns-directory.ldif,
50ns-mail.ldif, 50ns-mlm.ldif, 50ns-admin.ldif, 50ns-certificate.ldif,
50ns-netshare.ldif, 50ns-legacy.ldif, and 20subscriber.ldif.
Restart the 5.1 server.
In the 5.2 server, set the nsslapd-schema-repl-useronly attribute under cn=config to
on.
Configure replication on both servers.
Initialize the replicas.
Initially, certain schema attributes may be replicated between the servers as they synchronize other
schema elements but this is benign and will not cause any problems. See the Installation Notes
for
details on how the schema has changed.
Schema modifications are not replicated immediately if there are no non-schema modifications to
replicate (#4868960)
If you modify the schema and do not make any other non-schema related modifications, your
schema modifications will not be replicated immediately.
Workaround
Either wait 5 minutes for your schema modifications to be replicated or use the Send Updates Now
option in Directory Service Console to force replication.